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 13, 2023

Get your free Author Marketing Guide at draft2digital.com/penn Russell Nohelty is the USA Today bestselling author of fiction, graphic novels and comics, nonfiction, and books for authors, including This is NOT a Book: Musings on living a writerly life. I had a bunch of publishing contracts, and they all went very badly.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

If you’re a chief content officer , copywriter, designer, or programmer searching for ways to create more and better content in less time, you’ll find fresh ideas for improving your creativity, productivity, and writing skills with these best books from 2017. A search of Amazon.com for “marketing books” returns 324,225 titles.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I read blog posts and craft books, thinking the advice sounds great and I can’t wait to try it. Try not to judge your initial draft by the standards of a finished one or published book. I regularly do three edit passes in working with an author or a publisher, sometimes more. Revision is a process—often a long one.

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Make a Living Writing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This magazine published monthly is all about horses. A diverse literary magazine published three times per year and features poetry, fiction, and essays of promising writers. A literary journal, publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction quarterly. Rate: Prose: $10 – $100, Poems: $25 per piece. # 5 – Contrary.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 14, 2024

Amazon • Bookshop When my memoir Forces of Nature was on submission with publishers, one editor said she loved the story, but couldn’t get past the fact that I had written it in present tense. I respectfully disagreed (and sold the book to a different publisher who shared my vision).

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Grammarly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sentence case reflects the way sentences are written in traditional prose. Title case is more commonly seen in formal writing, such as essay titles , published books, titles of magazine articles, and other scholarly works. Each type of case follows a specific style guide, which will confirm how to capitalize titles.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Yet some brands are working with top comics creators and publishers such as Marvel Comics. OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. Google opted for a comic book, not a press release when it released Chrome. Arrow (1963-66).

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Or how Carolyn Keene keeps producing Nancy Drew mysteries ninety years after the first one was published? Maybe you’ve seen CEOs with a few productivity books and wondered how they had time to write them. . The works created by ghostwriters can be any type of published writing, including the following: journalism. comic books.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

Author Elisa Lorello’s exploratory dive into ChatGPT led her to discover its usefulness to fiction and nonfiction writers, and she shares them all in her new book The AI Author Assistant: How to Use Chat GPT to Optimize Your Writing Progress and Income While Retaining Your Human Touch. Let’s just say I took one for the team.)

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Make a Living Writing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Literary Magazines Accepting Submissions in 2024 Literary magazines are periodicals, which are dedicated to publishing poetry, short stories, essays and more from writers at every stage of their careers. The goal of this publication is to promote essays, poems, book reviews and fiction that challenges readers and creates dialogue.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A great example is my good writer-friend Allison Landa, whose memoir, Bearded Lady: When You’re a Woman with a Beard, Your Secret Is Written All Over Your Face was finally just published by Woodhall Press after a 17-year (yep!) That’s why I not only write but edit books. This is a problem I see often as a book editor.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 23, 2024

Photo by ConvertKit on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer and book coach Amy Goldmacher. I also optimistically packed 15 books (most of them were very short, but still, way too many to feasibly read!). I had wanted to get into prose poetry and brought three books with me on the subject…and touched none of them.

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Smart Blogger

APRIL 14, 2023

Here are a few to get you started: Four Way Books Prize $1000 Swamp Pink Prize $2000 Wergle Flump Humour Poetry Contest 1st Prize $2000 Already won a few creative writing competitions? Publish Personal Poetry Blog Blogging is a great way to make money if you know what you’re doing. So getting published isn’t easy, but it’s worth it.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

To enhance your prose. he literally wrote the book on it! ORIGINAL] Which blog was your article published in? REWRITE] In which blog was your article published? . I planned a movie night to help my friend get over. I planned a movie night to help my friend get over their breakup. ORIGINAL] There’s nothing to be afraid of.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Countless works have been inspired by both and represent great repositories of raw material for books, poems, movies, plays, songs, and more. Each of my published books was birthed from the pages of my notebooks and is peppered with snippets of dreams and morsels of dream wisdom. Dreams resist writing.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I never thought of myself that way, at least not until after reading the reviews of my first essay collection published over a decade ago. Yet I had never thought to look specifically at the humor in my work, at least not until after my first book fell into this category. For starters, it has helped sharpen my prose.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

Enter book marketing — the secret sauce to elevating your sales. From harnessing the power of social media to crafting compelling email campaigns, we’ve got actionable strategies to get your book into the hands of more people. And let’s not forget the most crucial section — the shop where your books reside.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Today’s post is excerpted from the book The Linchpin Writer: Crafting Your Novel’s Key Moments by John Matthew Fox ( @bookfox ). The first paragraph of a book is quite possibly not only the most important impression a reader will get of your book, it’s also the gateway for you to figure out where to start telling your story.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 9, 2023

How can we tackle the challenges of writing different types of books at different times in our writing career? Plus, the tools and services I use in my author business ; Get 15% off any of my books, digital or print, bundles or individual books — valid for one purchase per customer — use PODCAST15 at checkout on CreativePennBooks.com.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 30, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio Today’s post is by book coach Robin Henry. You’ll find books on this topic, such as Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer and How to Read Like a Writer by Erin Pushman, but they tend to take a generalist approach. Look for international books. Try adding a little non-fiction, too.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

No, it’s not about who has the right to publish a book or a photo (that’s copyright) nor is it just about writing blogs or social media posts, though those two can blur the lines of copywriting and marketing, depending on your goals. . Even in a blog post, like this one, longer prose can work. Not in copywriting.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Instead of setting the scene with lengthy prose, dive right into the meat of the copy by addressing your reader’s pain points. After all, publishing a book could take anywhere from weeks to years. Focus on making clear, concise statements. Let’s say you’re describing a gaming chair.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 17, 2023

The How-to Book What do you do well that others would want to learn more about? Or publish your ebook on Amazon and watch it become a best-seller like James Clear’s Atomic Habits , a revered personal development title about how to become more successful by transforming your habits. And they do so using simple, easy-to-read prose.

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Make a Living Writing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

One of the best things about greeting card writing jobs is that most companies don’t care whether you’ve just been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize or your mom’s refrigerator is the only place your writing has ever been published. Just show them your words. In that case, they would buy one-time rights for the piece.

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Make a Living Writing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

No age restriction for this competition, and both published and unpublished work are accepted. All 12 entries in total will have their work published online. #3 5 – Austin Community College – Balcones Prizes This poetry contest requires a $25 entry fee for poems and $30 for fiction books.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Co-authors of writing book, Millions of Suns , Sharon and Christine share their tips. In the intro, Findaway Terms of Service ; Why Kickstarter is the Most Creative Way to Launch Your Book [ Self-Publishing Advice ]; Sell direct resources ; Why writing books is a career like no other [ Roz Morris ]; You are not what you used to be [ Johnny B.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

In the intro, Draft2Digital acquires SelfPubBookCovers ; Different types of creative energy [ Self Publishing Advice ]; Twitter becomes X [ The Verge ]; TikTok text posts [ The Verge ]; What AI can help you do in 30 mins [ Ethan Mollick ]; Discovery Writing with ChatGPT by J. It's your content—do more with it through IngramSpark.com.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 7, 2023

It doesn’t matter if you’re halfway through writing a book, sweating over social media posts, or journaling about your own life, all writers get stuck for creative ideas sometimes. This isn’t about producing ready-to-publish work for your latest freelance writing job. Select a book from your bookshelf and open it to any page.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 29, 2023

Joanna: And again, it's so funny, because I feel like some people say, ‘oh, the writing is all just crap because you just click a button and output a book, and it's terrible.' And other authors are really focused on volume, they really need to get the next book out. They were able to finish that book that dreamed of writing.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway — Atlantic City, New Jersey The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway is a participant-focused writers’ conference. Writer’s Will Wander Writers can change the scenery by booking a cozy getaway with an Airbnb or similar service that allows them to exit their typical digs.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Modern editions of the novel now generally include an afterword, “Vladimir Nabokov on a Book Entitled Lolita ,” in which he states: There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. There are not many such books. No morals, no messages. There are scores of examples.

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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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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

You hit publish, and the work’s all done. Read a book. Just polish the prose and correct awkward phrasing. Thank him for his good work, and hit publish. He smoothes the rough edges, polishes the structure, tightens things up and tweaks until the piece is presentable. And your Visionary says, “That’s it!

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Smart Blogger

APRIL 13, 2023

Martin says both his books and HBO series are allegories for climate change. Make your voice heard and get your words published. Symbolism: White Walkers, Children of the Forest, and the famous line, “Winter is coming,” all represent man versus nature. Hidden meaning : Author George R. Pretty cool, huh?

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Grammar Underground

OCTOBER 7, 2024

And according to a recent study, their reader-unfriendly prose is contagious. Legal documents are largely incomprehensible to lawyers and laypeople alike,” write the authors of a study published this summer. In my books and columns, I sometimes take badly written passages and show how they could have been better.

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