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The Fire That Forges You
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Apr 27, 2026
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Work Life Balance vs. the Reality of a Finite Existence
Apr 15, 2026
27m 57s
What Happens After Agent Feedback (My Revision Process)
Mar 16, 2026
27m 18s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/1/26 | ![]() The Fire That Forges You✨ | book newsauthor events+4 | — | Angelborn/Angelfall flip bookSheReads+4 | Baltimore, MDNational Harbor, MD | Zaharabook news+5 | — | 26m 15s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() Knowing What to Keep (and What Not to)✨ | writingpublishing+3 | — | inkandmagicretreat.comGaithersburg Book Festival+5 | — | writing lifeself-publishing+3 | — | 26m 09s | |
| 4/15/26 | ![]() Work Life Balance vs. the Reality of a Finite Existence✨ | work life balancefinite existence+3 | — | Notion SocialSunsama+14 | Baltimore | The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara DouglassLandlord’s Lamentation+5 | — | 27m 57s | |
| 3/16/26 | ![]() What Happens After Agent Feedback (My Revision Process)✨ | writing processrevision+3 | — | WhimsicalMy Father's Shadow film+10 | — | agent feedbackrevision process+3 | — | 27m 18s | |
| 2/23/26 | ![]() Live From VirtuousCon✨ | author journeypublishing+3 | Beverly Jenkins | Ink & Magic RetreatVirtuousCon+8 | — | VirtuousConInk & Magic Retreat+4 | — | 20m 22s | |
| 2/2/26 | ![]() Preparing for Draft 2✨ | writingpublishing+3 | — | Aeon Timeline softwareHBCU+10 | Gaithersburg | Build Your Author Funnel LIVEThe Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass+3 | — | 23m 30s | |
| 1/12/26 | ![]() New Year, New Challenges✨ | writingpublishing+3 | Nicole GloverKaia Alderson | Ink & Magic Writing RetreatThe Starseekers+19 | DC | Ink & Magic Writing RetreatThe Starseekers+8 | — | 32m 35s | |
| 12/15/25 | ![]() Writing is Hard, Y'all✨ | writingpublishing+3 | — | Ink & Magic Writing RetreatThe Better Writer Podcast+8 | — | Ink & Magic Writing RetreatThe Better Writer Podcast+3 | — | 27m 09s | |
| 12/1/25 | ![]() Novel November: How it Went✨ | writingpublishing+3 | — | Black Friday 2025 Writer Bundle DealMYSTERY: FICTION'S FAVORITE FORCE+9 | — | Black Friday 2025 Writer Bundle DealAI scams for writers+3 | — | 33m 10s | |
| 11/11/25 | ![]() Writing My Novel's First Draft as a Script✨ | writingnovel drafting+3 | — | ProWriting AidWriter Duet+8 | — | ProWriting AidNovel November+4 | — | 27m 29s | |
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| 5/12/25 | ![]() When Inspiration Strikes✨ | writingcreativity+3 | — | The Bliss Wars Special Edition OmnibusThe Obsidian Curse+8 | — | The Bliss Wars Special Edition OmnibusThe Obsidian Curse+3 | — | 24m 28s | |
| 4/18/25 | ![]() 10 Lessons From 10 Years of Publishing✨ | publishingwriting+3 | — | The Bliss Wars Special Limited Edition Hardcover OmnibusThe Obsidian Curse+7 | — | publishing journeytraditional publishing+6 | — | 30m 21s | |
| 1/20/25 | ![]() The New Year So Far | Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Magic in the Melanin anthology (Hardcover preorder | Kindle: https://amzn.to/42bbxTZ) PENN/Faulkner - https://www.penfaulkner.org/ My Craft Book club Johnny B Truant "We're Entering the Age of the Iconoclast Writer" The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 28m 55s | ||||||
| 12/16/24 | ![]() Planning for 2025 | Watch on YouTube My decision matrix video Mentioned: Novel Revision Workshop ClickUp - https://clickup.com/ Todoist - https://todoist.com/ Trello - https://trello.com/ Ink & Magic, episode 38 "Masterminds" The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 27m 35s | ||||||
| 10/14/24 | ![]() Drafting Woes (Technology Edition) | Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVAYHjhD8hk Mentioned: Freewrite writing machines My Freewrite reviews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u95y8_hYY&list=PLPWpOldzxmoFtoJMjg6iSUuxU1kDichvn The device I couldn't remember in the podcast - BYOK (Bring Your Own Keyboard): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/byok/byok-the-ultimate-distraction-free-writing-tool. Now that I've watched the video, I've changed my mind and I'm actually going to get one. LOL, I'm a mess. The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 19m 34s | ||||||
| 9/23/24 | ![]() How to Know When You're Ready to Write | Mentioned: A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis - https://amzn.to/4dbeN3D Bookfly Design covers Ink & Magic podcast - https://www.inkandmagic.net/ My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 30m 04s | ||||||
| 9/16/24 | ![]() Imagining Success with Daniel José Older | Today, I speak with New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older. Daniel has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, The World Fantasy Award, the Locus, and the Mythopoeic Award among others and is a winner of the International Latino Book Award. He writes novels for teens and adults, as well a monthly comic book series, and is a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic. He and his wife Brittany N. Williams also have a podcast called Inkbottle, where they talk about writing, creativity, and parenting. Find Daniel online at https://www.danieljoseolder.net/ and read his Substack newsletter at https://danieljosolder.substack.com/. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter and become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show - https://paypal.me/heartspell | 58m 10s | ||||||
| 8/13/24 | ![]() Back to the Drawing Board | Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/jp0EkiGHlQ0 Mentioned: Artist Morning - https://www.artistmorning.com/ Story Seed Workbook - https://lpen.co/storyseed Bookbub's 17 Authors on YouTube with Writing & Publishing Tips - https://insights.bookbub.com/authors-youtube-writing-publishing-tips/ My events calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ Oliver Burkeman's The Imperfectionist: What would it mean to be done for the day? "The Importance of Reaching a Point in Your Day when You Feel Finished" The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 30m 02s | ||||||
| 7/8/24 | ![]() Imagining Success with Tananarive Due | “Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. Today, I speak with someone who is one of my personal influences, speculative fiction author Tananarive Due. Over her two decades in publishing, she has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, as well as British and World Fantasy Awards. Find her online at https://www.tananarivedue.com/. Her Life Writing Premium course is available at here. Tananarive's latest novel is The Reformatory. One of my favorite novels of hers is My Soul to Keep. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HGsPrw37u7Q Subscribe to the podcast: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 54m 39s | ||||||
| 6/10/24 | ![]() Creating a Character's Personality | Mentioned: Ink & Magic Writing Retreat: https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ Daughter of the Merciful Deep is out! https://books2read.com/dotmd Imaginarium Book Festival - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/ - The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes - https://amzn.to/3yTVk91 | https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780615908113 Enneagram relationships: https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3ml97eR Watch on YouTube The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 19m 55s | ||||||
| 6/3/24 | ![]() Imagining Success with Dhonielle Clayton | “Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. In this episode, I speak with New York Times Bestseller Dhonielle Clayton about writing with purpose, real markers of success, and of course, imposter syndrome. Find her online at https://www.dhonielleclayton.com/. Her latest book is The Memory Thieves, the second entry in the middle grade Conjurverse series. Subscribe to the podcast: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook | 49m 10s | ||||||
| 5/27/24 | ![]() Building a Story World First | Watch on Youtube Daughter of the Merciful Deep out on June 4, 2024 - Release Giveaway! Launch event @ Sankofa Books My events Launch event @ Sankofa Books in Washington, DC - https://www.sankofa.com/events/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep My events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ NPR mention - https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1251024211/best-books-2024-what-to-read My online plotting workshop - June 15, 2024 - https://hamptonroadswriters.org/event/june-15-2024-from-idea-to-first-draft-how-to-plot-your-novel-by-leslye-penelope/ The Story Seed Mini-course - https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/courses/story-seed Whimsical - https://whimsical.com/ The Fall Guy movie That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming - https://amzn.to/3wJ2rk6 Ink & Magic podcast with Kimberly Lemming - https://www.inkandmagic.net/e/ep-28-fantasy-romcoms-with-kimberly-lemming/ "Growth is not linear" - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5o8ZybijLK/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 28m 53s | ||||||
| 5/20/24 | ![]() Imagining Success with Kelley Armstrong | “Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. In this interview, I speak with #1 New York Times Bestseller Kelley Armstrong about maintaining longevity in a career, her refreshing perspective from her time in the publishing trenches, and what keeps her going. Find her online at https://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/. Her latest release is Disturbing the Dead, book 3 in the Rip Through Time historical mystery series. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UWQwCkosISQ. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter and become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show - https://paypal.me/heartspell | 46m 27s | ||||||
| 4/29/24 | ![]() Five Years of Podcasting! Plus Updates! | Watch the live podcast on YouTube. Mentioned: EF Go Ahead Tours - https://www.goaheadtours.com/tours A few of my photos from Greece - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5orMwfOgpR/ - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qZl7-OWsO/?img_index=1 Read my post: "Beyond Bestsellers: Yes, People Still Buy Books" 3000 Years of Longing The Fall of Souls by R. A. Moreau - https://amzn.to/3WfYQ7d The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. | 34m 13s | ||||||
| 4/15/24 | ![]() Imagining Success with P. Djèlí Clark | “Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. In this interview, I speak with multi-award winner P. Djèlí Clark about the publishing industry, shifting ideas of success, and something all Gen-Xers should know: why reading is fundamental. Find him online at https://pdjeliclark.com/. His most recent releases is Abeni's Song. Watch this episode on YouTube. | 55m 12s | ||||||
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