{"id":250,"date":"2014-03-10T06:22:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T11:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2017-10-20T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:05:42","slug":"joanna-penn-writer-and-self-publishing-diva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/joanna-penn-writer-and-self-publishing-diva\/","title":{"rendered":"BWR 013: Joanna Penn: Writer and Self-Publishing Diva"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4446\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-250-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=250-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>What does it take to be a successful self-published author?<\/p>\n<h1>Listen to our Interview with Joanna Penn, Founder of TheCreativePenn.com to find out!<\/h1>\n<p>Joanna Penn is an author, speaker, and creative entrepreneur. \u00a0She founded TheCreativePenn.com as a home for all her her writing projects. \u00a0She jumped from corporate years ago to begin her writing career. \u00a0She creates fiction, non-fiction and blogs. \u00a0She shares her story about what it takes to produce content in droves, her advice on how to be in the\u00a0<em>business<\/em> of writing and how to self-publish successfully. \u00a0She is full of great information!<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Joanna&#8217;s Kick-A$$ Quotes:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The more you create, the more you CAN create.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>We\u2019ve got to think about designing a LIFE and then designing a BUSINESS that fits that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Fiction doesn\u2019t age. \u00a0Stories can sell forever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Katie&#8217;s Favorite Take-a-Ways<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Plan To Monetize Your Blog From the Beginning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Joanna had planned from the beginning to monetize her blog. She believes that one must have this mentality from the start otherwise they will have a tough time.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Scalability of Writing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Joanna shares her philosophy on writing as a seriously scalable model. \u00a0&#8220;Fiction doesn&#8217;t age. Stories can sell forever,&#8221; she says. \u00a0Her attitude toward leveraging writing to create ONCE and sell in multiple ways over multiple platforms in multiple formats will blow your mind!<\/p>\n<h2>Joanna&#8217;s Favorite Business Books &amp; Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FC2OHA\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000FC2OHA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=buswomroc-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Success Principles<\/a>\u00a0<em>by Jack Canfield<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CO8D3G4\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CO8D3G4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=buswomroc-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Choose Yourself<\/a><i> <\/i><em>by James Altucher<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SEGI8Q\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000SEGI8Q&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=buswomroc-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bird By Bird\u00a0<\/a><em>by Anne Lamott<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004PGO25O\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004PGO25O&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=buswomroc-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do The Work<\/a>\u00a0<em>by Steven Presfield<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0087TUM54\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0087TUM54&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=buswomroc-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turning Pro<\/a>\u00a0<em>by Steven Presfield<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Find out more about Joanna!<\/h2>\n<p>Want to know more about Joanna Penn and TheCreativePenn.com? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thecreativepenn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out her website<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4448\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-250-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=250-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat does it take to be a successful self-published author? 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Joanna Penn is an author, speaker, and creative entrepreneur. \u00a0She founded TheCreativePenn.com as a home for all her her writing projects. \u00a0She jumped from corporate years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127,2],"tags":[18,61,19,110,49,106,2006,107,102,109,112,43,111,108],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-podcasts","tag-blog","tag-books","tag-business","tag-editing","tag-entrepreneur","tag-joanna","tag-joanna-penn-writer-and-self-publishing-diva","tag-penn","tag-publishing","tag-self-publishing","tag-woman","tag-women","tag-writer","tag-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BWR 013: Joanna Penn: Writer and Self-Publishing Diva - Biz Women Rock!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/joanna-penn-writer-and-self-publishing-diva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BWR 013: Joanna Penn: Writer and Self-Publishing Diva - Biz Women Rock!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/Joanna_Penn_-_The_Creative_Penn.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat does it take to be a successful self-published author? 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