Insights On The Enneagram And Sustain Your Author Career With Claire Taylor

How can you use insights from the Enneagram to help you with a sustainable author career? 23:43 - Interview starts
How can you get past your blocks and move towards success, whatever that means for you? Claire Taylor provides her insights.
In the intro, will TikTok be banned in the USA, and how will this impact authors and publishing? [TechCrunch; Kathleen Schmidt]; Hugh Howey on the Tim Ferriss show; I, Cyborg: Using Co-Intelligence [Ethan Mollick - www.oneusefult... ]; Using AI in award-winning writing [Smithsonian Mag; Editor and Publisher];
Plus, I'm now an award-winning author for Pilgrimage! - www.thecreativ... ; Spear of Destiny - www.jfpenn.com... , Unstuck with Rachael Herron - www.kickstarte... ; I'm interviewed on the Casual Author Podcast, and Cops and Writers.
Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital, self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. Just go to www.draft2digital to get started.
Claire Taylor writes comedy fiction, science fiction, paranormal cozy mystery, and serial killer crime, with more than 40 books under various pen names. She also teaches authors through courses, consulting, and her books for writers, which include Reclaim Your Author Career, and her new book, Sustain Your Author Career.
What is the Enneagram is and how can it help authors
Differentiating questions to determine your Enneagram type
Dealing with the unhealthy sides of your Enneagram type
Overcoming blocks that authors may face
Navigating changes in the (ever-changing) indie author industry
Building resilience to sustain a long-term author career
You can find Claire at www.ffs.media/, and Sustain your Author Career on Kickstarter - www.kickstarte...
You can find the transcript and show notes in the podcast backlist: www.thecreativ...
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[@christinabranham7117]

When it's books it's not hoarding, it's a library! (I'm right there with you Jo)

[@thecreativepenn]

Indeed!

[@nicklang6798]

Mmmm. 🤔 I might be a hoder of books. I buy them and say I'll read it...then don't. then buy more 😂

[@thecreativepenn]

I have sooooooo many books :)

[@nicklang6798]

Mmmm. 🤔 I might be a hoder of books. I buy them and say I'll read it...then don't. then buy more 😂

[@thecreativepenn]

One can never have enough books :)

[@KeepingTheIronThroneWarm]

Richard Rohr's book on the Enneagram is the best of them I've read. He phrases the types as a "Need To..." So a number 8 is a "Need to Be Against" (i.e., the Challenger), and number 9 as a "Need To Avoid" (i.e., the Mediator).

[@WanderingSybil186]

Had heard of enneagram before but not really paid it much attention tbh. Myers Briggs had me covered with INTP but I saw you were doing this so decided to do a enneagram test. It said 5w4… and it is strangely accurate and also something extra Myers Briggs didn’t give. Will definitely check it out more. Your “oh, yes” at wise/foolish… oh yes 😂 … and I’m not a hoarder of comfort books, I am a connoisseur of collection. If buying things and squirrelling them away just for the pleasure of having them is fine for art and wine collectors, it’s fine for us too 😂

[@thecreativepenn]

I'm glad it resonated :)

[@authorpreneursecrets]

Congrats on your award! This is fabulous! Your most vulnerable work. Look at that! So happy for you!🎉🎉🎉

[@thecreativepenn]

Thank you :)

[@thecasualauthor]

I’m intrigued by this enneagram thing 🤔 also congratulations on the award! Loved having you on The Casual Author 😊

[@thecreativepenn]

Thanks, and yes, it's worth looking into the Enneagram for another perspective on our personalities

[@tomschaumleffel]

It's only hoarding if you never plan to read the books you buy. Just remember to give these treasures a place to rest, which means on a shelf and not by vertically spooning each other. I think I am also a 3 and a 5, but I also feel very divergent in my thoughts and actions making the enneagram for me more of a horoscope that your trying to make come true to give yourself comfort in life where change is constant and the successful learn to adapt. I like Claire's positive attitude and I don't think you would have someone on your podcast without reason, even if it's pure curiosity. I am currently listening to Bird by Bird from Anne Lamont with mixed reactions.

[@thecreativepenn]

I love Bird by Bird, I remember reading it before I wrote a word for publication and it really encouraged me!

[@tomschaumleffel]

@@thecreativepenn I just finished listening to Bird by Bird. Maybe because it was recorded now that she is 30 years older, but her dry humor to me made it more of a tragedy then a comedy. The start was slow and some of her stories were difficult to listen to see where she was going, but there was enough realism of what to expect as a writer's life emotionally and financially to make it a worthy listen.

[@melaniemorphy]

Congratulations on your award!!!🥇 🎉

[@thecreativepenn]

Thank you!!

[@TonyWalsh]

Congratulations on the award - a combination of skills acknowledged

[@thecreativepenn]

Thank you :)

[@gabrielsgrovepottery]

First off, I love the work you do Joanna. I'm not critiquing your show at all, I'm just finding this need for authors to use what I call "corporate astrology" really weird. For some people it works/helps and that's great. But after spending years in a cubicle farm where people get hired/fired based on this information, I just can't see it as anything else anymore.

[@thecreativepenn]

Everyone has their own approach - you can ignore this one, lol!