Joanna Penn is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers under J.F.Penn. She also writes inspirational non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning creative entrepreneur and international professional speaker. Her site, TheCreativePenn.com is regularly voted one of the top 10 sites for writers and self-publishers. In this episode, Joanna discusses:

• How she got started writing
• The mindset needed for authors and writers to successfully go full-time
• How to diffuse comparisonitis and turn it into positive, productive energy
• The importance of writing down goals
• How to build your audience using the host of tools available to authors and writers
• The big advantages indie authors have over traditionally published authors
• What Patreon is and how she uses it to build her publishing empire through her podcast