If you struggle with the creative process, you are not alone. If you find the myriad things we have to do every day as authors a little overwhelming, you are not the only one! In today's show, Tim Grahl shares honest thoughts and tips from Running Down A Dream. In the intro, I comment on Aretha Franklin dying without a will [The Guardian] and recommend you check out the podcasts on estate planning with ML Buchman and lawyer Kathryn Goldman. Plus, my first Korean foreign rights sale though CurlUpPress. In the UK, Waterstones (recently bought by an investment company) buys Foyles bookstore, further consolidating the high street [The Bookseller]. Today's show is sponsored by IngramSpark, who I use to print and distribute my print-on-demand books to 39,000 retailers including independent bookstores, schools and universities, libraries and more. It's your content – do more with it through IngramSpark.com. Tim Grahl is the author of Your First 1,000 Copies, he's a book launch consultant at Booklaunch.com, and the co-host of the Story Grid Podcast with Shawn Coyne. His latest book is Running Down a Dream: Your Roadmap to Winning Creative Battles. You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher or watch the video here, read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below. Show Notes * Why Tim chooses honesty and vulnerability in his most recent book * The importance of telling the truth when writing * The difference between telling the truth on the page and using a book as therapy * Knowing when we’re ready to tell a particular story * The practical tool that Tim shares that gets the biggest response * What Tim did wrong when launching his most recent book * And how he’s taking the long game approach to book sales * Details on the book launch webinar Joanna and Tim will be hosting on Sept 20 – www.booklaunch.com/penn * The challenges of writing fiction vs. non-fiction You can find Tim Grahl at BookLaunch.