Find More Time to Write and Build a Sustainable Author Career
If you struggle to find time to write, feel overwhelmed by your author to-do list, or wonder why you're always busy but not making progress on your goals, Productivity for Authors is the book you need.
Award-winning author Joanna Penn shares over a decade of hard-won lessons on sustainable productivity for writers. This isn't about short-term hacks or burning yourself out—it's about optimizing your time, focusing on what matters, and achieving more while maintaining your creativity and wellbeing.
Inside This Book, You'll Discover:
- Goal-Setting Strategies - Learn to set meaningful goals that align with your author vision and create achievable plans to reach them
- Time Management Techniques - Find hidden pockets of time and make the most of every writing session
- Boundary Setting - Master the art of saying no to busy work so you can focus on important work that moves your career forward
- Productivity Tools - Discover the apps, software, and systems that streamline your author business
- Dictation Methods - Explore how to dramatically increase your word count through voice writing
- Outsourcing Strategies - Learn what to delegate and how to find reliable help for your author business
- Mindset Shifts - Develop the productive writer mindset that sustains long-term success
- Healthy Productivity - Balance your writing goals with physical and mental wellbeing
Why This Book Stands Out:
Joanna Penn isn't just teaching theory—she's sharing real-world strategies from building a multi-six-figure author business while maintaining creative output. She understands the challenges indie authors face because she's navigated them herself.
Whether you're writing your first book around a day job or managing multiple projects as a full-time author, Productivity for Authors gives you practical, actionable advice you can implement immediately.
What You'll Learn:
- How to find time to write, even with a busy schedule
- Goal-setting and deadline strategies that actually work for creative minds
- The difference between busy work and important work (and how to focus on what matters)
- Practical time management techniques specifically designed for authors
- How to use dictation to dramatically increase your word count
- When and how to outsource tasks to grow your author business
- Productivity tools and systems that streamline your writing life
- How to develop a sustainable, healthy approach to productivity that prevents burnout
Perfect for:
- Indie authors struggling to find writing time
- Part-time writers balancing day jobs and creative work
- Full-time authors managing multiple projects
- Writers feeling overwhelmed by author business tasks
- Anyone seeking sustainable, long-term productivity habits