Episode 145: Novelist Spotlight #145: Joanna/J.F. Penn — novelist, writing teacher and podcaster

Novelist Spotlight

In the spotlight is Joanna Penn, who teaches how to write, publish and market your book — and make a living with your writing. She is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author more than 35 books published and almost 1 million sold across 169 countries in five languages. She is also a podcaster, international speaker, and entrepreneur. But it hasn't always been this way for Joanna Penn. She was an IT consultant for 13 years for large corporations in Europe and Asia. Though well employed, she was determined to become a full-time novelist — and accomplished that feat in September 2011.
In February 2011, she published her first thriller novel “Pentecost,” later republished as “Stone of Fire.” There are now 11 books in the ARKANE action-adventure thriller series, described by readers as “Dan Brown meets Lara Croft.”
We discuss:
>> Why she writes fiction under the name J.F. Penn

>> Why she writes nonfiction under Joanna Penn

>> The use of generative AI

>> Selling books through an author’s Shopify store

>> The Creative Penn podcast

>> Traveling for research

>> Her theological studies

>> Etc.
Learn more about Joanna Penn here: https://www.thecreativepenn.com
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at [e-mail]. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.