If you're not making the money you expected from your books, how can you pivot genres in order to write what you enjoy AND make a living? How can you change your mindset to one of creative abundance and productivity? Dan Padavona talks about these topics and more. In the intro, publishing year in review [Kris Rusch]; how you can use ChatGPT with examples; Collaborative writing with AI [Andrew Mayne]; Open AI usage guidelines; Ethical AI usage for authors [ALLi]. Get 33% off my ebooks, audiobooks and courses for the rest of 2022. Use coupon 2022 at checkout at CreativePennBooks.com (ebooks and audio, not print), and/or penn-courses.teachable.com/" title="">TheCreativePenn.com/learn for courses. Valid until end of 2022. Today's podcast sponsor is Findaway Voices, which gives you access to the world's largest network of audiobook sellers and everything you need to create and sell professional audiobooks. Take back your freedom. Choose your price, choose how you sell, choose how you distribute audio. Check it out at FindawayVoices.com. Dan Padavona is the best-selling and award-nominated author of thrillers and mysteries, including the Wolf Lake Thrillers and Logan and Scarlett Serial Killer thrillers. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.  Show Notes * How — and why — to pivot genres * Combining what you want to write and what sells* Creating a new audience when pivoting genres* Are Facebook ads and AMS ads still worth it?* Financial factors that influence the decision to become a full-time writer* Revitalizing a series with Facebook ads* The importance of a positive mindset and how to stay motivated for the long term You can find Dan at DanPadavona.com Dan has now started The Author's Mindset series. Image generated by Joanna Penn on Midjourney. Transcript of Interview with Dan Padavona Joanna: Dan Padavona is the best-selling and award-nominated author of thrillers and mysteries, including the Wolf Lake Thrillers and Logan and Scarlett Serial Killer thrillers. So welcome to the show, Dan. Dan: Thank you so much, Joanna. It's a pleasure to be here.