The Happy Writer With Marissa Meyer
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Joanna Penn
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
How do you keep the happiness and joy in your writing practice, along with managing the business side of being an author? Marissa Meyer gives her tips.
In the intro, How authors can price their books for profit [Self-Publishing with ALLi]; How to recover from author burnout [Self-Publishing Advice]; my Brooke and Daniel crime series in KU; Day of the Vikings; Outback Days and City Nights in the Lucky Country – Books and Travel; replanning with Calendarpedia.
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Marissa Meyer is the New York Times bestselling author of fantasy romance and graphic novels, including The Lunar Chronicles. The Happy Writer: Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy from First Draft to Publication and Beyond is her latest book for authors.
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Show Notes
* Finding joy and happiness in your creative process
* Tips for finishing a first draft when you hit a wall
* Ways to fill your creative well
* How to make your research methods more fun
* Coming up for new ideas within a series
* Managing your to-do list and learning when to say no
* Remaining positive when querying and pitching
* Finding joy in book marketing
You can find Marissa at MarissaMeyer.com or on Instagram @MarissaMeyerAuthor.
Transcript of Interview with Marissa Meyer
Joanna: Marissa Meyer is the New York Times bestselling author of fantasy romance and graphic novels, including The Lunar Chronicles. The Happy Writer: Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy from First Draft to Publication and Beyond is her latest book for authors.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur, |
| 0:08.0 | bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing craft and creative business. |
| 0:14.7 | You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint, and lots more at thecreativepen.com. |
| 0:22.5 | And that's Penn with a double N. And here's the show. |
| 0:27.1 | Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn, and this is episode number 795 of the podcast, and it is Thursday, |
| 0:34.4 | the 13th of February 2025 as I record this. |
| 0:38.7 | In today's show, I'm talking about the happy writer with Marissa Meyer, |
| 0:44.0 | how to keep the joy and flow in your writing and business processes, |
| 0:48.1 | the ups and downs of the publishing journey, |
| 0:50.5 | tips for happy publishing and book marketing as well as writing and much more. |
| 0:55.7 | So that's coming up in the interview section. |
| 1:01.9 | In writing and self-publishing things, |
| 1:04.3 | the Self-Publishing with Ally podcast has a session with Joe Solari |
| 1:08.5 | on how authors can price their books for profit. |
| 1:12.1 | It's quite a short listen and I really recommend it. |
| 1:15.1 | It's a lot about reframing. |
| 1:16.9 | He says, if you're asking what should I price my book, you're starting with the wrong question. |
| 1:21.9 | The question you should be asking is, who isn't reading my books yet and why? |
| 1:31.5 | Pricing isn't about numbers. It's a tool for creating opportunities to connect with readers who haven't discovered your books yet. And it's a way for building |
| 1:37.2 | a sustainable, profitable strategy and identifying with who sees the value in your product |
| 1:42.6 | and what they're willing to pay. |
| 1:45.0 | Different readers value different things and pricing is your lever to attract the right audience. |
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