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

JANUARY 28, 2023

What do you need to consider when writing travel memoir? The clips are from Travel Writing World , Wish I’d Known Then , and Sacred Steps , and I was also on Into the Woods. I’ve included different clips on my Books and Travel Podcast, more about the walking than the writing side, so you can also listen there.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 29, 2023

How can fiction authors use Sudowrite to assist with writing tasks they need help with? I use and recommend Sudowrite as part of my creative process. Sudowrite is an AI writing partner for authors. It's the first AI tool built specifically for writing fiction. Amit Gupta gives his tips in this interview. Happy to be here.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

Join my community and get access to extra videos on writing craft, author business, AI and behind the scenes info, plus an extra Q&A show a month where I answer Patron questions. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. Today's show is sponsored by my patrons!

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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. So welcome to the show, Lori.

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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. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. What about sales tax / VAT? Are direct sales for you? What are the costs?

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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. There are several creative ways to monetize a blog. Camille Styles Creative founder of this popular lifestyle blog, Camille Styles represents a consistent, authentic brand of information that women can trust.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In the intro, Soldiers of God short story, The Creator Economy for Authors course (use coupon SUMMER22 for 30% off), Science Fiction Writing online conference , Author Tech Summit ; Pilgrimage on Books and Travel. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking.

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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. How can you market books for children?

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

How do you ensure secure cash flow and profits, instead of focusing on short-term spike sales? Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. So I've got a creative background. Joe Solari discusses key aspects of your author business. Joe: Sure, sure.

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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? Show Notes.

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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. You can also listen to a recent episode with Thomas on Novel Marketing and Christian Publishing on The Creative Penn Podcast.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

How can we use AI tools in our creative and business processes while still keeping our humanity at the core of our books? 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.

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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. Was it worth it?

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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

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

AUGUST 7, 2023

Google rolls AI writing into Docs and Gmail. It probably is, apart from actually writing the book, which is one struggle, many writers also struggle with marketing. How can authors reframe marketing to be more of a positive choice, something even creative and worth investing in? Joanna: I love your accent!

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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

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. How the pandemic and increasing online sales have changed traditional publishing.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How can we shift our mindset to thinking about a long-term creative career? 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.

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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. Halima: I always wanted to write.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Among the benefits – shorter sales cycle (no. How does marketing without talking about or promoting our product/service help us create leads and sales? That calculus varies based on your product sale point, obviously, but the base principle is still the same. How do we measure content’s influence on sales and revenue?

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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. How can we use the tools to achieve our creative purpose in an ethical manner, and understand that we need to curate, edit, and take responsibility for any usage? Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the intro, Self-publishing's ongoing evolution [ Publishers Weekly ]; Audiobooks on Spotify and how my listening behavior is changing [ FindawayVoices ]; Author ecosystems , and an overview on the Kickstart your book sales podcast. I don't write ahead like some people do. Patricia: It's wonderful to be here with you, Jo.

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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? Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Then when I got done writing it, I thought, well, this is really great. Look at you now.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

How can you embrace book marketing as a creative part of your author business? 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.” How can you effectively market your backlist over time?

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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

When browsing businesses for sale, consider niches like health, wealth, relationships, travel, and technology, which are known for robust monetization opportunities and enthusiastic audiences. Moreover, the inclusion of social accounts and email lists when selling content sites can attract a wide range of buyers and drive up the sale price.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. So if you had a free download, that counted pretty much the same as a sale in terms of the algorithm. He's a nurse in the UK, writing fantasy books. Adam writes fantasy.

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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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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

Amazon.com is currently the world’s largest Internet sales company on the World Wide Web and earns $386 Billion a year. 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.

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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

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. Then what about foil?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

Here are a few of my favourites: How Creatives Should Negotiate via Tim Ferris. Why The Loooooong Sales Letter Works And Other Surprising Sales Hacks via Mixergy. He created Bushwalking Blog in 2008 to provide detailed reports of his hikes. Mid 2013, she launched her new blog The Write Life. Neil Fahey.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 30, 2015

On August 14 and 15, more than 700 bloggers and online creatives descended upon the RACV Royal Pines on Australia’s Gold Coast for two days of learning and networking at the ProBlogger Training Event. Action: write down three tasks you can batch process. I wrote How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive in 2008.

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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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