10 Lessons From 10 Years of Publishing

About this episode

Leslye Penelope shares lessons learned from a decade of publishing experience.

Pre-order The Bliss Wars Special Limited Edition Hardcover Omnibus Pre-order The Obsidian Curse https://myimaginaryfriends.substack.com/ 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 Leslye 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 and become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show - https://paypal.me/heartspell 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…

People in this episode

Host: Leslye Penelope

Topics covered

• publishing
• writing
• creativity
• personal development
• insights

Keywords

• publishing journey
• traditional publishing
• self-publishing
• writing life
• creativity
• inspiration
• The Bliss Wars
• The Obsidian Curse

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Bliss Wars Special Limited Edition Hardcover Omnibus, The Obsidian Curse

Books & works: The Bliss Wars, The Obsidian Curse, Footnotes, Say Good Night

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