happiness

Squee! The “Pitch Your Shorts” Winners!

January 19, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Thank you again to everyone who participated in Pitch Your Shorts with Entangled Publishing.  It was a huge success (eleven requests!), thanks to all of you! The editors have finished their dueling (I heard from a reputable source they arm wrestled to settle their disputes), and the following editors have requested these manuscripts: Adrien-Luc Sanders, Senior Editor [...]

Tagged as: editors, happiness, Jami Gold, paranormal author, pitch session, pitching

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The Best Reason to Blog – Part 2

November 24, 2011 Random Musings
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Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S.  The day we eat too much food, roll our eyes at the antics of our extended family, and think about all the things we’re grateful for.  Or in my case, wait for the tryptophan to kick in from the turkey so I can catch up on sleep. Last year [...]

Tagged as: blogging, deadlines, feedback, happiness, Jami Gold, paranormal author, RWA, social media, Twitter, writing contests

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Done! How Do You Celebrate?

November 17, 2011 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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I finished the first draft of another WIP (work in progress) on Monday.  Guess how I celebrated?  *cringes*  Uh, yeah…I did nothing. Yes, it was too late to go out for a celebratory dinner.  And yes, I have a lot of editing to do.  But shouldn’t I have done something?  Sure, it’s not my first novel, [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, editing, happiness, Jami Gold, paranormal author, perfectionism

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Ask Jami: E-Publishers vs. Agents

November 1, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Last week, Stacy Green asked me a question on Twitter and my fingers cramped while thinking about how to answer her in chunks of 140 characters.  *smile*  So we decided to make it an Ask Jami question here instead. Stacy asked: “What’s your opinion on e-publishers versus agents? … pros and cons.  I know a [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, Ask Jami, ebooks, epublishing, happiness, Jami Gold, paranormal author, professionalism, traditional publishing, Twitter

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What Food Fuels Your Writing?

October 25, 2011 Random Musings
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After all the serious posts lately, I need a break for something fun.  And oh look, the calendar is playing along. It’s getting close to one of my favorite times of the year: Halloween.  As a kid, I loved dressing up (in one of those semi-lame-made-from-stuff-in-mom-and-dad’s-closet costumes), going out trick-or-treating, turning our basement into a [...]

Tagged as: happiness, Jami Gold, life balance, paranormal author, Twitter

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How To Avoid the Publishing Kool-Aid

October 4, 2011 Writing Stuff
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This isn’t going to be one of those “let’s bash traditional publishing/self-publishing” posts.  There are still too many of those opinions on both sides, and I don’t want any part of that. Two people I respect blogged recently about publishing and kool-aid.  Agent Janet Reid posted about the ten things authors should be doing right now. [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, dreams, ebooks, happiness, Jami Gold, Jami's rants, paranormal author, self-publishing, traditional publishing

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What Wrong Turns Have You Made?

August 9, 2011 Random Musings
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Kristen Lamb asked an interesting question on her blog last week, Are We Born to Create?  Her posts often make me think and inspire my own posts here.  (Her unofficial muse skill is one of the reasons I’ve dubbed her “awesome-dipped-in-glitter” (TM).  *smile*) More specifically, she wondered if creative people are born to create.  Many [...]

Tagged as: dreams, emotional heart, genre, happiness, Jami Gold, Kristen Lamb, muse, paranormal author

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Happy Blogiversary to Me: Contest Winners!

July 12, 2011 News
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*whew*  I officially made it to the one-year mark for this blog.  I thought reaching this point would be a lot harder than it was. Life is often that way.  We put off something we dread, and then when we finally buckle down to do it, we wonder why we feared it so much.  (Note [...]

Tagged as: blogging, character flaws, happiness, Jami Gold, Kindle, muse, paranormal author, perfectionism, self-publishing, traditional publishing, Twitter, writers are insane

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Would You Ever Turn Down a Contract?

March 31, 2011 Writing Stuff
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The comments for my last post were fantastic—thank you!  The range of opinions really got me to think deeper about the traditional vs. self publishing issue. Many people wrote in with circumstances for when self publishing works (and possibly works “better”).  Others noted situations where traditional publishing is the only way to go, one being [...]

Tagged as: agents, authors, contracts, deadlines, emotional heart, genre, happiness, Jami Gold, paranormal author, risk, sacrifices, self-publishing, traditional publishing

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Do You Know What Will Make You Happy?

March 17, 2011 Random Musings
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Yes, it’s cheesy, but that picture is me right now because today is my last day in the deadline cave.  Yay! As I’m finishing up my final push to the finish, I wanted to share this post from last summer.  I think it’s still relevant today, maybe even more so. I’ve had to make a [...]

Tagged as: deadlines, Edittorrent, happiness, Jami Gold, Jami's rants, life balance, Margeanne Mitchell, paranormal author, risk, sacrifices

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