Podcast Episodes

Writing The Other And Self-Publishing in South Africa With Ashling McCarthy

How can we write from the perspective of others while still respecting different cultures? How can a children's book author make money from bulk sales? How is self-publishing in South Africa differen…

Published on 1 year ago

The Intuitive Author With Tiffany Yates Martin

How can you manage the competing priorities of an author career? How can you deal with the demons we all have to wrestle with along the way? Tiffany Yates Martin talks about the role of intuition in …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Writing Memoir And Dealing With Haters With Natalie Maclean

How can you write memoir with deep sensory detail? How does terroir in wine equate to the writer's voice? How can you manage your online presence while still protecting yourself from the haters? Mult…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Dark Tourism And Self-Publishing Premium Print Books With Images With Leon Mcanally

What is dark tourism and why are many of us interested in places associated with death and tragedy? How can you write and self-publish a premium print guidebook while managing complicated design elem…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Self-Publishing A Second Edition Of A Non-Fiction Book With Gin Stephens

How do you approach writing a second edition of a non-fiction book? How does self-publishing compare to working with a traditional publisher? Can you build a viable business without active social med…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Writing Horror With Boris Bacic

What are some of the key elements in writing horror? How can you be successful writing and self-publishing in the genre? With Boris Bacic.

In the intro, ISBNs made easy [Self-publishing Advice];
Wri…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Scaling An Author Business With Rachel McLean

How do you successfully scale an author business? How do you delegate to your team as well as continue to research and write the books you love? With award-winning crime author, Rachel McLean.

In th…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

7 Lessons Learned From Over 10 Million Downloads Of The Creative Penn Podcast

The Creative Penn Podcast just hit 10 million downloads as reported by my audio host, Blubrry!

The podcast is also the main content on my YouTube channel @thecreativepenn, which has had over 3.9 mill…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Writing Historical Fiction And Non-Fiction With Emily E K Murdoch

Can you be successful as an author across different genres and different pen names? How do traditional publishing and going indie compare? How can you diversify into multiple streams of income as an …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Author Mindset, Writing And Marketing Non-Fiction With Ariel Curry

How can the ‘hungry author' mindset help you become more of a successful author? Why do you need to shift your point of view to that of the reader so your book resonates with them? What are some of t…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago