Inspiration and information about writing craft and author business. For independent creatives.
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, I've been working hard on the Fourth Edition of How to Market a Book, which will be pretty extensive! (and hopefully out in Dec/Jan). But it gets a little intense at the desk, so yesterday I went to Kew Gardens in London to see the Henry Moore sculpture exhibition for a (much needed) Artist's Date. I love large sculptures as they change as you move around them and the light and shadow is part of the experience. Moore was also frequently inspired by bones, as of course, am I!...
Hello Creatives, We are heading into the last few months of the year, so I hope you are doing well with your creative goals for 2026! I'm just back from an inspiring trip to Los Angeles to attend the Moonshots Live conference, and I also visited the cathedral, and tried my first Waymo, which was fun! I am now focused on How to Market a Book Fourth Edition, so please click here to do my short survey before 7 October. It should be out on my store in December, and everywhere in early 2027....
Hello Creatives, I'm just back from a week's walking in the Algarve in Portugal, a much-needed break after finishing my Masters dissertation and my little book on writing short stories. Multi-day longer distance walking always helps clear the mind — and the creative cycle begins to turn once more ... I'm working on the 4th Edition of How to Market a Book next, and if you want to sell more print books in-person, check out Mark Leslie Lefebvre's Kickstarter for A Book in Hand: Optimizing Print...