Ines Johnson on Happiness, the Surprising Benefits of Failing, and Tips to Organize Your Writing Life

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 099 / Romance author Ines Johnson joins us this week. So much goodness in this episode. We cover everything from coupling your financial goals to your happiness, the upside of trying and failing, and tips on organizing metadata as well as your writing schedule. </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;">How the music of her dad’s funk band helped Ines learn about story</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ines mindset shift that involved coupling monetary goals to happiness</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Examples of how to use storytelling in your marketing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why her approach is to fail faster and its surprising benefits</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tips for organizing book metadata</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Ines’ approach to translations has evolved and her favorite way to approach translations now</span></li> </ul> <p><a href= "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GPF2Dv6zLeYivvmLx086uc0S-sh1XyifoDsmGxksMVc/edit"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Ines’s Book Metadata Template</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.tektime.it/tektime2020/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">TekTime</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.babelcube.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">BabelCub</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.draft2digital.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Draft2Digital</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://auth.reedsy.com/sign_in/?ca_uuid=4dd1d443-f260-43b4-a26d-33bebfc9a8fe"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Reedsy Marketplace</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><a href= "https://www.upwork.com"><span style= "fo