109 Writing for a Living, with Joanna Penn
Episode description
I’ve spoken to writers before on this show. A massive highlight for me was talking to Tom McLaughlin (Episode 85) about how he became a writer and illustrator for kids.
But today’s guest helps people write for a living. FOR A LIVING!
Joanna Penn (www.thecreativepenn.com) left the corporate world a decade ago to write full time. Since then she’s become an an award winning entrepreneur, a hugely successful fiction and non-fiction author, podcaster and teacher of other people who want to write for a living.
In our interview we talk about -
- Leaving your job and how to get started BEFORE you leave your job
- From selling your time to selling assets
- Short term income versus long term sustainable income
- Marketing and diversifying your writing business
- Publishing options
- How writers make money beyond writing books
- Outsourcing and organising your time as a professional writer
- How to get started
Joanna has a huge amount of free resources on her website as well as her books and courses. I highly recommend you get her advice before you start planning how you’re going to make a career writing.
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