On this week’s podcast we talk to indie author Joanna Penn about being an early adopter of self-publishing and how the landscape has changed in the last decade.
Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing.
Show notes
Find out more about the National Centre for Writing: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/introducing-the-national-centre-for-writing/
Mentioned events:
Noirwich: noirwich.co.uk
Creative Writing Online courses: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/online-courses/
Useful links:
The Bestseller Experiment: http://bestsellerexperiment.com/
Mark Stay’s website: https://markstaywrites.com/
Guardian’s gallery of Man Booker covers: https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2018/jul/24/man-booker-prize-2018-longlist-in-pictures
Music by Bennet Maples: sonicfruit.co.uk/
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