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Editing Your Novel: High Level Story Read Through

Finishing the first draft of my novel just made me realize how much more work I have to do in…

Joanna Penn

Podcast: How To Write A Book Proposal With Gary Smailes, From BubbleCow

This blog is about adventures in publishing, and today we are looking at writing book proposals if you are pursuing…

Joanna Penn

Consume And Produce. How To Balance Your Time.

One of the most common questions that authors seem to get asked is "Where do you get your ideas for…

Joanna Penn

How It Feels To Finish The First Draft Of Your First Novel

This is a personal post! I have stumbled through to the end of my story, and now I sit at…

Joanna Penn

What I Want In A Thriller Novel And How It Informs My Writing

To be a successful writer in a genre, you have to read a lot of books! Genre writing is quite…

Joanna Penn

Books For Self Publishers: POD For Profit and Complete Guide To Self Publishing

Print on demand and self-publishing truly changed my life. I went from someone who dreamed of being an author, to…

Joanna Penn

Podcast: Inspiration For Authors On Resilience, Accepting Criticism And Being An Introvert With Clare Edwards

This is a pretty personal interview with the fantastic Clare Edwards from Change-Works. I asked Clare on the show to…

Joanna Penn

Multiple Streams Of Income For Fiction Writers

Most people understand that you can create multiple streams of income from non-fiction books, but I often get the question…

Joanna Penn

Top 5 Copywriting Secrets To Selling Your Book

This is a guest post from Paul Lonergan, an author, a ghost-writer and a copywriter. For more than 20 years…

Joanna Penn

Podcast: Self Publishing And Book Marketing Tips From Dan Poynter

Dan Poynter started his self-publishing career in 1969 as a 1 man company with a book on parachuting and now…

Joanna Penn