Joanna (J.F.) Penn
@thecreativepenn
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Author of thrillers, dark fantasy, crime, horror, memoir, and self-help. Podcaster. INFJ. Cat lover.
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Snow day! Very exciting as we don’t get snow much here. Beautiful early morning walk!
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I won!!!! Hooray!!!!
The winner of the non-fiction category was Pilgrimage: Lessons Learned from Solo Walking Three Ancient Ways by
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I made it! 300km from the cathedral of Porto to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The end of my
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I won Best Self-Published Non Fiction/Memoir at the Selfies Awards for Pilgrimage at London Book Fair!
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Just typed The End on my first screenplay, a feature length adaptation of
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This is so true! We all want family and friends to read and love our books but they rarely do!
What's the most difficult truth you've learned as a published author?
I'll go first: family and friends don't read your books. They don't understand how difficult it is to write, publish, or market them. All they want to know is: Have I heard of it? Is it a NYTimes bestseller?
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Very happy :) Have just finished my edits and sent Valley of Dry Bones to my wonderful editor. Is it too early for a celebratory gin and tonic?! Setting up pre-order next.
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Heading home.
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It is over.
It is just beginning.
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Today I've written 2k+ words on new JFPenn novel, proofed audiobook of How to Market a Book & published print romance. BIG day for 3 brands!
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This! It drives me nuts when people say listening to audiobooks is not reading. The words still go into your brain regardless of preferred input method! We need to encourage reading in every format.
People talking about "real" books, a word. Books are not made up of paper and print; they are made up of words and ideas. E-books are books. Audiobooks are books. Both communicate the same words and ideas. Your personal preference for print doesn't make the others less real.
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Our super cute British Shorthair cats, Cashew and Noisette (with her tongue out!) Send me pics of your cats! (Or other pets!)
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I’m on 33!
Over 80% of published authors stop after 3 books. About 10% of published authors make it to six books. And 5% make it to twelve.
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Up early getting the podcast sorted :) next door has builders so I recorded from 6. So lovely and quiet!
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There’s a rule in the Book of Author which says - if you finish a draft of a book, and it’s the week before Easter, then you get a chocolate bunny.
Nom nom.
Second round of hand edits start tomorrow on Spear of Destiny!
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I've dictated 3 books now and it's fantastic for your health and productivity as a writer. Here's some tips.
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This first draft was hard won. The hardest it’s ever been. But I’m happy with Tomb of Relics :) Now onto editing.
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