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There is so much information on the internet that it can be hard to know where to start! This blog alone has over 350 text articles and over 30 hours of audio information, as well as extra downloads and bonus material!
So this page guides you through the basics – click the links below for more information on the topic that interests you most.
Journey of a first novel – from idea to Amazon bestseller list
You can read About Me and also about how The Creative Penn can help you here.
You might also like the following free resources:
Best Posts from The Creative Penn 2009
The Creative Penn monthly Ezine
Free “How to be an Author” Workbook
Free audios on writing, publishing and book promotion
Although most of the information is free on this site, I also have books and online multimedia courses that contain much more targeted information.
Books available in print and digital: “From Idea to Book”, “From Book to Market”
Short Course: Blogging for Authors and Writers (US$39.99)
12 module multi-media course: Author 2.0: Using web 2.0 to write, publish, sell and promote your book (US$297)
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Thanks so much for creating, sharing and organising all these fantastic resources. They will be incredibly useful to refer to as I move forward with my various writing projects, Terri
I need to prepare a marketing plan for baker and taylor and want to know if there is a free template someone can recommend to me.
Thanks in advance. Linda
Hi Linda,
re marketing plans, there are lots of free templates available from this audio interview I did with Dana Lynn Smith,
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/09/26/podcast-dana-lynn-smith-on-book-marketing/
and here
http://www.createyourbookmarketingplan.com/
Thanks, Joanna
I just produced, directed and edited two book trailers for my wife, Katia Lief (See KatiaLief.com) for books soon to be released by Harper Collins. Making them was an intense but great experience. I am a film/video editor by trade, and of course that experience helped a lot, but when my wife first asked me to make her a couple of book trailers, I had no idea what that was. I had cut many promos for HBO, so I decided to make them like little movie trailers. I kept them fairly simple, but I hope they have an emotional impact and are enjoyable to watch. Hope you like them…and of course, please buy her books!
That would make her very happy.
Thanks! – Oliver
The links are:
YOU ARE NEXT
http://www.katialief.com/you-are-next.php#trailer
NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME
http://www.katialief.com/next-time-you-see-me.php#trailer
Hi Joanna,
First I want to let you know how wonderful you are for being willing to share all of your pearls. And, Im hoping you can help me with a problem I have. I went through the 10 step video process to create a blog. I did good until I ended up with problems with customizing my blog. Im stuck here. I keep getting a Fatal Error message…page 36 and then my plugins and my themes arent uploading either to connect to the blog (on the dashboard). Where do I go from here? How can I help myself. Ive been layed off for 23months and produced a book in this time frame. Im following your videos of encouragement to try and do things on my own, to reduce cost. Please Help..thank you!
It’s very hard to help people remotely and I don’t do tech support. Sorry! But well done for getting started and playing with it is half the learning really.
I suggest you join Wordpress blog forums and discuss with people there.
You can also have a read of these blogs for other tips
http://www.blogtechguy.com and http://www.bloggingteacher.com
Thanks.
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