The Creative Penn: Why authors must understand copyright

Posted on 01/27/2020 at 04:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Does working on your novel — or, heck, even marketing novels you’ve already written — sound more fun than boning...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

The Creative Penn: Why indies should be able to pitch their books

Posted on 01/20/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn understands that you may never pitch your book to an agent or publishing company. That’s more than okay...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Marketing

Orna Ross and Joanna Penn predict self-publishing trends for the next decade

Posted on 01/16/2020 at 02:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Earlier this year, we shared seven predictions for the next decade from Orna Ross, the director of the Alliance for...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Podcast, ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors)

One author's best practices for researching with primary resources

Posted on 01/15/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You may not be in school any more, but chances are good you’re still being called upon to do research....

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

The Creative Penn: How to be (or strive to be) indistractable

Posted on 01/13/2020 at 10:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Imagine being indistractible. That’s not a pipe dream, at least according to Joanna Penn’s latest podcast guest. Nir Eyal used...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational

The Creative Penn: How you can achieve financial independence

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 09:06 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Money scares a lot of us, even if you don’t perceive yourself as a words-only person. Brad Barrett, who advocates...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

Joanna Penn's priorities for her writing career in 2020

Posted on 01/05/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn has an incredibly ambitious 2020 planned for herself, almost so much that we hesitated to share it. But...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

Joanna Penn reflects on the past year and decade in self-publishing

Posted on 12/30/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s been quite the year for self-publishing — and, in fact, quite the decade for it. Heck, in 2009, Joanna...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

Hollywood veteran shares the basics of bringing a book to the screen

Posted on 12/16/2019 at 03:40 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Maybe Hollywood isn’t on your list of goals. That’s okay, though — Joanna Penn’s latest podcast guest still has plenty...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Movie adaptation

Five tips for quieting your inner critic's voice

Posted on 12/13/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Editing and revising are absolutely essential parts of the writing process. But they shouldn’t weigh you down every time you...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational