The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How does a creative career develop over the long term and when do you need to take a step back to consider how to move forward? In the intro, Amazon changes ebook return policy [ Society of Authors ]; Spotify introduces audiobooks [ Spotify ; FindawayVoices ; Publishing Perspectives ]; Neal Stephenson on The Sword Guy podcast.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the intro, investment firm KKR will buy Simon & Schuster [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Subscriber Surge Giveaways [ Written Word Media ]; Key Book Publishing Paths [ Jane Friedman ]. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 4, 2024

And the visibility it lends me has been superlative and ongoing since 2009. I feel confident that my free newsletter will not stop publishing until I retire from writing and publishing. It helps you be less dependent on publishers, agents, retailers, bookstores, or anyone else to reach readers who enjoy your work.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Since 2016, I've been writing and podcasting about the impact of artificial intelligence, AI, on authors and the publishing industry , and this impact has only become more significant as the years have passed. You know I'm a real person because I've been podcasting since 2009 and doing videos on YouTube since 2008.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

In this Q&A, she reveals some of the terrible titles it spat out (while keeping the really good ones to herself), acknowledges the complicated moral question of writers allowing ChatGPT to do their writing for them, and lists the many ways AI has been helpful to her both creatively and practically. But here’s the thing: it did.

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Guide publishes a 32-page, full-color magazine each week. Listverse is the place to go for credible and entertaining top 10 lists since it was founded in 2009. If you want to get creative writing quality fiction or poetry (feel free to add in a dose of humor) look no further than The New Yorker. Interested? HelloGiggles.

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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. Thomas Umstaddt Jr interviews Joanna Penn on the Novel Marketing Podcast covering tips for publishing, selling, and marketing direct to readers.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. Traditional versus indie publishing Your marketing options vary based on how you publish and how much control you have over the book. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I can’t think of any superpower that would be more useful for content marketers than to have a sneak preview of all the important developments, trends, technologies, and key disruptors that will impact our strategic and creative decisions over the next 12 months. It will reinforce quality and creativity in content more than ever.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Before we get into it— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. Everybody told me you need to be an engineer or do something proper, and not be just creative. In 2009, I started my self-employment right after the university. Joanna: Well, can I also ask you about the self-publishing side?

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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. Joanna: So I think that that was around 2009.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 20, 2023

Joseph Nassise talks about his writing process, how he diversifies his business across different publishers, different products, and different technologies, as well as how he is embracing new options for his books. So first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. So welcome to the show, Joe.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 3, 2024

In the intro, thoughts on children's book publishing [ Always Take Notes Podcast ]; how to market a memoir as an indie author [ ALLi ]; A desperate quest. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Jacqueline Suskin is a poet, author, speaker, and creative consultant. That was in 2009. A holy relic. A race against time.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

How can generative AI tools augment and amplify your creativity? I've been following the industry, more so on the music side than publishing, but also just always straddling that line and seeing what can I take from the music industry and bring it into publishing and vice versa. The creative appeal? You can find J.

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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. First of all, on that whole lifetime deal companies, all of that, this is the same with publishers.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Beth Kempton talks about The Way of the Fearless Writer in this wide-ranging interview on the creative mindset. She also runs multiple creative businesses, and is a podcaster, speaker, course creator, and also co-hosts retreats. Joanna: This podcast has been going since 2009. So welcome, Beth. Beth: Thank you so much.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 8, 2024

What are the benefits and challenges of traditional publishing? In the intro, Referencing and citations [ Self Publishing Advice ]; will.i.am In the intro, Referencing and citations [ Self Publishing Advice ]; will.i.am Key elements of a pitch package and query letter Will traditional publishers do all the marketing for you?

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 15, 2023

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 and I have been doing this a long time, and I feel like I do trust my creative process. Because that's just not how the publishing industry works. It is random.

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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? Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine , Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com.

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

My first blog was just a place where I could be creative and talk about things that interested me. We want people to take their amazing cameras out of automatic mode and give them full creative control. In our case, it’s “… a blog that takes people from automatic mode to having creative control of their cameras.”.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 20, 2024

First up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. So let's just talk about publishing before we get into all the marketing side. So with an audience like you have, and you're marketing savvy and everything— What did you think about when you were publishing the first book?

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Quick Sprout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Outbound links to resources from 2009 are irrelevant and won’t be as effective for your SEO ranking. That’s when you need to get creative. Use your creativity to devise even more advanced and informative content within your niche. Publish authoritative, unique, original, and newsworthy content. home decor.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 7, 2024

They also discuss the role of Kickstarter in publishing, allowing for special editions and closer reader interaction. She also writes nonfiction for authors as Joanna Penn and is the host of The Creative Penn Podcast. I wrote the first book, Stone of Fire in 2009, and then published in 2011. I rebranded later on.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter. I published 2012 was my first book. So it's weird. Mark: Definitely.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

Joanna blogs about fiction and non-fiction writing, independent publishing, and making a living from writing. The Creative Penn Blogger Joanna Penn. I blog and podcast about writing fiction and non-fiction, independent publishing, book marketing, and making a living with your writing. 194: 5 SEO Tools for Bloggers.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Another year ends, and once more, it's time to reflect on our creative goals. Embrace multi-passionate creativity — and optimize for curiosity — as we move into The Creative Future. The Creative Penn website and podcast. Yes, creatively, because I am much happier about advertising the early books in the series now.

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Moz

MAY 26, 2020

This piece is coming from the perspective of Erika Austin, who has worked in digital marketing for Logic Supply since 2009, with special credit to Tim van der Horst in our Netherlands office who led the roll-out of the new domain and the resulting SEO recovery efforts. Phase three: pre-launch testing.

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Moz

APRIL 22, 2019

To wit: Lonely Planet — Founded in 1972, Lonely Planet is a travel guide publisher headquartered in Australia. The Infatuation — Founded in 2009 and headquartered in NY, The Infatuation employs diner-writers to create reviews like this one based on multiple anonymous dining experiences that are then published via their app.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. How to Overcome Procrastination Reply Bothersome Words ( @BothersomeWords ) December 14, 2009 at 5:12 am Long-time lurker, first-time commenter here. 69 Responses to “Is Your Education Useless?&#

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The Unspoken Goal Shared By All Admit it or not, but pretty much everyone who begins the task of writing of a novel has the same ultimate objective in mind – to publish the damn thing. Because your publishing dream (again, very much like being a parent) is a serious and worthy goal. And that’s a shame. So How Do You Get There?

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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. Welcome, Joanna.

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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. Welcome, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2024

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. It was about 2009 that we launched Bookvault, and that was to serve our traditional publishers that we'd been working with, mainly in the academic sector.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Gillian - Google SEO November 25, 2009 at 4:10 am I agree that working long hours should be the exception rather than the rule. Reply Eliza ( @MakeWayForBiz ) November 25, 2009 at 6:26 am @Gillian – I have a similar challenge in my 9-5-er. He thinks he’s lucky to get you. And you know what? Comments Read below or add a comment.

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ProBlogger

JULY 11, 2016

Up until 2009 all of my income was generated from running advertising on my blogs and from a little affiliate marketing on my blog. But in 2009 I decided to invest some time into creating my first products on both ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. Product Sales.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

jstainer ( @joel_stainer ) November 18, 2009 at 1:35 am An interesting perspective, but I’d be fine succeeding. Reply Kimmo November 18, 2009 at 3:00 am This article is so true. Reply DiscoveredJoys November 18, 2009 at 5:50 am Me? Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) November 18, 2009 at 6:23 am “The fear-game is a sucky game.

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