Another year ends, and once more, it's time to reflect on our creative goals. I hope you will take the time to review your goals and you're welcome to leave a comment below about how the year went.
Did you achieve everything you wanted to?

In the intro, 2023 was the year that Twitter died — and became X. What that means for me, plus The Verge does an overview. Thoughts on lighthouses and what yours might be, from The Comfort Book by Matt Haig quoting Anne Lamott; “We’re in an artist’s age now,” reflections on the changing author business model from Johnny B. Truant - https://www.theauthorstack.com/p/were... ; The Future by Naomi Alderman.

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Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker.

You can read my 2023 goals here https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2023/...
and I reflect on what I achieved below.

J.F. Penn — Pilgrimage, Catacomb, and short stories
Up-skilling into direct sales with Kickstarter and Shopify, and building a fiction-first store
Joanna Penn — Writing the Shadow
The Creative Penn Podcast and Patreon move to monthly Community
Experiment with futurist technologies and share what I learn along the way
Financial goals
Travel, speaking, health, and other things

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