Using Tools To Automate Your Author Business with Chelle Honiker The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

How can you use automation and tools to help you streamline your creative and business processes so you can get back to the writing? Chelle Honiker gives some mindset and practical tips.







In the intro, IBPA guide to publishing models; We need to talk about independence [Self Publishing Advice article; my podcast episode with Orna Ross]; The Financial Times signs a partnership deal with OpenAI [FT]; The Big Leap — Gay Hendricks; AI Tools on Brave New Bookshelf; Spear of Destiny; Stone Hunters by Rod Penn;













Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital, self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. Just go to www.draft2digital to get started.







This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn 













Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine, Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com. She's also an author, speaker, podcaster, and program manager at the Author Nation Conference.







You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. 







Show Notes









* Finding a community with other indie authors







* Blocks that might stop authors from using technology effectively







* How to figure out which tools work best for your creative process and author business







* Moving into new and reinvented processes as technology changes







* Using Zapier to automate your author business







* When to use a tool vs. when to outsource a task







* What to expect in the upcoming Author Nation Conference









You can find Chelle at ChelleHoniker.com, IndieAuthorMagazine.com, IndieAuthorTraining.com, and a href="https://www.