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A Creative Approach To Generative AI In Book Cover Design With James Helps

The Creative Penn

So there's an interesting thing of there needs to be a concept at the start of any sort of project, or two thirds of the time, it's that concept. That concept takes imagination. It takes artistic thought to connect the concept with a book. James: Yes, it was one of the Lotus Desktop Publishing.

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The AI-Assisted Artisan Author With Joanna Penn

The Creative Penn

In this article, I’ll outline the concept of the AI-Assisted Artisan Author , which is how I intend to surf the wave of change ahead, rather than drown in the deluge. I have covered the topic as it relates to authors regularly since then and even written a short book on the impact of AI on authors and publishing.

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Insights On The Enneagram And Sustain Your Author Career With Claire Taylor

The Creative Penn

In the intro, will TikTok be banned in the USA, and how will this impact authors and publishing? Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital , self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. When did you start self-publishing? So that was fun.

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Giving Underperforming Posts a Second Chance with Updates

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However there are other ways to give an older post a second chance including: Complete Rewrite as a new post – in this approach you simply take the concepts from your previous post and rewrite it from scratch as a new post on the blog. The reposted update is something that has worked very well for me on a number of occasions.

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5 First Year Posts that Led to Over 6 Million Views

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What sort of content should you publish on your blog to help you grow traffic in your first year? What follows is a selection of posts that I published in the first year of Digital Photography School (back in 2007) and some reflections on how I think they helped grow readership on the site.

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The Ultimate Guide To Creating Evergreen Content For Your Blog

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Back in 2007 I was asked a question: “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs forever, what would it be?”. The piece of content you publish today can potentially have a positive impact on people in ten years’ time. For example, some of my podcast episodes started out as pieces I’d already published on the blog.

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Giving Underperforming Posts a Second Chance with Updates

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However there are other ways to give an older post a second chance including: Complete Rewrite as a new post – in this approach you simply take the concepts from your previous post and rewrite it from scratch as a new post on the blog. The reposted update is something that has worked very well for me on a number of occasions.

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