The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Shane Millar shares tips for writing brilliant beginnings, regardless of your genre. Shane Millar is the author of urban fantasy thrillers and craft guides for writers, as well as a story coach and editor. Joanna: Shane Millar is the author of urban fantasy thrillers and craft guides for writers, as well as a story coach and editor.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 8, 2023

How can you establish a creative routine that enables you to write the books you want to write without burning out? Witt is the author of nearly 200 romance novels and novellas, and today we're talking about her book for authors, Writing Faster for the Win. LA Witt talks about her strategies. Transcript of Interview with L.A.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

In the intro, Storybundle for writers ; Seth Godin on Tim Ferriss ; Amazon's investment in Anthropic ; Claude 3 direct or Poe.com ; Claude prompt library ; join me and Joseph Michael for a prompt webinar, 4 April, register here ; plus, Spear of Destiny. Today's show is sponsored by my patrons! It's about the same as a black coffee a month!

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 29, 2023

Lifestyle blogs provide opportunities to draw some passive income while writing about activities and things you already love. Audience: Women Topics: Style, Food, Design, Travel, Relationships, Parenthood Monetization: Affiliate marketing, product sponsorship, display ads Top Blog Post: Gift Guide: Men Instagram: @cupofjo 5.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Ada-Ari talks about how she writes, publishes and markets her children's books based on African folk tales and African languages in the USA. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Are you the artist as well as the writer?

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Express Writers

MARCH 7, 2023

This is the highest amount in the history of the CMO survey (since 2008). This is especially relevant with the decline of traditional marketing mediums like television and radio ads. This typically includes paid ads, promoted social media posts, and sponsored content.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2022

I am more excited than ever this year about the books I want to write and publish. but now I'm ready to create at full throttle in 2023 , aided by the incredible AI-powered tools emerging for writers. Penn — Write and publish the ‘catacomb' book, ARKANE #13, and some short stories — and maybe other fiction.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. Because actually, I never had it in my life plan to become a writer. And yet, as you said, it's actually the daily exercise of writing, finding readers, publishing. My goal was write 1000 words a day or write 2000 words a day.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. You write what you want, with no concern about how an algorithm will treat your release. You’re in control of the site and your sales pages, with no other ads on your page to distract potential readers.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

Plus, my next book for authors Writing the Shadow: Turn Your Inner Darkness Into Words will be out on Kickstarter in October, sign up for the pre-launch here ; Great examples of creative extras in Sara Rosett's campaign Murder in the Alps ; and I'm on the Travelling Through Podcast on a walk and talk along the canal. Joanna: Absolutely.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

Different ways to monetize your brand to make ads profitable. The effect of Apple's privacy rules on Facebook ads. I think that's the other thing, the more the years go by, the more we know people who've disappeared and fallen off the radar , who've stopped writing. He's a nurse in the UK, writing fantasy books.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

“If you just keep writing/querying/marketing/etc you will eventually be successful. Joanna Penn and Orna Ross discuss Quit: The Power of Knowing When To Walk Away by Annie Duke and give examples of what they have quit around writing, book marketing, and more. Just don't give up.” When is quitting worthwhile?

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I've had a draft of How to Write a Novel in my Work In Progress drive for over five years, but this year, I overcame resistance and finally finished it. I've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales. I also wrote and published two short stories. Blockchain / NFTs.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. You can support the show at www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn Tim Boucher is a hyperrealist AI artist and writer specializing in questionable alternative realities. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

CEO of Author Media, and this is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and make a living writing books worth talking about. She writes nonfiction for authors, and she's a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author. So you're doing Facebook ads. I'm Thomas Umstattd, Jr.,

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The Creative Penn

MAY 1, 2023

In the intro, author newsletter tips [ BookBub ]; Mark Dawson's 20+ year writing journey ; Thoughts on 20Books Seville and London Book Fair with me and Orna Ross [ Ask ALLi ]; HarperCollins is testing AI-generated content, reported by Jane Friedman [ The Hotsheet ]. So I've pulled out some particular quotes for writers to explore further.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 6, 2024

How can you use automation and tools to help you streamline your creative and business processes so you can get back to the writing? So I stayed in Ireland, and I sort of put up a bat signal for friends to write with. Especially as creatives, I hear a lot of people say, “I just want to write the book.”

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

In the intro, I mention the 6 Figure Author Podcast , The Writers Well Podcast , and Reid Hoffman's new Possible podcast. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Limited to 10.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the intro, ACX lowering audiobook prices, Chokepoint Capitalism , Audiblegate , Copyright valuation [ Dean Wesley Smith ]; courses on copyright ; Happy Money ; Write to Riches ; Failing to predict the future [ James Altucher ]; Pilgrimage Kickstarter (until 5 Feb, 2023), then find it here. So welcome to the show, Steve.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. You were last on the show in May 2021, talking about discovery writing and sustaining a long-term writing career. Deadline is my muse.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

.” [ The Verge ]; Amazon AI tool coming for writing product descriptions [ The Information ]; FTC antitrust lawsuit [ Politico ]; Amazon is “eliminating dozens of its private label brands” which may help “placate antitrust regulators” [ Wall St Journal ]; “Amazon will be disrupted,” says Jeff Bezos (in 2013) [ Insider ].

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 19, 2022

[ Rachael Herron ]; My Pilgrimage Kickstarter pre-launch page ; History Quill Writer's Conference ; Get 33% off my ebooks, audiobooks and courses for the rest of 2022. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Jane: Thank you.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Show Notes Halima's writing and PR journey Finding the “story behind the story” Pitching your story from different angles Balancing PR and protecting personal stories/privacy Tailoring your press release How to prepare for an interview Is PR worth it? Halima: I always wanted to write. And it did great.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tell us a bit about you and how you got into writing and publishing. And of course, everyone would always say, “You must write a book. You must write a book.” And that's really how I got started, I made every mistake that we caution against in our books for writers. million sold worldwide. Where's your book?

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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

A suitable start would be to review historical performance via tools like Google Analytics and to scrutinize revenue streams such as Display Ads and affiliate marketing. The process has been refined through the review of over 1,000 websites and more than 218 successful acquisitions since 2008.

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ProBlogger

MAY 15, 2018

When I started blogging back in 2008, Twitter and Facebook were only just taking off. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing – sometimes you may want to write a long, definitive post, and you don’t really care how many comments you get. You could write a post that quotes their comment and expands on or responds to it.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

When Chris Garrett and I authored the first edition of the ProBlogger hard cover book back in 2008, I noticed a strange trend. I’ve always been an avid amateur photographer and know enough to help beginners but in writing that first eBook wanted to beef it up a little. I also added a section with interviews from pro photographers.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Nikki started Styling You in July 2008 and today – 9 years later – she’s not only grown her audience, but she’s built a pretty amazing business around her blog. We talk about her approach to writing, where she gets her ideas for content from and her approach to planning content. It’s almost nine years to the date.

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2011

Let’s look at a few arenas where this should be evident: Staff writers. Hiring multiple freelance writers allows you to automate your blog. Using subtitles, figuring out where to put the sidebar, and knowing where to put ads can literally increase your traffic and earnings by 10 fold over time. Social media building.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

When Chris Garrett and I authored the first edition of the ProBlogger hard cover book back in 2008, I noticed a strange trend. I’ve always been an avid amateur photographer and know enough to help beginners but in writing that first eBook wanted to beef it up a little. I also added a section with interviews from pro photographers.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

This can prove very useful when you need the extra motivation to start writing you next post.The above table is a copy from my notes. In my case, I was blogging about fitness since 2008 so I knew the industry very well and I believe this is one of the reasons that the blog’s traffic increased so quickly. Step 1: Get to know your niche.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Nikki started Styling You in July 2008 and today – 9 years later – she’s not only grown her audience, but she’s built a pretty amazing business around her blog. We talk about her approach to writing, where she gets her ideas for content from and her approach to planning content. It’s almost nine years to the date.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 30, 2011

Ramit Sethi, used with permission Since then, Ramit has leveraged his blog’s popularity to display ads, run profitable courses, and launch a best-selling book. Here, I wanted to explain the specific strategies Ramit used to monetize IWTYTBR, and spans from his earliest trials with display ads, to his recent success with video courses.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2012

I also decided to write and schedule one meatier post each week, to keep my voice present on the site. I estimated I needed ten people to pick outfits for each week, and I needed about 25 people to write meatier posts. Honestly, it almost took as long to edit everyone’s pieces as it would have taken to write the posts myself.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Kristi Hines is a freelance writer, online marketing consultant, and social media enthusiast that blogs at Kikolani. You guys may also enjoy her post about making money online through blogging and writing. I think that Torre will be one of the writers that will really stand out over the coming years. Kristi Hines.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2014

When Chris Garrett and I authored the first edition of the ProBlogger hard cover book back in 2008, I noticed a strange trend. I’ve always been an avid amateur photographer and know enough to help beginners but in writing that first eBook wanted to beef it up a little. I also added a section with interviews from pro photographers.

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