The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, We used to do that [Seth Godin ]; Penguin Random House has acquired Hay House [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Business for Authors ; Your Author Business Plan ; OpenAI has announced a partnership with Axel Springer , the first publishing house globally to partner with them to integrate journalism with AI technologies.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Happy Holidays from the Editors PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Judy Clain will be joining on January 16 as SVP and publisher of the relaunched Summit Books Imprint , reporting to CEO Jonathan Karp. She had been with Little, Brown & Company since 2011. She was previously the publishing director at Vintage UK.

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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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Publishing Trends

APRIL 8, 2024

PEOPLE Penguin Random House , Anna Paustenbach will join Avery Publishing as executive editor on April 1st. At Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group , Ciara Tomlinson joins Pantheon as an associate publicist. She was previously director of Belknap Publishing at Harvard University Press. She was previously at St.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. It will emerge over time.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Creative Penn Podcast just hit 10 million downloads as reported by my audio host, Blubrry! Here are some fun stats, and then I share 7 lessons learned that are also applicable for authors and other creatives. Here are some fun stats, and then I share 7 lessons learned that are also applicable for authors and other creatives.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2025

Why publish into KU and what are some of the ways to market there? With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with writing software, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. For the first couple of years, it actually was quite creative.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 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. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. You never know how it will turn out.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

In 2011, it raised over $6 million to study the landscape of how to create “human-free stories” (such an oxymoron to say). Today, The Washington Post sells Heliograf’s technology through Arc Publishing , which starts at $10,000 a month and can increase to over $150,000 a month. In 2013, it raised another $11.5

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 27, 2018

However, ScribbleLive’s specialty is tapping into the content curation and publishing power that most enterprise organizations overlook — their employees. Back when I was targeting mainstream publishers for guest posting, it was literally my first stop in the research process. Since its 2011 launch, Scoop.it! Click to enlarge.

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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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Smart Blogger

JUNE 5, 2023

2011: Facebook is slapped with charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for failing to keep its privacy promises, including allowing apps to access almost all of a user’s data, and sharing users’ info with advertisers. Ello Known as the “The Creators Network, ” Ello is dedicated to connecting artists, brands, publishers and their fans.

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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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Men With Pens

JULY 28, 2011

So when I received strong interest for my fourth book from traditional publishers and was told they’d put it out in spring of 2012…. I’m no newbie to publishing, having written three books already. I’m well aware that book publishers and the publishing industry at large are behind the times. Taking Control of Publishing.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. 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. And the rest is history.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 17, 2024

Granted, some of those “Medium” searches could be for the TV show of the same name that starred Patricia Arquette from 2005 through 2011. If your post looks good in the editor, it’s going to look good when your post goes live after you click the “Ready to publish?” The blue line represents the number of searches for “medium.”

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 13, 2023

How can you let your creative dark horse run? How could you let your dark horse run creatively? But take heart, Creative. I’ve been a full-time author entrepreneur since 2011 and before that, I used to implement accounts payable systems into companies across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. We are authors.

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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. Transcript of the discussion.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How can we shift our mindset to thinking about a long-term creative career? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. What can we do now that will make our future selves happy? Dorie Clark gives some ideas for playing the long game.

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Content Hacker

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Let’s take a peek at exactly what to look for to find the perfect content writer for your exact needs, based on what I’ve learned from hiring and managing hundreds of content writers since 2011. Heck, I’ve used them since 2011 with the advice of a mentor who used them even before that. Get all nine in this free guide.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. Do you know of someone that has really stood out in 2011? In 2011 he created the Million Dollar Blog Project and launched his case study blog, Expert Enough. Alexis Grant is a publishing powerhouse. Maria Popova.

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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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Men With Pens

APRIL 21, 2011

Currently working as a freelance creative director and continuously starting up online projects when he's not out trying to take over the world. His latest published tool for world domination is GhostBloggers.net - An online marketplace where you can buy and sell unique blog posts. Want to keep up with him?

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 5, 2012

But for AWs, even churning out enough raw material for editing—never mind producing a published piece—can be daunting. Read more about his creative process in Ogilvy’s letter to Mr. Ray Calt. 7 Tips Pros Use To Get Words on the Page first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Moz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Fun fact: the first article to appear online proclaiming that "infographics are dead" appeared in 2011. I believe the best way to determine this is by taking a look at what journalists are publishing and mapping that over time. Feels a little wrong to publish that openly!). Yet, here we are. DM me for it.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In a 2011 study published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , experts found that our brains process “tangible” (i.e. And in a study published for Brain and Language in 2012, psychologists found that a certain part of our brain is “activated” when we read sensory words. sensory) words faster than other words.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 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. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. But the publishing landscape has changed.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

While I shared a framework useful for restructuring your team and/or making hiring decisions (which will be published shortly on this blog), today we’re digging into the various skill areas your team needs to cover. I, for one, can’t design myself out of a box, so I’m always grateful for CMI Creative Director Joseph Kalinowski.).

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2011

Take my own case in point: When I recently had a guest post published at Problogger, I got: Nearly 400 Tweets (more than I’ve gotten collectively in the last two years of blogging). Post by Jennifer Brown Banks Jennifer Brown Banks is a veteran freelance writer, pro blogger and creative consultant. Leave a Comment!

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How can you reinvigorate your writing process, breathe life into your backlist, and prepare your author business for the rollercoaster that is publishing? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Tracy Cooper-Posey gives her tips.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 5, 2012

In the first month of my creative writing Masters, both my tutors told me that I wrote too much from the head. Every single time I write something that seems a bit too close to home, I’m reluctant to hit “publish” But when I do, I’m always overwhelmed by the positive response from readers. All of this is good advice.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 9, 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. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. Because look, to be honest, this is the creative process, right? Merryn: Thank you, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

How can you reframe the direct author business model to take advantage of creative possibilities for different kinds of products and long-term marketing? But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. So I started my first creative business in 2004. Russell: Sure.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

I’m not trying to downplay the word, but I do feel like there’s a reason people are more apt to label someone as an “expert” when they’ve published a book or two. How to get a publishing deal. Usually, writing a book isn’t quite enough to get a publishing contract. For freelancers, it’s the secret to long-term success.

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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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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Don’t sit on that novel for 10 years – send it out to publishers. Post by Steff Metal Steff Metal is a creative copywriter , illustrator, and medieval swordfighter from who believes every word you write is worth fighting for. If you keep your writing locked away in a treasure chest, it has no value to anyone. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

There is a craft to storytelling, and if you ignore it, you’ll have a hard time finding a publisher – or readers. Bonus Tip: I’m Not Worried About Getting Published. You shouldn’t worry about getting published either. But it’s also a fun, exciting process of creativity and discovery. … yet. See part (a).).

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