Joanna Penn’s June 2020 writing, publishing, and book marketing Q&A 

Posted on 07/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What are your fellow authors wondering nowadays? Joanna Penn recently hosted a Facebook Live Q&A in which she fielded the...

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Take a deep dive into self-editing with Kris Spisak

Posted on 06/15/2020 at 11:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sometimes we like to share easy self-editing tips — a list of ten common language issues, for instance. This recent...

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Joanna Penn's latest advice on making and selling audiobooks

Posted on 05/31/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here’s your friendly reminder from Joanna Penn that audio is a growing segment of the book market — and the...

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Publishing experts share their favorite tools for indie writers

Posted on 05/29/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In our post yesterday about getting started as an indie author, we mentioned that many free tools exist to help...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Publishing, Technology

Joanna Penn takes questions on writing, publishing, and marketing

Posted on 05/27/2020 at 11:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What are your fellow authors wondering nowadays? Joanna Penn recently hosted a Facebook Live Q&A in which she fielded the...

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Why a flawed character is perfect for your story

Posted on 05/26/2020 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nobody’s perfect. (And if you think you are, well, post a few times on the internet and plenty of folks...

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Tagged As: Characters, Joanna Penn

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...

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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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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