The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What has changed in the publishing industry over the last few years? Use coupon 2022 at checkout at CreativePennBooks.com (ebooks and audio, not print), and/or TheCreativePenn.com/learn for courses. Valid until the end of 2022. She's also an award-winning publishing commentator, writer, editor, professional speaker and teacher.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 18, 2022

So, why is blogging still relevant in 2022? Blogging with a strategy in mind (versus just jumping online and forcing yourself to blog when you’ve got the energy) is a pillar of the content trends of 2022 that are here to stay. Build Creative AND Business Skills. Self-Publish a Book. publish your own book.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Why might a first-time author choose the self-publishing route? Plus tips for self-publishing and marketing. Get 33% off my ebooks, audiobooks and courses for the rest of 2022. Use coupon 2022 at checkout at CreativePennBooks.com (ebooks and audio, not print), and/or TheCreativePenn.com/learn for courses.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Walker has been named VP, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Association of American Publishers. Martin’s Publishing Group. Gregory Brandenburgh joins Mango Publishing ’s international rights and sales team. At Andrews McMeel Publishing , Marya Pasciuto joins as Editor; she was previously Editor at Callisto Media.

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Quick Sprout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

According to 2022 Internet statistics, Google Chrome dominates the browser market with more users than all other browsers combined. That’s when you need to get creative. Use your creativity to devise even more advanced and informative content within your niche. Do not publish aggregated content. home decor.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

2022’s Blog Success Stories. Let’s look at some of 2022’s most successful blogs generating a sizable revenue. Since 2005, Arianna Huffington and her Huffington Post co-founders have been publishing news stories as they unfold. In June 2022 alone, HuffPost ’s organic traffic of 6 million had a value of $1.8

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

What are some of the fundamentals behind self-publishing success? James Blatch shares tips and insights as well as introducing the Launchpad course from Self Publishing Formula. He’s also the co-founder of Self-Publishing Formula, Fuse Books, Hello Books, and the co-host of The Self-Publishing Show. Show Notes.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JULY 15, 2022

In creative writing, exclamation points have power, but not as much as you might think. Creative License. In creative writing, however, context is there, crafted, intentional, and so powerful on its own that punctuation becomes secondary, and it easily becomes excessive. Blue Box Press, 2022. First published 1740.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At Penguin Random House , SVP, Director of Publishing Operations Sue Malone-Barber will retire at the end of the year. At HarperCollins Children’s Books , Katherine Tegen , VP and Publisher of Katherine Tegen Books , will retire in December. Andrea Flick-Nisbet has left her position as VP and Publisher of Harper Horizon.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How does curiosity fuel creativity? Maria Brito talks about How Creativity Rules the World. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. How did you break out of such a high-paying job to start a creative business?

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How can you create a high-quality photo book and publish it on Kickstarter? Jeremy: So in, I guess, the fall of 2022, I went on sabbatical from my work, I'm a professor by day. But you're not on the travel podcast today, you're on the publishing podcast. How do you market a beautiful, high-value book? So let's get into that.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Traditional publishing is not a monolithic thing. There are different kinds of publishers, and authors want different things out of a publishing deal and relationship. Georgina Cross talks about her experience with two different traditional publishers and the pros and cons of each. Welcome to the show, Georgina.

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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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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Recently an article was published at Vox titled “Everyone’s a sellout now.” This article makes the classic mistake of conflating all kinds of artists and creative industries and painting them all with the same brush. The agent or publisher has to have genuine enthusiasm for the story or writing itself. Congratulations!

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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

JULY 3, 2023

Four years ago, in July 2019, I put out a podcast episode that went through the 9 disruptions I saw coming for authors and publishing in the next decade. I mentioned ‘centaur publishing,' and suggest you check out AI Writing for Authors to find thousands of authors already experimenting with new ways of co-creating with AI.

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Melanie Saxton

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

These nonfiction books might include contributions from the people who helped make it happen — the initial visionaries, founding members, executive teams, boards of directors, account executives, creative directors, advertising managers, brand ambassadors, and even the end users of products and services (the customer).

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Grammarly

MAY 17, 2023

Teaching Experience University of Iowa College of Medicine, Tutor , Iowa City, IA September 2022-Present Tutored second-year medical students in their pathology course, and in their preparation for the USMLE Step 1 exam. Vital Signs—Student Newspaper, Editor November 2022-Present Writer/editor of the “Profiles” column.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 31, 2024

On New Year’s Eve 2022, I stood in my backyard surrounded by friends, finishing the last drags of a cigar. Every time you publish an article or new social post, no matter the subject, you’re marketing your services as a writer for hire. It takes guts to write The best writing is scary to publish because it is vulnerable.

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BKA Content

JANUARY 15, 2023

20 Business Blogging Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind As you plan your company’s content marketing strategy for 2022 and beyond, you might be ready to focus on new formats like TikTok and invest more money in video production and related expenses, but don’t neglect the power of blogging.

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Constant Content

AUGUST 15, 2022

A blog can show your creative writing talents and shine a light on the topics you’re most passionate (and well versed) about. Guest posting means you’ll write a blog post for a publisher for free. Your writer website needs to show prospects who you are, what you do, and why you are the right fit for them!

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Melanie Saxton

MARCH 28, 2023

Article by Melanie Saxton Photography by Provided Originally published in Conroe City Lifestyle Montgomery County is blessed with an art culture that rivals the nation! With more than $2M in artist sales in 2022, this year just might top that figure! Last month, we enjoyed the Greater Conroe Arts Festival in Historic Downtown Conroe.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio The following article first appeared in my paid newsletter, The Hot Sheet , which covers book publishing industry news and trends for authors. While book sales were down in 2022 compared to 2021, they’d be down much further if it weren’t for TikTok. Learn more. You’re not reinventing the wheel.”

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Learning about the art of creative writing in a creative environment requires a combination of planned social activities and a special writing group workshop designed to hone your writing skills. One unique aspect of this creative writing retreat is focusing on the writing process versus listening.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In July 2022, I launched my online shop at www.CreativePennBooks.com. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author. This episode is sponsored by my wonderful patrons.

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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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Buffer

JUNE 13, 2024

Creators worldwide publish about 500 minutes of video to YouTube, 116 blog posts, 1,099 Instagram posts, and six new websites per second. Without a solid distribution strategy, even the best creative can get lost in this vast universe of content, failing to make an impact and costing you dearly without generating the intended ROI.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If that sounds unhelpful, read on to see what real-life published writers are doing these days. Creative License Something funny happened when I searched through published novels for examples of commas after words like “said” in front of dialogue: I couldn’t find any. New York: Harper, 2022. New York: Penguin Press, 2022.

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ContentWriters

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In late 2022 and early 2023, the launch of tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, Perplexity AI, and Claude sparked an explosion of interest in AI. They seemed poised to revolutionize the business landscape, especially in the creative, marketing, and tech industries. It’s a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Get 33% off my ebooks, audiobooks and courses for the rest of 2022. Use coupon 2022 at checkout at CreativePennBooks.com (ebooks and audio, not print), and/or TheCreativePenn.com/learn for courses. Valid until the end of 2022. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When we talk about “pitch packages” in publishing, we’re usually talking about an author’s query letter and synopsis (for fiction), or a book proposal (for nonfiction). population that listened to a podcast within the last week has skyrocketed from about 7 percent in 2013 to 26 percent in 2022. The share of the U.S.

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Backlinko

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Read on to find out whether Gemini or ChatGPT is better for: All kinds of research Understanding complex concepts Image generation SEO tasks Creative content And much more. While Google Gemini is better for many creative tasks and image generation. Overall, Google Gemini does a better job at creative text generation.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 9, 2023

From April 2020 through to November 2022, I ran Facebook Ads in a way that ticked all the boxes when it came to best practices. But in December 2022, our Facebook Ads took a nose dive—sales, page reads, bestseller rank, and overall royalties all dropped. Fortunately, there is a solution: it’s called Dynamic Creative.

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Kayleigh Moore

JANUARY 6, 2022

So, this is one of my big goals for 2022: To take on fewer projects at a higher price point with clients I really enjoy working with on a long-term basis. I also just brought on a Project Manager to oversee things there, so I’m hoping to scale this operation up in 2022 without my time being super tied to it. Not cool.)

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Content Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2023

But the newest change, effective since December 2022 , is the addition of another letter “E” to the beginning of the well-known “ E-A-T ” acronym. With the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022, the conversation around AI writing software exploded. NEVER publish unedited, untouched AI content.

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 1, 2023

What a 2022 it has been for the world and for my business! 2022 was also filled with many new life changes – like adopting a new kitty. I don’t know about you, but I seriously failed my reading goal in 2022. I also know that many freelance writers aim to publish a fiction book, and kudos to them! Read More.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 9, 2022

How can creatives approach AI possibilities with curiosity rather than fear? In the intro, ChatGPT , thoughts on the GitHub Co-Pilot case [ WIRED ]; and why digital abundance is an opportunity for curious creatives, not a threat. She's also the co-creator of LAIKA, an AI-powered creativity tool. Show Notes. So first up –.

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