The Creative Penn

JANUARY 28, 2023

I mean, I had over a hundred thousand words in a Scrivener project. We have all our lines and of course I do share, I share a lot and have done since I was online in 2008. And those two people, I was like, I really hope they don't say I can't publish it because it's already done. I actually gave them the hardback. Sara: Oh wow.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

Stephanie Chandler is the author of multiple nonfiction books, a professional speaker, and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association and Writers Conference. It turned out I was a terrible fiction writer , I just did not have the imagination. I sent proposals to three publishers, and Wiley gave me a book deal.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 29, 2023

Lifestyle influencers (bloggers with large, engaged audiences) collaborate with brands through sponsor networks (like Activate or Social Fabric ) and receive compensation for writing and publishing sponsored posts that review and recommend products to their readers.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes.

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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. If your goals are simpler — like finishing your book, or publishing for the first time, or selling 1000 copies, then fantastic!

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I was worried that I didn't have anything to add to the millions of other books on writing craft, but it turned out to be useful for some people, especially those who write out of order and are discovery writers. I also wrote and published two short stories. Click here to buy it direct from me. I offered it, but I didn't focus on it.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 8, 2023

So first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. LA: I mean, I'm kind of the cliche writer who's been writing since I could hold a pen up right. That was 2008, and it just never stopped. I mean — I call myself a binge writer. Joanna: Wow. Okay, so that's interesting.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Joanna Penn: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Alliance of Independent Authors Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with me, Joanna Penn, and Orna Ross. I got much more serious about poetry publishing, which was much more fun and much better integrated with the busy schedule that I had in those years. Transcript of the discussion.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author. It is part of the ethos of publishing wide , which means not being exclusive to any specific retailer, but of course, you can choose different publishing options by book, by series, by author name, and by format.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

We are only at the beginning of the opportunities of AI for wider society as well as for creativity and art, and it’s important that authors, writers, and other creatives be involved in order to shape the future as we want it to be. The development of photography might be the closest comparison to where writers are now. To do the work.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 1, 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. So I've pulled out some particular quotes for writers to explore further. Kevin: I'm a discovery writer. I work with writers.

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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. 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

NOVEMBER 20, 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. And what I find difficult, and I think a lot of people find difficult with their creative projects, is saying no to work after 7pm is one thing, but what if you have all these ideas?

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

You can support the show at www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn Tim Boucher is a hyperrealist AI artist and writer specializing in questionable alternative realities. Yes, there will be scammers, spammers, pirates, get-rich-quick schemes and plagiarisers using these tools to mass produce crap and publish it quickly.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 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. So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. Steve: Thank you very much. I started off as an F-16.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Taking on too many projects and stretching yourself too thinly. What I ended up doing was to hire a blogger to take on one of the projects that I was running, to kill off the majority of the rest of my blogs and to focus upon two blogs (ProBlogger and DPS). This post was first published on June 28, 2008 and updated November 3, 2021.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Taking on too many projects and stretching yourself too thinly. What I ended up doing was to hire a blogger to take on one of the projects that I was running, to kill off the majority of the rest of my blogs and to focus upon two blogs (ProBlogger and DPS). This post was first published on June 28, 2008 and updated November 3, 2021.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

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. So my goal was never to sell 600,000 books or become an international bestseller or sign a publishing deal in Japan. Marc Reklau shares his tips in the interview.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Taking on too many projects and stretching yourself too thinly. What I ended up doing was to hire a blogger to take on one of the projects that I was running, to kill off the majority of the rest of my blogs and to focus upon two blogs (ProBlogger and DPS). This post was first published on June 28, 2008 and updated November 3, 2021.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Thorn is a bestselling horror and dark fantasy writer, and he also writes nonfiction for authors. He's a podcaster at Writer's Ink and the Music NFT Show. Thorn is a bestselling horror and dark fantasy writer, and he also writes nonfiction for authors. He's a podcaster at Writer's Ink and the Music NFT Show.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

There’s also another class action lawsuit where Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI are being sued around GitHub Co-pilot being “trained on public repositories of code scraped from the web, many of which are published with licenses that require anyone reusing the code to credit its creators. So AI is not going away.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 17, 2010

One business was a sure thing; the other was a side project. My side project was a blog: womeninbusiness.com.au. I had been working online since 2001 and by 2008 was confident I’d accumulated enough skills and experience that finding work wouldn’t be a problem. Ten steps to sustainability. Establish a personal blog.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

His latest project, Examine.Com, garners around 70,000 visitors a day and is a seven-figure business. Ryan Holiday is a writer and media strategist. He is a prolific writer and content curator and shares so many useful resources via his Twitter account. Normally, such figures would put me off recommending him. 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

DECEMBER 30, 2011

As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. Kristi Hines is a freelance writer, online marketing consultant, and social media enthusiast that blogs at Kikolani. In 2011 he created the Million Dollar Blog Project and launched his case study blog, Expert Enough.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

Before I start, I want to just mention a little personal project that I’m working on at the moment that I’m looking for a little bit of help on. If you’ve got a couple of moments, you can really help me to shape this little project that’s coming up. We probably publish one or two a week at the most.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

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? We don’t call photographers, artists, or other writers hacks when they charge for their works.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

Before I start, I want to just mention a little personal project that I’m working on at the moment that I’m looking for a little bit of help on. If you’ve got a couple of moments, you can really help me to shape this little project that’s coming up. We probably publish one or two a week at the most.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

Kelly Exeter (writer and editor) . We’ve also got Kelly Exeter, who’s brilliant on writing, editing, also design, self-publishing. When I first published it, I didn’t look like this. I look around this room and I know I’m not the best writer in this room. I’m not the best writer out there.

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