The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers


Latest Episodes

Review Of My 2024 Creative And Business Goals With Joanna Penn
December 30, 2024

Another year ends, and once more, it's time to reflect on our creative goals. I hope you can take the time to review your goals and you're welcome to leave a comment below about how the year went. Did

Creative Clarity: Focus, Self-Care, And A Little Bit Of Tough Love
December 23, 2024

How can you create when there's an overwhelming list of things to do and too many competing priorities? How can you balance self-care with achieving your creative goals. In this episode, Ill share so

Book Proposals, Writing Non-Fiction, And Supercommunicators With Charles Duhigg
December 16, 2024

How can you write a book proposal that will make a publisher want to buy your book? How can you write a successful non-fiction book that both interests you and attracts a lot of readers? How can you i

Building A Business Ecosystem Around Non-Fiction Books With Michael Bungay Stanier
December 09, 2024

How can you build a scalable business around non-fiction books? How can you turn a book into multiple streams of income? How can you delegate in order to scale? Michael Bungay Stanier shares his thoug

Writing The Other And Self-Publishing in South Africa With Ashling McCarthy
December 02, 2024

How can we write from the perspective of others while still respecting different cultures? How can a children's book author make money from bulk sales? How is self-publishing in South Africa different

The Intuitive Author With Tiffany Yates Martin
November 25, 2024

How can you manage the competing priorities of an author career? How can you deal with the demons we all have to wrestle with along the way? Tiffany Yates Martin talks about the role of intuition in d

Writing Memoir And Dealing With Haters With Natalie Maclean
November 18, 2024

How can you write memoir with deep sensory detail? How does terroir in wine equate to the writer's voice? How can you manage your online presence while still protecting yourself from the haters? Multi

Dark Tourism And Self-Publishing Premium Print Books With Images With Leon Mcanally
November 11, 2024

What is dark tourism and why are many of us interested in places associated with death and tragedy? How can you write and self-publish a premium print guidebook while managing complicated design eleme

Self-Publishing A Second Edition Of A Non-Fiction Book With Gin Stephens
November 04, 2024

How do you approach writing a second edition of a non-fiction book? How does self-publishing compare to working with a traditional publisher? Can you build a viable business without active social medi

Writing Horror With Boris Bacic
October 28, 2024

What are some of the key elements in writing horror? How can you be successful writing and self-publishing in the genre? With Boris Bacic. In the intro, ISBNs made easy [Self-publishing Advice]; Writt