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Lessons Learned From 7 Years As An Author Entrepreneur

Seven years ago, in Sept 2011, I left my day job to become a full-time author-entrepreneur. Every year since I…

Joanna Penn

Author Mindset: Your Road Map To Winning Creative Battles With Tim Grahl

If you struggle with the creative process, you are not alone. If you find the myriad things we have to…

Joanna Penn

5 Reasons This Is The Best Time To Be A Creator

I get emails from authors every week asking if they are "too late" to write a book when the world…

Joanna Penn

Writing Tips: 6 Things To Consider Before Writing A Novel

When you read a lot of novels, it feels like it should be an easy leap into writing them. But…

Joanna Penn

Global Publishing With Kinga Jentetics From PublishDrive

In the last ten years, we've seen incredible growth in digital book sales (ebook, print-on-demand, and streaming audio) throughout the…

Joanna Penn

Book Marketing: 10 Ways To Get Reviews For Your Book

Book reviews are important for social proof as well as getting marketing opportunities like BookBub placement, for mining quotes for…

Joanna Penn

Co-Writing With Family. Lessons Learned From Penny Appleton

We all want to do the best for our family, but can you really help those you love with launching…

Joanna Penn

Writing for Now, Soon, And The Future

One of the secrets to building a long-term career as an author is to actually think long-term.  It might sound…

Joanna Penn

Too Much To Do? How To Re-Focus Your Writing Priorities

Today I’m talking about something close to my heart - how to re-focus your priorities when you have too much…

Joanna Penn

Branding For Authors With Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Branding helps readers find your books and enables you to build a long-term career as a writer – but many…

Joanna Penn