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. Steve: Thank you very much.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Narrators and characters in novels and other creative writing can talk about whatever they want. Many writers don’t know that the default guidelines for styling the titles of works in fiction and other kinds of creative writing are the same as for works of nonfiction, as laid out in  CMOS  8.156–201. With italics?

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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. So I was like, if you would do for one year, any exercise, or mix, like getting up early, writing 1000 words a day, do goal setting, I'm sure in one year, you will be in a better place than you are now , or in an even better place if you're already in a good place.

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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 launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. Click here to buy it direct from me.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Dark and paranormal romance author Kitty Thomas discusses negative attitudes toward the romance genre (including her own before she came to love it), whether writing to a formula is as easy as all that, why she thinks sex scenes are the most difficult thing to write, the heartbreaking nature of publishing, and more.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Plus, Build for Tomorrow: An Action Plan for Embracing Change, Adapting Fast, and Future-Proofing your Career by Jason Feifer; The future of publishing is now on the Dialogue Doctor podcast; Content vs connection [Jay Acunzo on Twitter ]; Why I'm focusing on being an AI-assisted artisan author; Death of an Author, from Pushkin Press.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If you sell direct, you can produce higher quality books and products, make more money per sale, get paid faster, and reach readers directly, but there are challenges to publish and market this way. Thomas Umstaddt Jr interviews Joanna Penn on the Novel Marketing Podcast covering tips for publishing, selling, and marketing direct to readers.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the intro, Kobo Plus expands to audiobooks in Australia & New Zealand; Thoughts on the changing publishing environment based on Thrillerfest Audios (well worth buying!), Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. So welcome to the show, Joe.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

Why Bloggers are Perfectly Positioned to Become Successful Authors You’re a blogger, which puts you in a perfect position to write a book. You, on the other hand, are blogging, which means you are writing. You have a writing habit. More valuable than your existing content is the writing practice you’re developing.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 29, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. It's writing plus a little bit of game design.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

You can support the show at www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller and dark fantasy author as J.F. I write books and I record and publish audio, although I also do some professional speaking and teaching as well.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 7, 2023

How can you leverage the tools available for authors to sell more copies? Google rolls AI writing into Docs and Gmail. Ricci has been in the self-publishing space for nearly a decade. Ricci has been in the self-publishing space for nearly a decade. Ricci Wolman from Written Word Media gives her tips.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes the key to viral content is luck – the right person reading it at the right time and linking up can send it to the top of every social bookmarking site there is – but many times it’s the result of good research, creative thinking, clever writing and getting the right people to promote it. Further Reading.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter. I published 2012 was my first book. Transcript of Interview with Mark Dawson.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2024

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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. Joanna: Wow.

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Grammar Underground

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Between 1950 and 2008, “goodness sake” doubled in popularity in books published in the United States., The problem is, there isn’t much agreement among style guides about how to write “for … sake” terms. But that assumption would be wrong. according to Google Books’ Ngram Viewer.

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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.” Get your free Author Marketing Guide at draft2digital.com/penn Honoree Corder is the author of over 50 books, with more than 4.5 million sold worldwide.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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.

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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? Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine , Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. But that is nothing new.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes the key to viral content is luck – the right person reading it at the right time and linking up can send it to the top of every social bookmarking site there is – but many times it’s the result of good research, creative thinking, clever writing and getting the right people to promote it. Further Reading.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

Show Notes The creation of the Ravensfield Collection using AI art How AI art can be used as a marketing tool for authors Available tools for an AI-augmented creative How to write AI prompts to achieve the best results Concerns about intellectual property when training models What are the different kinds of Creative Commons licenses?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Mark started blogging in 2008 in the dating space, before pivoting to personal development in 2011. He attributes most of his success to the fact that he is very seriously dedicated to the craft of writing. I should note here though, so people don’t get super impressed or anything: I wasn’t writing the entire six months.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 12, 2012

In May of 2008 – ProBlogger the Book (yep, the real hard cover book) was released. it was a collaboration between myself and co-author Chris Garrett – published with Wiley Publishing. email our publisher – Wiley – with proof of purchase. There was also an added chapter on social media.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

Behind The Book Campaign: How to Sell 30,000 Copies in Six Weeks. He created Bushwalking Blog in 2008 to provide detailed reports of his hikes. I featured Alexis as one of the 20 Bloggers to Watch in 2012 describing her as a “publishing powerhouse.” Mid 2013, she launched her new blog The Write Life.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

It helps you see at a glance your traffic details and the relationship between number of published posts and traffic. 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. STEP 3: Create a publishing schedule and stick to it.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

He continued writing programs while attending Harvard University in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and began his career as an engineer at OPNET Technologies. In October 2017, Magic Leap announced the partnership with online comic book publisher Madefire. He served as a lead developer at Batiq.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 21, 2012

Whereas in days gone by, we could pretty much write anything, anytime, for any reason, and either no one cared, or if there was a concern, the legal jurisdiction we fell in to was largely undefined or near-impossible to enforce. In this modern day and age, we’re no long just bloggers—we’re also publishers. How can it affect you?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 30, 2015

Action: write down three tasks you can batch process. I wrote How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive in 2008. Stop writing that type of content. Create a list of posts you can write that will make life easier for your readers. Commit to critically assessing your blog posts before you press publish.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In 2008, Europe’s soccer elite scored around $800 million from merchandizing. As promotional gimmicks go, it’s oddly appropriate, if a little sick,” said the entertainment publisher in a post discussing promotional products they’d received. Don’t commit to writing positive reviews before you have tried the product.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

“If you could only write one type of content on your blogs – what would it be?” I also think writing this type of content is why I have had success over the last 13 years. I also think writing this type of content is why I have had success over the last 13 years. Full Transcript.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

“If you could only write one type of content on your blogs – what would it be?” I also think writing this type of content is why I have had success over the last 13 years. I also think writing this type of content is why I have had success over the last 13 years. Full Transcript.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 28, 2011

Back in 2008, I was running a flailing start-up. One day, a lesson arrives in my inbox in which Jon explains that the easiest kind of guest post to get onto a popular blog is a list post, because it just takes so much work to write them, and they tend to be very highly rated because they’re so bookmark-able. Jon Morrow of Copyblogger.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

No matter how large or small your business is, or how experienced you are in content marketing, these recently published books can help you take your content marketing to the next level. Write to their needs and you’ll earn a top-of-mind spot. But,” John writes, “what if you’re not a great writer? Publishing and distributing.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And yet, the writing advice is still good for other things — just not targeted enough at me to pay for. The Guardian explains their stategy very well: [link] O’Reilly TOC also provided in 2008 (this how long this discussion has been going) some insight… How Do Publishers and Authors Get Paid in a “Free&# World?

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