Ines Johnson on Happiness, the Surprising Benefits of Failing, and Tips to Organize Your Writing Life

12/07/21 • 52 min

Episode 099 / Romance author Ines Johnson joins us this week. So much goodness in this episode. We cover everything from coupling your financial goals to your happiness, the upside of trying and failing, and tips on organizing metadata as well as your writing schedule.

Show notes:

How the music of her dad’s funk band helped Ines learn about story
Ines mindset shift that involved coupling monetary goals to happiness
Examples of how to use storytelling in your marketing
Why her approach is to fail faster and its surprising benefits
Tips for organizing book metadata
How Ines’ approach to translations has evolved and her favorite way to approach translations now

Ines’s Book Metadata Template

Sarra Cannon’s HeartBreathings Youtube channel

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