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Fast Draft Your Novel, Book Marketing, and How to Write, Publish, and Market Short Stories
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Hello Creatives, Autumn is in the air here in Bath, and I've been in a flurry of finishing energy with my Masters dissertation (finally) now done. I'm also launching How to Write, Publish and Market Short Stories on my store now and everywhere else from 1 October. More details below. What do you want to achieve before the end of the year? Click reply and let me know. How to Write, Publish and Market Short StoriesWrite more stories, strengthen your craft, and grow your author career.Short stories give you the freedom to experiment with new ideas, characters, and genres, without committing months or years to a novel. They can help you strengthen your craft, build your creative confidence, grow your audience, and create additional streams of income. But how do you turn a promising idea into a satisfying story? Once it’s finished, what should you do with it? Practical guidance drawn from my experience writing, publishing, licensing, narrating, crowdfunding, and marketing short fiction as J.F. Penn. Click here to buy now from my store Available now in ebook, audiobook (human-narrated by me), paperback, large print, and bundle deals. Page One to Done: Fast Drafting Your Novel with Jessica BrodyHow can the Fast Drafting method help you finally finish your novel? And how do you make progress when you only have 30 minutes a day to write? Jessica Brody shares her tips for finishing first drafts after 20 years as an author. In the intro, The Amazon Tax, Trad publisher announces “human-originated, AI-facilitated” book, plus Holy relics, churches, and memento mori. Click here to listen or read Book Marketing, AI Book Discoverability, and Resilience with Ricardo FayetHow can you get your books surfaced when readers ask an AI what to read next? What are the hallmarks of authors and businesses that last more than a decade in the indie author industry? Ricardo Fayet gives his marketing tips after more than a decade at Reedsy. In the intro, Expanding Your Book’s IP through Merchandising, Guide to writers conferences, and Pulitzer Prize winners disclose AI usage.
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Joanna Penn, The Creative Penn
Inspiration and information about writing craft and author business. For independent creatives.
Hello Creatives, It is very hot here in the UK and I am still battling my Masters dissertation. I am dredging up all my finishing energy for this one! I'm also about to start narrating the audiobook for How to Write, Publish, and Market Short Stories, coming end Sept/October, and I have some website rejigging for my fiction self as J.F. Penn. Lots to do! Are you struggling with a writing or author-related project? Click reply and let me know. We're all in it together this August! From blog to...
Hello Creatives, I'm back into my dissertation at the moment, and academic writing is a challenge for sure, but worth it for the rigour of research, which I always love! Even though I'm not writing fiction at the moment, I am always open to creative inspiration, and I found much to love at Coventry Cathedral, which we visited last week. Photos above and more in the article below. Click here to visit Coventry Cathedral with me Do you find creative inspiration from traveling to new places? Or...
Hello Creatives, We're just back from a long weekend in Brussels and Bruges in Belgium where I did some much-needed book research. Photos above and more on Instagram and Facebook @jfpennauthor if you'd like a closer look. Also, do you know about the 'windowing' strategy for publishing? It's how I release my books now and might help you think about your next release. Basically, it means releasing your book in different formats and into different channels to different audiences over time, with...