The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Writing With A Family. Productivity Tips With Andrea Pearson

11.25.2019 - By Joanna PennPlay

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How do you find the time to write when you have a busy family life? How do you stay creative while still managing to run a successful business? Andrea Pearson shares her productivity tips in today's show.

In the introduction, I share my Voice Double from Descript‘s beta. Let me know your thoughts in the comments! Plus, my NaNoSloMo progress and why I might just write another book instead. Google Earth storytelling tools [Google blog].

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Today's show is sponsored by IngramSpark, who I use to print and distribute my print-on-demand books to 39,000 retailers including independent bookstores, schools and universities, libraries and more.

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Andrea Pearson has published 60 books under 3 pen-names including four books on marketing for authors. She is the co-host of the Self-Publish Strong Podcast with her husband, Nolan, and also the co-host of the Six-Figure Author Podcast with Lindsay Buroker and Joe Lallo — and she has 3 young children who she home-schools.

You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.

Show Notes

* How Andrea juggles home-schooling children, writing, a new baby, and life

* The advantages of dictation when writing first drafts

* Outlining and using visual aids to help with dictation

* Practical tools for managing a family’s schedule

* What drew Andrea to podcasting and how she co-hosts three shows

* Working with family members, including spouses

* Going beyond books to licensing ideas

You can find Andrea Pearson at SelfPublishStrong.com and on Twitter @andreapearson2

Transcript of Interview with Andrea Pearson

Joanna Penn: Welcome to the show, Andrea.

Andrea Pearson: Thank you. It's nice to be here.

Joanna Penn: We only saw each other last week in Vegas.

Andrea Pearson: Do you miss me yet?

Joanna Penn: Absolutely. I wanted to get started because you've done incredible things since you started writing, but I'm interested in your background.

How did you get into writing and indie publishing?

Andrea Pearson: I didn't grow up wanting to be an author. That's one thing I like to tell people just because I've met a whole bunch of people that did, and they're like, am I screwed? I'm like, no, you're not.

Growing up, I actually focused on art and medical things. My degree is in the medical field, and I'm not like a doctor, but I focused on art and medical things, which actually ended up helping quite a bit with my books.

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