Put yourself in the right mindset

Posted on 01/10/2022 at 11:32 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn and Jane Friedman have each shared fresh advice on the mental side of writing. Penn hosted fellow author...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn, Motivational

How authors can improve their sleep patterns (and why they should)

Posted on 01/03/2022 at 09:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Health is a common theme among New Year’s resolutions. And so 2022’s first guest on Joanna Penn’s podcast is the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational

Excerpts from “Productivity for Authors”

Posted on 12/20/2021 at 09:07 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The question of how to make time for writing is an evergreen one, but ’tis the season where many people...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Time management

A bestselling author's tips for improving your book's description

Posted on 12/17/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Michaelbrent Collings has written bestsellers in a dozen different genres. So when he shares advice on how to create...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Blurbs, Joanna Penn

New interviews on The Creative Penn

Posted on 12/06/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can be hard to keep on top of the blogs and news sources you follow any time of year...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational, Short story, Technology, The business of writing

Memoirist explains how podcasting and writing helped her handle grief

Posted on 10/30/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The specific details of Kory Shrum’s memoir, which began as a podcast, are hopefully not something you can explicitly empathize...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Memoir, Podcast

Joanna Penn: Watch your legal language 

Posted on 10/28/2021 at 08:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn has noticed an interesting contrast in the writing world. Authors work to make their fictional language as precise...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Passive Voice

Researching for authors: The long and short versions

Posted on 10/18/2021 at 03:13 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Back-to-school must also be on the minds of some of our go-to writing sources. Both Writer's Digest and Joanna Penn...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Joanna Penn: Books and podcasts aren't your only audio options

Posted on 09/20/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audio dramas aren’t new, but they’re not necessarily the first thing that authors think of when they give consideration to...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Podcast

Need a fresh start? Here's how to reboot your mindset

Posted on 09/18/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

January 1 gets all the fuss as the start of a new year, but there are plenty of us in...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational