The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How can we shift our mindset to thinking about a long-term creative career? To invest in something that is outside the norm of what we are “supposed to be doing” I think is really valuable, both for keeping us engaged and creative, and also pushing the envelope on something that might be the next big thing.

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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. Jane Friedman is the author of The Business of Being a Writer , as well as other nonfiction books. Image generated by Joanna Penn on Midjourney. Jane: Thank you.

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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.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

She supported me and promoted me with having my first school visit. And talking to you, maybe I do need to promote those more because they're cheaper to produce. So it's a forum where authors talk about how we need to value ourselves as creatives in our work, and not to sell ourselves short out here. Joanna: Than the books.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

How can generative AI tools augment and amplify your creativity? This podcast is sponsored by Written Word Media , which makes book marketing a breeze by offering quick, easy and effective ways for authors to promote their books. Thorn is a bestselling horror and dark fantasy writer, and he also writes nonfiction for authors.

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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? This podcast is sponsored by Written Word Media , which makes book marketing a breeze by offering quick, easy and effective ways for authors to promote their books. That was 2008, and it just never stopped.

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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. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. Monica also did a great interview on The Creative Penn Podcast about Kickstarter for Authors.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

How can you embrace book marketing as a creative part of your author business? And that's really how I got started, I made every mistake that we caution against in our books for writers. And I feel like a lot of nonfiction writers do this better than fiction, for sure. How can you effectively market your backlist over time?

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What does paranormal romance (PNR) offer that traditional, human-on-human romance doesn’t, both to the writer and the reader? You’ve been publishing in the genre in one way or another since 2008. In conversation with me, you’ve said that more writers can absolutely make a decent living writing fiction, even if they think they can’t.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 17, 2023

How can you combine multiple options for a more creatively satisfying — and profitable — author career? In the intro, Power Thesaurus and editing tips for audio ; How Writers Fail — Kris Rusch; Finishing energy ; Sidekick for Shopify ; Shadow Survey (please complete before 31 Aug 2023). Rachael Herron gives her tips.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

So you'd get loads and loads of visibility when you ran a free promotion for the three days that you had with Select. And then you had the 99 pence promotions backed up by sites like Pixel of Ink, FreeBooksy, BargainBooksy, BookBub came a little bit later, but it was a big entry into the market. So a new book or promotion, anything.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Are you the artist as well as the writer? So I am the writer. I did exactly this, back in 2008 or 2007, something like that, I printed a load of books, I had them in my living room, and I thought, Oh, I'm going to just sell them all in five minutes and make loads of money. And so that spurred a lot of the creativity.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

In the intro, Alliance of Independent Authors Indie Author Income Survey results ; Experience of book to TV show [and previous episode, Johnny B Truant's creative pivots ]; Michael Anderle expands on his AI-assisted goals [ 20Books To 50K Facebook ]; Loop earplugs. ” As in, was it a mom pitch or was it a writer pitch?

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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

Social and Referral Traffic: Understanding the traffic originating from social media platforms and other external sites is important, though it can be influenced by paid promotions and partnerships. Can indicate robust social media strategy or paid promotions. Suggests strong brand presence and customer loyalty.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

Because actually, I never had it in my life plan to become a writer. I studied people who sell lots of books, which mostly are fiction writers, not nonfiction writers. So I took everything he teaches as a fiction writer, I could apply it 100% on nonfiction, and it works. Marc Reklau shares his tips in the interview.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

Ryan Holiday is a writer and media strategist. Here are a few of my favourites: How Creatives Should Negotiate via Tim Ferris. He is a prolific writer and content curator and shares so many useful resources via his Twitter account. He created Bushwalking Blog in 2008 to provide detailed reports of his hikes. Ryan Holiday.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

This is a guest contribution from author and freelance writer Steff Green. Jason Kottke , writer of one of the longest-running blogs on the web, states that the blog’s demise came about because the fundamental purpose of blogging was no being fulfilled with other media. Image via Flickr user Spondle.

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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. Darren: I think it was 2008, July maybe? It’s almost nine years to the date. Nikki: Thank you. I am the accidental blogger though. Nikki: Yes. Darren: Alright.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Maria Popova describes herself as “interestingness curator and semi-secret geek obsessed with design, science, storytelling and combinatorial creativity” She is the editor of the much-loved Brain Pickings , which she described as a “a destination for indiscriminate curiosity.” Maria Popova. Kristi Hines.

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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. Darren: I think it was 2008, July maybe? It’s almost nine years to the date. Nikki: Thank you. I am the accidental blogger though. Nikki: Yes. Darren: Alright.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

Without a reputation, referrals or testimonials to convince people to hire you, you have to be creative and work extra hard on getting your name out there. Well, if you have a relationship with a big name person or business, why not offer them some free work in exchange for a link or promotion? He may not be in business anymore.&#

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

You tell yourself you should be moving faster, working on releasing your own product sooner, spending more time on Twitter promoting your work – just like he did. Will Creativity Build or Break your Business? I was just recently researching various tactics and strategies – what worked in 2008 versus 2009 and today.

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