The Creative Penn is a long-running blog, podcast, and resource for authors trying to improve their chops for writing, marketing, publishing, and entrepreneurship. I’ve relied on Joanna Penn’s site for years, including as I planned to leave my job in 2011 to become a full-time writer.
After all the things I’ve learned from The Creative Penn, I wanted to give back to Joanna’s community. She recently gave me the green light to send along a guest post about writing.
The post just went up this morning, and here’s a snippet:
No More Excuses About Writing. Fire The Muse And Go To Work »
“So, you what, sit down and wait for the muse?”
My father-in-law’s question made sense. A master electrician and project manager, he heads up the installation of massive industrial electrical systems. But when he asked me about how I write and work, something clicked.
“No,” I replied. “When you get down to it, my job actually has a lot more in common with yours.”
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Hi Anthony,
I really enjoyed your guest post over at Joanna’s blog.
Thank you.
My pleasure, Hiten, thank you for the feedback. That post is pretty deeply felt. All the mysticism we throw around the creative process makes too many folks think they can’t do it.