In this interview we speak with bestselling independent author Joanna Penn (@thecreativepenn) about what it means to be an indie writer today, the mindset needed to live a creative life, and what writers need to know about Web 3.0 and the bleeding edge of publishing. We discuss contracts and what all authors should look out for, and how we can utilise AI tools to help us with our creative projects.

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ABOUT JOANNA PENN

Joanna Penn is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn, as well as writing non-fiction for authors. She has sold nearly a million books across 169 countries and 5 languages. Her podcast, The Creative Penn, has been downloaded over 5.6 million times in 220 countries. 

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RESOURCES:

Tools mentioned

• AI tools for Art: Dal-E, Midjourney
• AI for marketing - Jasper
• AI for writing - Sudowrite

Links to Joanna's work:

• The Creative Penn website
• Joanna’s Courses (affiliate link) - note we have a discount code for LWS members until Dec 2nd.
• Joanna on Social media: Twitter/ Facebook/ Youtube/ Instagram
• Creative Penn Books (Jo's new website combining all interests)
• Books mentioned: Successful Self-publishing (free ebook), How to Write a Novel, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds
• The Creative Penn Podcast
• Podcast : Interview with Derek Murphy on Using AI for Art
• Podcast: Interview with Ruth Ware on contracts in publishing
• Podcast: Copyright and AI with Joanna Penn
• Joanna’s collection of AI writing tools
• Joanna’s NFT Art

Other books mentioned

• The One Thing by Gary Keller
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
• Collen Hoover in the New York Times
• Rule of the Robot by Martin Ford
• The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly:
• Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life by Aidan McCullen

Communities Jo recommends:

• The Alliance of Independent Authors
• 20 to 50k Books

Other Links

• Clifton Strengths to assess where your strengths
• Meta and Microsoft’s Virtual Reality Headset Deal - news

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