I LOVE New Year! A crisp fresh blank sheet of paper for us all to write upon … happy times! Instead of an interview today, I describe my own creative process. In the introduction, I reflect on the publishing industry in 2015 (see ALLi's roundup here, also the Sell More Books Show roundup here), how I did with my own 2015 goals. Plus I look forward to what's coming in 2016 for the publishing industry (see Jane Friedman's industry issues to watch out for here) but also for my own 2016 creative goals. I also mention some useful things: Check out Goodriter's 99c sale – 15 books for writers plus a great course. If you're launching a book in 2016, check out Tim Grahl's free Book Launch Blueprint. Plus, I'm doing a webinar on 7 steps to successful self-publishing in 2016 on Mon 11 Jan at 4pm US Eastern, 9pm UK – click here to sign up. The corporate sponsorship for this show pays for hosting and transcription. This podcast episode is sponsored by 99 Designs, where you can get all kinds of designs for your author business including book covers, merchandising, branding and business cards, illustrations and artwork and much more. You can get a Powerpack upgrade which gives your project more chance of getting noticed by going to: 99Designs.com/joanna Today I talk about my own creative writing process. If you don't know about my fiction, here's my bio 🙂 J.F.Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author. She writes the ARKANE action-adventure series described as ‘Dan Brown meets Lara Croft,' as well as the London Psychic crime thrillers, for fans of Jessica Jones. Her books have sold over 400,000 copies in 72 countries and 5 languages. You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below. * How I get many of my initial ideas from traveling. How Destroyer of Worlds was sparked by a statue of Shiva Nataraja in Delhi, and One Day in Budapest by a visit to the city and the mass grave there as well as the far right political situation. * How I use research to delve further into places and cultural history and then synchronicity happens, in that I find ‘coincidences' in the real world that lead into story. The importance of following your curiosity. How Stone of Fire was influenced by the burning ghats in Varanasi and Carl Jun...