The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

She's also an award-winning podcaster of the wonderful The Creative Penn Podcast , a creative entrepreneur and an international professional speaker. And I felt that even my creative process had changed. My own creative confidence is stronger and that comes through. And I put a lot more of that in there.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. She's also the founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, a professional speaker and creative coach. You mentioned it before, that your creative non-fiction books, you put years into these.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

My books related to this interview: Career Change , How to Write Non-Fiction , Your Author Business Plan , Public Speaking for Authors, Creatives, and Other Introverts. Stephanie Chandler is the author of multiple nonfiction books, a professional speaker, and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association and Writers Conference.

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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? She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. What is the AI-Assisted Artisan Author? She has sold almost a million books across 169 countries and 5 languages.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. The main reasons for selling direct are creative and financial freedom. I’ve been selling ebooks, audiobooks, and online courses since I started online in 2008. com/creativepenn for merchandise, like my CREATIVE branded mugs.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 29, 2023

What functionality does Sudowrite have that will be useful to different types of writers? I use and recommend Sudowrite as part of my creative process. My co-founder, James and I, we're both writers ourselves, we began experimenting with writing with AI back in 2020. Amit Gupta gives his tips in this interview. Happy to be here.

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ProBlogger

MAY 30, 2024

The post 8 Steps to Become a More Confident Writer appeared first on ProBlogger. Whatever you want to achieve by blogging – money, a fully-fledged business, recognition in your field, a creative outlet, or sharing your message with the world – you need to write. There’s no way around it. Blogging is writing.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 28, 2023

Jeremy also has interviews with travel writers like Pico Iyer, Colin Thubron, and many more on his show, or check out his website TravelWritingWorld.com Jeremy has also been on this podcast talking about the different sub-genres of travel writing, tackling imposter syndrome , and more. Penn first appeared on The Creative Penn.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Narrators and characters in novels and other creative writing can talk about whatever they want. Writers often ask how to style such titles. Writers often ask how to style such titles. Creative License. The writer or editor objects. With italics? Quotation marks? Title caps? The Chicago Way. The text is old.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

How can generative AI tools augment and amplify your creativity? 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.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

But,” John writes, “what if you’re not a great writer? David’s ongoing blog posts keep him in touch with the latest creative opportunities and threats. The story of how he used content marketing to rescue his failing swimming pool installation business in 2008 has been told in countless blog posts, keynote speeches, and articles.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 1, 2023

How can we build a creative life based on following our curiosity? So I've pulled out some particular quotes for writers to explore further. Kevin: I'm a discovery writer. So we kind of adopted the word ‘discovery writer,' because you know, that's better than pants. I work with writers.

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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? Do you know how many times Amazon has been ‘flooded’ with spam books?

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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

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

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

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

APRIL 1, 2024

In the intro, Storybundle for writers ; Seth Godin on Tim Ferriss ; Amazon's investment in Anthropic ; Claude 3 direct or Poe.com ; Claude prompt library ; join me and Joseph Michael for a prompt webinar, 4 April, register here ; plus, Spear of Destiny. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below.

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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

AUGUST 7, 2023

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? It's like, well, I'm not a salesperson, I'm a writer. Painters have art shows, right.

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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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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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Smart Blogger

JUNE 17, 2024

Writers who stepped away for a season, but are making a comeback. Maybe it’s a photo you took on your camera, or perhaps it’s a Creative Commons image that perfectly fits your current shade of melancholy. Yesterday, you were just you — a talented, attractive writer living in obscurity. Best-selling authors. Entrepreneurs.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It's interesting because you're a discovery writer, I'm a discovery writer, and I just felt the same as you. I was on YouTube in 2008. Look at The Creative Penn. We're writers. Do you have an idea of what might be retirement, financially or creatively? You've been publishing and self-publishing a long time.

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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? 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. LA: Thanks for having me.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

The Creative Penn Blogger Joanna Penn. I started my site, thecreativepenn.com, in December 2008 as a way to share my journey and my lessons learned about writing and self-publishing my first book, as well as the ups and downs of marketing, something where nobody knows who you are. I had a vision of this life back in 2008.

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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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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

Does it help you creatively? So yes, it's funny how we do that, but I do think it helps creatively. If everything is dependent on one company and something goes wrong , like many people, I was laid off in the global financial crisis back in 2008, and that shaped my own indie author journey. Joanna: That's great.

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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. CEO of Author Media, and this is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and make a living writing books worth talking about. I'm Thomas Umstattd, Jr., She's a friend of the show.

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2011

Let’s look at a few arenas where this should be evident: Staff writers. Hiring multiple freelance writers allows you to automate your blog. Creativity is obviously absolutely critical to getting content to go viral. Consistent posting, learning basic headlines that are powerful, keeping a repeatable style going, etc.

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ProBlogger

MAY 30, 2024

The post 8 Steps to Become a More Confident Writer appeared first on ProBlogger. Whatever you want to achieve by blogging – money, a fully-fledged business, recognition in your field, a creative outlet, or sharing your message with the world – you need to write. There’s no way around it. Blogging is writing.

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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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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

There are loads of things that you could do that I couldn't do as a fiction writer because it's a different story that you're telling, with different opportunities to reach readers and then to offer them things. But it feels to me like the Wild West when 2007, 2008, the early days of digital in general, which was just brilliant.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 14, 2024

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn KimBoo York is the author of romance, fantasy, and nonfiction, as well as a productivity coach, and a podcaster at The Author Alchemist and Around the Writer's Table. I came into fanfiction during a very rough time of my life, in about 2007/2008. So welcome, KimBoo. Joanna: I love this.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In the intro, the author income survey [ALLi ]; publishing clauses to avoid [ Writer Unboxed ; Writer Beware ]; copyright registration for AI-assisted comic Zarya of the Dawn [ Process Mechanics ]; tips for writing with AI [ Self Publishing Show ]; my Sudowrite tutorial. My audience actually started requesting that I put a book out.

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