Welcome!
Welcome to the official website for Jami Gold, paranormal author. She writes in both the paranormal romance and urban fantasy genres, often mixing in elements of suspense and women’s fiction for something she calls “Beach Reads with Bite.” Her stories range from dark to humorous, but one thing remains the same: Normal need not apply.
Of her stories, The Resurrected is completed and ready for submission, and The Treasure Hunt is going through editing and ready for a partial submission. Check out Books for more information.
Scroll down for some of her recent posts.
September 1, 2010
Writing Stuff
Info dump? Infamous? You better believe it. The most egregious offender even has a name: the “As you know, Bob.” Imagine dialogue along the lines of, “As you know, Bob, Jane is our sister.” *cringe*
Does anyone actually speak like that? Would you ever tell someone something they already know? Nope. (Unless you’re reminding your spouse [...]
Tagged as:
advice for writers,
manuscripts,
skip to the good parts
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August 30, 2010
Writing Stuff
This past weekend was “contest entering” weekend for me—and I’m not nervous at all. (It’s okay, you don’t have to believe me.) But after several years of writing, this decision to enter a contest was a new one for me. Which of course begs the question, why did I finally decide to do [...]
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advice for writers,
contest,
feedback
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August 25, 2010
Writing Stuff
Last time, I mentioned how stories—the good ones anyway—avoid the boring parts of the journey by jumping into the action. Today’s post continues that “skip to the good parts” theme to talk about settings.
Setting is the sense of time, place, and mood within a story. Descriptions create a world within the mind of a reader [...]
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advice for writers,
manuscripts,
skip to the good parts
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August 23, 2010
Writing Stuff
We’ve all heard the saying: Life is a journey. Often this thought will be accompanied by—enjoy the ride—or something along those lines. And that’s great advice for life. But what about for stories?
At the RWA conference, I attended the Inside Scoop workshop with Robin Perini and Claire Cavanaugh. During the workshop, they critiqued opening pages [...]
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advice for writers,
manuscripts,
skip to the good parts,
workshops
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August 18, 2010
Random Musings
My blog-home-away-home, Edittorrent, had another thought-provoking post yesterday. You really should go read it, but if you don’t have the time, their point boils down to this: Know what will make you feel like a success as a writer. I think this same idea can apply to just about anyone—not just writers.
Know what will make [...]
Tagged as:
conferences,
dreams,
happiness,
life balance,
RWA,
sacrifices
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August 16, 2010
Random Musings
A quick note: Today’s the last day to leave a comment on my contest post to win a free book from the RWA registration bags. The deadline to enter is midnight, August 16th.
Last week, a friend of mine, Simon Larter, interviewed Victoria Mixon, a freelance editor. He asked several great questions (and a few silly [...]
Tagged as:
advice for writers,
blogging,
life balance,
organized,
sacrifices,
twitter
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August 11, 2010
Writing Stuff
First of all, if you weren’t at the RWA conference, check out my contest for a free book from the RWA registration bags. The deadline to enter is midnight, August 16th.
So my new RWA-buddy, Roni Griffin, posted a great article on her blog about the QueryFest workshop. When I kept finding myself wanting to chime [...]
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advice for writers,
conferences,
queries,
RWA,
workshops
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August 10, 2010
News
Woo Hoo! It’s time for my first contest on this blog. I’ll be giving away the book Wicked Becomes You by Meredith Duran.
But first, the answer to your question…
Why did I get so many books?
Several times at the RWA National Conference, I heard this advice: The best way to determine if your work is ready [...]
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book giveaway,
conferences,
contest,
not at RWA,
RWA
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