J.F.Penn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers on the edge, as well as bestselling non-fiction for authors published under Joanna Penn. Joanna’s site for writers, TheCreativePenn.com has been voted one of the Top 10 sites for writers three years running. She is a professional speaker on creative entrepreneurship, digital publishing and internet marketing, and was voted one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013.

In this interview we talk about career change, writing, success and author entrepreneurship.

Food for thought
"You have to define what success is or you never know when you get there!

Fiction is a long term game.

If you've only got one book - you need another book.

Paying somebody for cover design is smartest marketing you can do.

Focus on one thing at a time.

Finish your book!

Useful links
http://www.jfpenn.com/ (Joanna Penn's fiction website)

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/ (Joanna Penn's non-fiction website)

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/ (The Creative Penn podcast)

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/books/ (Joanna Penn's books)

Blog post: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2014/07/08/arc-of-the-indie-author/ (The Arc Of The Indie Author Journey. From First Book To CEO Of Your Global Media Empire)

http://authorearnings.com/ (Author Earnings)

https://my.leadpages.net/leadbox/141caac73f72a2%3A1456f45c8b46dc/5757715179634688/ (Don't forget to download my e book "You Wrote A Book: Now What?" for free)