The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2022

but now I'm ready to create at full throttle in 2023 , aided by the incredible AI-powered tools emerging for writers. I've been talking about this for years and I have many thousands of words in a Scrivener project, but in 2023, I will overcome resistance and (finally) write this book. I've had a difficult few years (haven't we all?!)

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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've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 8, 2023

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. I feel like some people think that's odd—and I'm a discovery writer, so I don't plot. Transcript of Interview with L.A. Witt Joanna: L.A.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What about sales tax / VAT? Are direct sales for you? You’re in control of the site and your sales pages, with no other ads on your page to distract potential readers. Over time, you build up traffic to your store, and that effort compounds, so you start to make sales every day on a site you control. What are the costs?

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Long-term listeners/readers know I have been talking about ‘the shadow book’ for years now, and that is a similar project. As I discuss in How to Write a Novel , I am a discovery writer. I’ve sold direct since starting out online in 2008, but it’s always been a secondary to trying to succeed on the various stores.

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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. Show notes: Overview of the Pilgrimage campaign including rewards, add-ons, and the result Why Kickstarter for this project, and why now for me Tips for success: Learn about the platform beforehand.

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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. So in 2008, I started my own publishing business. Thanks for having me.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I have been blogging since 2008, year in, year out , and just always did, and then, I just thought, you know what, I'm going to let go of the blog. You see it all the time with TV shows and other creative projects that, it just goes from bad to worse and people are so attached, and they just can't let go. Orna Ross: We met on Twitter.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 17, 2023

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). How do you know what to do with each project? It was really one of the most joyful projects I've ever written. Rachael Herron gives her tips.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

I say allegedly, because these other projects keep coming up. And it's really interesting because the most reliable way I've discovered to improve my Amazon sales is to just advertise my direct sales. And we see a number of authors are doing this direct sales process, and we see it over and over and over again.

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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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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

Understanding whether the website was a passion project, a side hustle, or a full-blown business can provide insights into how the site has been managed and the attention it has received. A website’s history as a side project or a dedicated business venture impacts the manner and intensity of negotiations during the acquisition process.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

So when it came time for the third book, when I was finishing it up I did go back to her, and she was busy with some other projects. Most of my sales come through print , whereas I know that many indie authors get more sales with eBooks. Are they a percentage of your sales now? Joanna: That's great.

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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. 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.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

For example, a group of action-adventure thriller writers could get together and train a model with our work and then license it to other writers. They are like a jumpstart for your brain, a crazy co-writer, or co-creator. Has it actually led to book sales? So AI is not going away. Can you tell?

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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. Check Writer Beware for years of them, most of them prior to generative AI. Some only use AI tools for generating sales descriptions or ad copy.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

And the idea was that they would encourage their employees to spend up to 20% of their time on basically more speculative projects, things that were outside the scope of their official responsibilities. Starting an email list early, I started mine in 2008. And then Google popularized a related concept of 20% time.

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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? If you go back to 2008 when I started, Facebook business pages started not long after. I’m thinking October 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. Darren: I think it was 2008, July maybe? If you go back to 2008 when I started, Facebook business pages started not long after. I’m thinking October 2008.

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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. In 2011 he created the Million Dollar Blog Project and launched his case study blog, Expert Enough. I think that Torre will be one of the writers that will really stand out over the coming years.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

Use filters on gmail – I have hundreds of filters on gmail – bulk for emails on products sales – keep records to serve customers – quick gmail search of transactions to see if customer purchases a product or not – emails you want to keep, but don’t want to read. Thanks for the question, Phil.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

Use filters on gmail – I have hundreds of filters on gmail – bulk for emails on products sales – keep records to serve customers – quick gmail search of transactions to see if customer purchases a product or not – emails you want to keep, but don’t want to read. Thanks for the question, Phil.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

But there is something sexy about completing a project that you’re proud of and that results in a happy client who refers you to someone else while you cash his cheque at your bank. Now, back to the current project Reply Sally B ( @snappysentences ) June 10, 2010 at 5:16 am Oh Amy I can totally relate to this post. Great post!

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

Kelly Exeter (writer and editor) . 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. We’ve looked at direct ad sales, affiliate promotions, other advertising networks, I wrote a book. Then, I got a sale. Evolve: Training Day. Jeff Goins.

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