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I Am Creative. I Am An Author. From Affirmation To Reality.

Back in 2007, I was very unhappy in my day job. In fact, I've never been happy in my day…

Joanna Penn

Ideas For Creative Writing: Of Earth and Air

The creative process is an individual journey but I enjoy hearing how other people do it and I like to…

Joanna Penn

How To Write Fight Scenes With Alan Baxter

In today's interview, I get very enthusiastic about writing fight scenes with the brilliant Alan Baxter who combines his martial…

Joanna Penn

7 Reasons This Is A Great Book Trailer

There is much discussion on whether book trailers are a good idea, and whether they actually work for selling books,…

Joanna Penn

How Readers Become Addicts: The Elasticity of Demand

This is a guest post from Patrick E. McLean, author of the Parsec Award-winning How to Succeed in Evil (which…

Joanna Penn

Publishing Guide To Twitter With Jon Reed From Publishing Talk

I'm a huge Twitter fiend and it is slowly becoming more a part of the wider publishing business as you…

Joanna Penn

What Do Authorship and Entrepreneurship have in Common?

This is a guest post from Cynthia Kocialski, from The Start Up Entrepreneur's Blog. I am a firm believer that…

Joanna Penn

10,000 Books Sold: Sales Figures For Pentecost, A Thriller Novel

I'm not (yet) a Kindle millionaire but sales of Pentecost have now gone over the 10,000 mark which for me…

Joanna Penn

How Intuition Can Enhance Your Writing

This is a guest post from Julia McCutchen, who helps writers reach their authentic self in their writing and their…

Joanna Penn

How I Write A Scene

I'm currently about one third through my first draft of Prophecy, my second thriller novel (later re-released as Crypt of…

Joanna Penn