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Seven Years And 300 Episodes. Creative Lessons Learned From Podcasting Since 2009

I started The Creative Penn podcast in March 2009 as a way to learn about writing, publishing and book marketing…

Joanna Penn

10 Tips For Writing Short Stories That Sell

Short stories can be a creative exercise used to explore a new idea. They can be entered into anthologies or…

Joanna Penn

Merchandising For Authors With Melissa Addey

Bookstores are busy with shoppers buying presents for the holiday season right now. They're buying books, but they're also buying…

Joanna Penn

Going Further With Audiobooks. A Conversation With J. Daniel Sawyer

Authors talk about their 'book' in the singular, but actually that one manuscript can be split into many different kinds…

Joanna Penn

Interesting Intellectual Property And Author Branding For Enid Blyton Books

I'm getting into two new areas of publishing at the moment, intellectual property rights and also setting up a small…

Joanna Penn

Productivity For Creative People With Mark McGuinness

There are so many things that authors need to do now as well as write, plus there are a lot…

Joanna Penn

The Future Of Books. 5 Billion New Consumers, Global Mobile Payments, 3D Printing, Drones, VR And More

The Bookseller is hosting the FutureBook conference in London today. I'm not speaking there, but here I am speaking in…

Joanna Penn

Christmas Gift Ideas For The Writer In Your Life

The Christmas Market has just opened its doors here in Bath. The streets are full of twinkling lights and the…

Joanna Penn

From Author Entrepreneur To Creative Business Empire With Sean Platt

When you're writing that first book, it can seem inconceivable that you might want to run an author business someday.…

Joanna Penn

How To Get Your Book Sales Moving With Facebook Ads. A Case Study With David Penny

Much of the information out there on Facebook Ads is from people spending a lot of money and from people…

Joanna Penn