Live From VirtuousCon

About this episode

L. Penelope shares insights from her experience at VirtuousCon and interviews author Beverly Jenkins.

Watch on YouTube Ink & Magic Retreat - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - coming August 11, 2026 My interview with Beverly Jenkins VirtuousCon 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…

People in this episode

Guest: Beverly Jenkins

Topics covered

• author journey
• publishing
• interviews
• fantasy
• paranormal romance

Keywords

• VirtuousCon
• Ink & Magic Retreat
• The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass
• writing life
• creativity
• inspiration

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ink & Magic Retreat

Books & works: Ink & Magic Retreat, The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass, Say Good Night

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