Adriana Locke on Branding and Editing Your Life

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 091 / Romantic comedy author Adriana Locke shares how she maintains balance in her life, shares some great tips on branding, and tells us how trauma in her life helped her make a big mindset shift.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intro notes: </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2021/10/04/how-to-use-mystery-to-hook-your-readers/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Creative Penn podcast about using mystery in all genres</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://pod.link/1480978629/episode/f7c004de895b275569b40fb2067a52e3"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Six Figure Author podcast with Mark Leslie Lefebvre about his new book with Joanna Penn, The Relaxed Author</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sara will be on Clubhouse October 14th, talking about translations with Ricardo Feyet of Reedsy and Dan Wood from Draft2Digital. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Question of the week: How would you like to edit your life? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show notes: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> Adriana started writing on a dare</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why it’s important to not get stuck in a box of set expectations when it comes to marketing--why it’s good to question the premise</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A cover mistake that taught Adriana about branding</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The isolation of writing and why community is important for everyone--even introverts!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why asking “What should this book achieve for me?” helps Adriana keep her perspective and helps with work/life balance</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: