The Creative Penn Podcast Episodes 401 – 500

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#500 – Writing and Business Lessons from 500 Episodes and 11 Years of The Creative Penn Podcast

#499 – Writing Action Adventure Fiction and Systems Thinking with Nick Thacker

#498 – Writing a Series. Satisfy Readers and Make More Money with Lindsay Buroker

#497 – How to Write Monsters with Philip Athans

#496 – How to Write Memoir with Marion Roach Smith

#495 – Building a Creative Business for the Long Term with Natalie Sisson

#494 – How to Develop Bestselling Story Ideas with JD Barker

#493 – How to Self-Edit Your Novel with Kris Spisak

#492 – Creativity, Artificial Intelligence and Time Off with Max Frenzel

#491 – How to Take Your Author Career to the Next Level with Mark Dawson

#490 – How Character Flaws Shape Story with Will Storr

#489 – The 7-Figure, One-Person Creative Business with Elaine Pofeldt

#488 – Great Stories Don't Write Themselves. How to Develop Strong Fiction Ideas with Larry Brooks

#487 – Writing and Selling Short Fiction with Matty Dalrymple

#486 – Writing and Working Together as a Creative Couple with Jeff Adams and Will Knauss

#485 – Building a Unique Author Brand with Gail Carriger

#484 – How to Stay Creative in Difficult Times with Mark McGuinness (A Lockdown Special)

#483 – How to Sell Your Books in Bulk and Make More Money as an Author with David Chilton

#482 – How to Get your Book into Libraries and Bookstores with Mark Leslie Lefebvre

#481 – Keep Going: How to be Creative for the Long-Term with Austin Kleon

#480 – A Career in Writing with Danielle Trussoni

#479 – Writing Full-time: The Career Author with J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon

#478 – Opportunities in Audiobook Publishing with Michele Cobb from the Audio Publishers Association

#477 – How to Find and Pitch a Literary Agent with Barbara Poelle

#476 – Writing Fight Scenes with Female Characters with Aiki Flinthart

#475 – From Blog to Book and Repurposing Content with Amy Woods

#474 – Writing Crime Fiction: Myths and Misconceptions About the FBI with Jerri Williams

#473 – Empowering Authors Around Copyright with Rebecca Giblin

#472 – How to Pitch your Book to Agents, Publishers or Readers with Kate Harrison

#471 – How Will Self-Publishing Change in the 2020s? With Joanna Penn and Orna Ross

#470 – How to Focus and be Indistractable with Nir Eyal

#469 – Financial Independent, Retire Early (FIRE) for Authors with Brad Barrett from Choose FI

#468 – Operation Evergreen: My Creative and Business Goals for 2020

#467 – 2019 Round-up. Did I Achieve My Creative Goals? Did You? 

#466 – 2009 – 2019: Reflections on a Decade of Self-Publishing with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn

#465 – From Book to Hollywood Film with Ken Atchity

#464 – The Key to Long Term Success as a Writer with Kevin J Anderson

#463 – How to Effectively Work from Home with Amanda Brown, the Homepreneur

#462 – Writing with a Family. Productivity Tips with Andrea Pearson

#461 – Tips for Self-Publishing in Translation: Adventures with AI and German with Joanna Penn

#460 – How to Sell More Books with Reader Funnels with Mark Dawson

#459 – How to Write Your Darkness with David Wright

#458 – From Bestselling Book to Netflix Series with Vikram Chandra, Author of Sacred Games

#457 – How to be a Free Range Human with Marianne Cantwell

#456 – From Indie Author to Creative Empire with Michael Anderle from 20BooksTo50K

#455 – Why Authors Should Learn to Speak in Public with Joanna Penn

#454 – How to Write a Novel in a Month #NaNoWriMo with Grant Faulkner

#453 – Writing for Audio First with Jules Horne

#452 – Book Marketing: Publicity Tips for your Book with Dana Kaye

#451 – Trust your Creativity and Choose Yourself with Jen Louden

#450 – Writing Tips: Unforgettable Endings with James Scott Bell

#449 – Audiobook Narration and Performance Tips for Authors with Sean Pratt

#448 – Happiness, Anxiety and Writing with a Full Time Day Job with Lisa M Lilly

#447 – Podcasting goes Mainstream. How can Authors Benefit? Lessons Learned from Podcast Movement 2019 with Joanna Penn

#446 – Navigating Changes in the Publishing Industry with Mike Shatzkin

#445 – The Creative Introvert with Cat Rose

#444 – Transitioning to a Full-time Creative Career with Blaire Palmer

#443 – Book Marketing: Content Marketing Strategy with Pamela Wilson

#442 – Amazon Advertising Insights with Russell Blake and Michael Beverly

#441 – Flash Fiction and Making a Living as a Writer with Jason Brick

#440 – Managing a Diverse Creative Career with Tim Chizmar

#439 – Attraction Marketing and Tips for Creative Business with Andre Chaperon

#438 – Mobile Payments, Reaching Chinese Readers, and AI for Voice with Makoto Tokudome

#437 – 9 Ways That Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Disrupt Authors and the Publishing Industry in the Next 10 Years

#436 – Storyteller: Audiobook Narration Tips with Lorelei King

#435 – How to be an Unskippable Author with Jim Kukral

#434 – Writing Memoir And Marketing Under a New Author Pen-Name with Toby Neal

#433 – Writing Conflict in Crime Fiction with Detective Adam Richardson

#432 – Pinterest and Instagram for Writers with Frances Caballo

#431 – Self-Publishing and Marketing Literary Fiction with Jane Davis

#430 – Book Marketing: Voice Search for Authors with Miral Sattar

#429 – Exclusive vs Wide Publishing for Ebooks, Print, and Audio with Joanna Penn

#428 – Writing and Marketing Travel Memoir with Adventurer Alastair Humphreys

#427 – How to Pitch your Book for TV and Film with DJ Williams

#426 – The Author Entrepreneur Ethos with Jarie Bolander

#425 – The Importance of Self-Editing and Why You Need to Read your Publishing Contracts with Ruth Ware 

#424 – Autopsies for Authors with Geoff Symon

#423 – Verbalize: Strengthen your Writing with the Power of Words with Damon Suede

#422 – 10 Years of The Creative Penn Podcast. 3.2 Million Downloads in 215 Countries

#421 – AI and Creativity with Marcus Du Sautoy

#420 – Writing Heroes and Villains with Sacha Black

#419 – Creativity, Symbolism and Writing with the Tarot with Caroline Donahue

#418 – 7 Reasons to Narrate your Own Audiobooks with Joanna Penn

#417 – Audiobooks for Authors with Will Dages from Findaway Voices

#416 – How to be Successful in Writing Horror and Tips for Making a Full-Time Living as an Indie Author with Iain Rob Wright

#415 – How to Take Your Creative Business to the Next Level with Tara McMullin

#414 – Author Email List and Newsletter Tips with Tammi Labrecque

#413 – How To Be a Successful Company Of One with Paul Jarvis

#412 – Voice Technologies for Authors with Bradley Metrock

#411 – Lessons for 21st Century Creatives with Mark McGuinness

#410 – Trends for Authors and Creative Goal Setting 2019

#409 – Round-up of 2018 Writing Goals and Lessons Learned

#408 – Tips for Long-Term Publishing Success with Mark Leslie Lefebvre

#407 – How to be Successful When Publishing Wide with Adam Croft

#406 – Freedom and Long-Term Business Thinking with Yaro Starak

#405 – From First Book to Multi-Six Figure Writing Business: 10 Years of The Creative Penn

#404 – Plot Gardening with Chris Fox

#403 – How to Scale your Author Business with Joseph Alexander

#402 – 5 Tips for Successful Publishing and Book Marketing. Lessons Learned from the Independent Author Conference with Joanna Penn

#401 – Book Cover Design Tips with Stuart Bache