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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