Writing Craft and Creative Business
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
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Recent Episodes
September 16, 2026
Reclaiming Your Mind: How To Teach Yourself Anything With J. Daniel Sawyer
Joanna Penn interviews J. Daniel Sawyer about his self-education toolkit for teaching yourself anything and organizing knowledge into compelling books.
September 9, 2026
What Machines Can’t Replace: Why AI Makes Us More Human With Anna McPhee
Joanna Penn interviews Anna McPhee, a software engineer and author, about how AI can enhance human creativity and productivity without replacing it.
September 2, 2026
How To Redesign Your Author Business For The Environment That Actually Exists, With Tracy Cooper-Posey
Author Tracy Cooper-Posey shares her solar sail theory for long-term discoverability and how to redesign author businesses for the current publishing environment in this interview with host Joanna Penn.
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Reclaiming Your Mind: How To Teach Yourself Anything With J. Daniel Sawyer
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[…] So welcome back to the show, Dan. Hello, Joanna. It's great to be back. Yes, indeed. You were only on the show a few months ago, which is where I have somebody twice in the same year. And so that is quite exciting. But we've talked about voice mastery last time, very different to the topic of today. But because we did talk a bit more about your background last time, we're going to jump straight into the book. So what is an autodidact and why write a book on it? An autodidact is someone who teaches themselves things rather than taking a course. It's not incompatible with being taught by others, of course, but there's a set of skills for being able to pick up new information, new disciplines, new hobbies, whatnot, that's really useful to have. […]
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