The Creative Penn

APRIL 15, 2024

Plus, Amazon's new AI board member, Andrew Ng [ TechCrunch ]; AI for Everyone free course; SEO is Dead [ Marketing Against the Grain ]; My episode on Generative AI Search for Book Discoverability ; Yes, Colossal is real, and Spear of Destiny. What can authors learn from the adoption of AI into the music industry? It seems so long ago.

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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. Joe: Sure, sure.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

Marc Reklau is the best-selling author of 13 books on habits, productivity and happiness. So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. How can small, daily habits make you more successful as an author? How can you use the 80/20 rule in your author business? Marc Reklau shares his tips in the interview.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You can also listen to a recent episode with Thomas on Novel Marketing and Christian Publishing on The Creative Penn Podcast. You can find Thomas and his show, and everything he does at www.AuthorMedia.com You can find more interviews, courses, and resources on selling direct here. But it is not 2013 anymore. And so that's right.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

If you'd like to know more about how authors can use AI, check out my course, The AI-Assisted Author, which includes ethics and issues, as well as opportunities across writing, marketing, image and video creation, and much more. You can also listen to my recent round-up of AI narration options across multiple platforms in episode 623.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Sitting in front of a computer screen, rolling up sleeves, and ready to write. For many of us, the most difficult part in writing is to get the ball rolling. The life of a content writer could be challenging who often stumbles upon a creative roadblock when ideas for content just don’t come. Twitter Search. StumbleUpon.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This person caught my attention years ago with his creative words, his ability to reach out and touch people and his perseverance. (Oh, His work and creative career stirred my curiosity. Oh, and he’s a fair hand with an acoustic guitar, too.) Wait, what?! Did you just say, “Who the hell is Kevin Parent?&#

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

Many of the people who approached me for help were writing – or planning on writing – blogs that were high-stakes and information-based. “I needed to write at what is basically junior high level, here in the States.&# Which is pretty cool, if you ask me. This post asks a good question indeed.

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