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Joanne Morrell
ALLi Author Member
Location: Australia & New Zealand
Genres: Commercial Fiction, Self-Help/Personal Development, General Nonfiction, New Adult, Young Adult (YA), General Fiction, Other, Womens Fiction, Advice & How To, Writing & Publishing, Humour, Business, Romance, Children's general
Skills: Press/Media Interview, Reading/Literary Event, Self-publishing Workshop/Training, Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Writing Workshop
Joanne Morrell is a writer and podcaster based in Perth Western Australia, where she was born, but grew up in a little fishing village off the east coast of Edinburgh in Scotland.
She is the host and creator of The HYBRID Author Podcast interviewing industry professionals on forging a hybrid author career. Releasing weekly Friday episodes focussing on writing across genres, publishing all ways and getting comfortable promoting books.
Joanne is the author of short non fiction for authors 'Freelance Writing Quick Tips for Fast Success' and 'Author Fears and How to Overcome Them'. She also pens children's and young adult fiction and women's fiction.
Joanne Morrell's books
Freelance Writing Quick Tips for Fast Success
Starting a freelance writing business?
Place yourself in the pro position before you’ve met with your first client.
Invest one hour gaining 60+ quick tips to save yourself time, money and stress discovering the little (but important) factors previously unconsidered having never worked directly with clients before.
Freelance Writing Quick Tips for Fast Success is a short and simple book that touches upon:
MINDSET
Credit your credentials
Visualise what you want
Create a dream board
Act like a freelancer
Play the long game
BUSINESS SET UP
Business values
Choosing a business name
Cutting costs
SERVICES
Research competitors
Freelance writing services
Freelance writing work
RATES OF PAY
Shares in clients’ companies
Raise your rates after you’re established
FINDING FREELANCE WORK
Pitch your ideas to publishers
Stay clear of content mills
Working with clients
BONUS PAGES
Writer’s faith
Freelance writer traits to succeed
Index pages (business jargon)
Freelance Writing definitions
Author Fears and How to Overcome Them
How many times have you said ‘your writing’s crap’ or shied away from calling yourself an author?
Take comfort in knowing your author fears are valid, other writers feel the same way you do but are not letting fear stop them from putting themselves out there.
We are all feeling the fear, but doing what we love anyway.
And you can too.
Since starting to write your novel, have you developed any of these author fears below?
Are you using them as reasons not to advance in your writing career?
This book touches upon:
CONFIDENCE FEARS
Comparisonitis
Exposing Yourself
Your Life Will Change
Lacking Motivation
Feeling Like a Fraud
Inadequacy
Being Judged by Others
Looking Stupid
You Will Never Make it as an Author
GENRE FEARS
Children’s Fiction
Historical Fiction
Horror
Memoir
Non Fiction
Romance
MENTAL HEALTH IN WRITERS
Anxiety
Depression
SELF DOUBT
People Will Laugh at Me
People Will Talk About me
Becoming Overly Successful
Wasting time in an Unknown Future
Who cares About My Book
Who am I too Write a Book?
CRAFT FEARS
Criticism
Defamation
My Book is too Short
Lack of Talent
Originality
Plagiarism
Being Rejected
Running out of Ideas
Self Publishing Snobbery
PHYSICAL FEARS
Money
Unsupportive People
Responsibilities
Time