How do you know when an idea is a short story, a novella, or a full-length novel? How can you turn one story into multiple streams of income? Alan Baxter talks about a long-term craft-centered approach to the author career and how his short stories have won him multiple awards. In the intro, State of Indie Authorship 2021 [Written Word Media]; Sessions from 20Books Vegas conference [YouTube]; $0 to $1K a month in book sales webinar [Nick Stephenson]; penn-courses.teachable.com/"> This episode is sponsored by my Black Friday Promotion. You can get 30% off my ebooks, audiobooks, and courses when you buy direct. Use coupon: 2021 at Payhip.com/thecreativepenn for ebooks and audiobooks (here's how to apply it), and penn-courses.teachable.com/">TheCreativePenn.com/learn for my courses. Valid until end 31 Dec 2021. Alan Baxter is the multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy across more than 20 books as well as many more short stories. He's also a martial arts instructor and his latest book for writers is The Martial Art of Writing. 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 * Multiple streams of income from short stories, and tracking your intellectual property* When is an idea a short story vs a novella or a novel? * Does short fiction help to sell longer work?* Award submissions and a long-term approach* How writing is like martial arts You can find AlanBaxter at AlanBaxterOnline.com and on Twitter @AlanBaxter Transcript of Interview with Alan Baxter Joanna: Alan Baxter is the multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy across more than 20 books as well as many more short stories. He's also a martial arts instructor and his latest book for writers is The Martial Art of Writing. Welcome back to the show, Alan. Alan: Thanks for having me again. It's good to chat with you. Joanna: We've been doing this once every couple of years for a decade now. Alan: I know, such a long time. Joanna: It is. And of course, you were one of the first people I met on Twitter and we've talked over the years, but we've never met in person, which is kind of crazy. Alan: I know. Joanna: Give us a bit of an overview of your writing career because you've really combined traditional publishing, indie,