Watch Joanna Penn start her self-editing process

Posted on 05/14/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Visual learners, rejoice: Joanna Penn wants to literally show you how she self-edits her work. You can read a transcript...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Joanna Penn

Webinar explains how to use Amazon data to sell more books

Posted on 05/08/2020 at 12:57 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn really loves her fellow writers. How can we tell? Not only did she share a webinar from Alex...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Joanna Penn, Marketing, Video

Joanna Penn's seven steps to creating an online course

Posted on 04/24/2020 at 12:08 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s hard to say which habits will stick and which will fade into the distance after the coronavirus pandemic is...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

Joanna Penn's 16 ways to market an audiobook

Posted on 04/22/2020 at 04:17 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Publishing experts have been calling for the rise of the audiobook for quite some time now. Joanna Penn acknowledges that...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Marketing

Too stressed to write? Try these creativity tips

Posted on 04/13/2020 at 11:06 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

While we know some writers thrive on pressure as in deadlines, we’ve yet to hear about a creative type who...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writer's Digest

How authors can overcome 7 common roadblocks to marketing

Posted on 04/08/2020 at 11:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marketing can feel overwhelming to authors in the best of times, and the additional stressors brought on by the coronavirus...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Marketing

How to outline your novel, even if you're a pantser

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author and editor Christina Kaye wants to dispel a myth about plotting. It doesn’t have to entail listing every single...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

How to keep busy even if you're not writing or promoting books

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writing might be a struggle for you right now, with so many other stressors weighing on you. And the idea...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Marketing, The Book Designer

Joanna Penn: Your indie-published book could be in a library

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Right now, most authors are likely not thinking especially hard about placing their books in physical bookstores. (Though perhaps one...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Libraries

11 productivity tips for writers

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 09:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Right now, many of us have all the time in the world. But even still, focusing and committing to a...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writer's Digest