Writing Nature Memoir With Merryn Glover
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Joanna Penn
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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How can we bring a place alive in our writing? How can we tackle the challenges of writing different types of books at different times in our writing career? Merryn Glover talks about her experience in this episode. In the intro, Kobo launches Kobo Plus in the US and UK; Amazon is closing Book Depository; […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur, |
| 0:09.0 | 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 684 of the podcast, and it is Sunday the 9th of April |
| 0:39.3 | 23 as I record this. |
| 0:42.5 | In today's show, I'm talking to Meryn Glover about writing nature memoir, writing sense |
| 0:48.2 | of place, the line between travel, adventure and nature writing, as well as how Merrin dealt |
| 0:53.4 | with her publisher going under |
| 0:54.9 | and the challenges of writing a book based around another writer. |
| 0:59.2 | Merin also has a lovely, relaxing voice, so I hope you enjoy our chat coming up in the interview |
| 1:04.1 | section. |
| 1:07.4 | In publishing and book marketing news, well, big news this week because cobo has launched cobo plus in the |
| 1:14.5 | US and the UK giving book lovers unlimited access to hundreds of thousands of ebook and audio book |
| 1:20.8 | titles for a monthly subscription fee cobo plus is an all-you-can-read subscription service that has been available in selected regions since 2017. |
| 1:30.9 | Subscribers pay a flat monthly fee to read and lesson to unlimited books for as long as they are enrolled in the program. |
| 1:37.7 | Authors and publishers are paid based on a revenue share model. |
| 1:41.3 | And, of course, subscription programs, nothing new, but the big thing with |
| 1:46.1 | Kobo is you do not have to be exclusive, unlike other programs one might mention. So you can be in |
| 1:53.0 | Cobo Plus as well as sell everywhere else. And yes, I have all my books in Kobo Plus. So if you |
| 1:59.6 | are reading on Kobo, you can get my e-books |
| 2:03.1 | and many of my audiobooks there too. And the e-book plus the audiobook subscription is cheaper |
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