Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur,

bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing options and marketing ideas for your book.

You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint and lots more information at

TheCreativepen.com. And that's Penn with a double N. And here's the show.

Hello creatives. I'm Joanna Penn. And this is episode number 705 of the podcast, and it is Friday the 28th of July

2023 as I record this. In today's show, I'm talking to Daniel Wilcox about writing fast and how to

manage your time if you want to achieve a lot as a writer, and also how to look after yourself, so the process

is more sustainable. We also talk about collaboration and co-writing with other authors within

the same genres, as well as book marketing, ambition and other mindset things. You might have heard

Dan on one of his other podcasts, the other stories or activated authors,

and we have a great discussion which I know you'll find useful, and that is coming up in the

interview section.

In publishing and book marketing things, draft a digital this week announced it has acquired self-pubbookcovers.com,

a pioneering marketplace that has offered thousands of one-of-a-kind pre-made book cover designs

from thousands of professional book cover designers.

This acquisition coincides with the announcement of a new department called Author Success,

aiming to help authors and indie publishers reduce the time, cost and complexity of procuring

essential publishing services. This new division will be headed by Nick Thacker, vice president of

author success, and Nick was on the show just a few weeks ago

when we were talking about developments in AI. So Nick is an author and also works at

Drafta Digital. So this is exciting. Draftor Digital continues to add everything into its sort of

end-to-end business for indie authors and indie publishers. So go check

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