Quick tips on writing settings, for authors of any genre

Posted on March 16, 2023 at 9:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn advocates for authors to find multiple revenue streams, and she certainly practices what she preaches. She recently shared...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Setting, Writing advice

What authors can do to improve their content's accessibility

Posted on March 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can feel tough enough to simply produce the content you're expected to as an author. So Joanna Penn and...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Diversity, Joanna Penn, Writing advice

The short-term sacrifices these authors make for long-term success

Posted on March 8, 2023 at 10:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In our personal and professional lives, we have to think about and plan for the longer term. Setting those habits...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn

Catch up on expert interviews with The Creative Penn

Posted on March 7, 2023 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can be hard to keep on top of all the blogs and news sources that aim to help writers....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Marketing / promotion, Nonfiction, The business of writing

Indie authors share their experiences with making big changes

Posted on March 2, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Benjamin Franklin once (wisely) observed that "in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." So it behooves all...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Joanna Penn, The business of writing

The short and the long of AI in publishing

Posted on February 28, 2023 at 9:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two posts on artificial intelligence, as it relates to authors and publishing, popped onto our radar recently. One is a...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Joanna Penn, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

A Choctaw author shares her thoughts on diversity in fiction

Posted on February 8, 2023 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The issue of including characters that don't look like you in fiction is a complex one, with no hard-and-fast answer....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Diversity, Joanna Penn, Writing advice

The Creative Penn's advice on selling books directly

Posted on January 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch noted in her year-end review that 2022 was a turning point in how authors began cutting out...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

Read this if you're struggling to finish writing a book

Posted on January 9, 2023 at 1:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Starting out with a "blaze of enthusiasm" that's eventually lost — this could describe any number of situations (hello, New...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

The Creative Penn: Sometimes, it's okay (or even good) to quit

Posted on December 30, 2022 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The changing of the year is a time when many of us think about changes in our life. Sometimes that...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writing advice