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How can we move past our fears to write the books that mean the most to us? How can we write unique and compelling characters that keep readers coming back for more in a series? Barbara Nickless talks about mindset and writing craft in this wide-ranging interview. In the intro, Planning for a Creative 2024 […]
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur, |
0:08.9 | bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing options and marketing ideas for your book. |
0:17.0 | You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint and lots more information at |
0:23.0 | TheCreativepen.com. And that's Penn with a double N. And here's the show. |
0:31.2 | Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn. And this is episode number 732 of the podcast, and it is Saturday the 13th of January |
0:39.8 | 2024 as I record this. |
0:43.0 | In today's show, I'm talking to Barbara Nicholas about all kinds of craft and mindset things, |
0:49.5 | overcoming fears, how she finally listened to the voice inside that said she should be a writer, why our |
0:56.0 | writing is important, even when sometimes we feel it might be a bit pointless, healing through |
1:01.8 | writing, writing unique characters, and much more. Now, I loved connecting with Barbara because |
1:07.8 | I'm a fan of her work, particularly the Dr. Evan Wilding books, which we talk |
1:12.4 | about. And we connected because I recommended one of her books in my fiction email list for J.F. Penn. |
1:19.0 | And it turns out she was on my list and reached out to thank me and that's how we connected. |
1:24.6 | She shares some hard one experience in this, and one particular quote stands out. |
1:30.0 | She said, |
1:31.2 | We can't control how the world reacts to what we produce, but the act of producing itself is a balm to the soul. |
1:39.6 | So that's coming up in the interview section. |
1:46.1 | So in publishing and book marketing things, Orner Ross and I did a podcast episode on planning |
1:52.1 | for a creative 2024 and trends for independent authors. |
1:55.9 | That is on the self-publishing advice podcast. |
1:59.4 | And unsurprisingly, well, first of all, we talked about how we both |
2:03.0 | plan in different ways for across the year. And Orna and I, it's so funny because generally I am |
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