Stark Reflections On Writing And Publishing

Mark interviews Joanna Penn about her new book Writing the Shadow: Turn Your Inner Darkness into Words, then associated Kickstarter she launched for it, plans she has to window its release, and much more. Prior to the main content, Mark thanks Patrons of the Stark Reflections Podcast.   In their conversation, Mark and Joanna talk about: How it has been a while since Joanna has been on Mark's podcast (she was in episode 212) The number of years Joanna has been podcasting under The Creative Penn brand (March 2009) How sometimes there's a book that you really want to write that you're not ready to write yet The way we can often push the "shadows" down and repress them The importance of writing the things that fascinate you What happens when you push a balloon down underwater and try to hold it there Plato's Chariot and the White and Dark horses and getting them to run together in harmony The value of addressing what we're repressing and bringing it into the light particularly in your writing How critical it