Kristen Lamb

Multiple Personality Disorder? No, I’m a Writer

January 31, 2012 Writing Stuff
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This is an updated version of one of my favorite posts, the first of many to receive the “Jami is insane” tag.  It’s okay if you laugh with me or at me.  Either way, I’ll understand.  *smile* ***** (No disrespect to anyone—crazy, insane, loony, committed, batty, bizarre, eccentric, daft, demented, deranged, or otherwise—is intended by [...]

Tagged as: Jami Gold, Jami is insane, Kristen Lamb, listening to characters, paranormal author, writers are insane

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Do You Call Yourself a Writer or an Author?

January 24, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Recently, the Awesome-Dipped-in-Glitter (TM) Kristen Lamb pointed out that “aspiring is for pansies.”  We are not aspiring writers. Aspiring: to have a plan, desire, or hope for something. Writer: a person who writes. If we put those together, that means an aspiring writer is a person who plans, desires, or hopes to write, but doesn’t actually [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, authors, blogging, branding, Jami Gold, Kristen Lamb, paranormal author, professionalism, risk, self-doubt, self-publishing, website

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The Insanity Behind the Pressure to Have “Numbers”

October 20, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Confession:  I broke one of the unwritten rules of the Writer Code. I ranted.  In public.  On an agent’s blog. And yet I’m still here to tell to the tale.  In fact, the agent responded to my comment and then—in a show of fantastic grace—emailed me to make sure I didn’t take offense.  We ended [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, authors, blogging, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, Jami's rants, Kristen Lamb, paranormal author, risk, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, Twitter

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How Bad Is Plagiarism?

October 18, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Recently, a thief broke into my brother’s house.  They weren’t home, so no one was physically hurt.  However, the shock of the crime still caused emotional pain. The thief didn’t take too much, mostly just small things he could carry, but now they wonder if the guy will strike again in a couple months with [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, editing, Jami Gold, Kristen Lamb, paranormal author, plagiarism, professionalism, social media

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What Does It Take to Sell Books?

October 13, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Subtitle: Über Blogging, True Fans, or ??? In case you haven’t heard, recent statements by agents have started a kerfuffle over whether blogging is a waste of time for most writers.  The first I heard of it was through agent Wendy Lawton’s post, What’s Not Working, where she says: “I wouldn’t recommend a writer start blogging in order [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, blogging, Jami Gold, Kristen Lamb, non-fiction, paranormal author, social media, traditional publishing, Twitter

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Are All Writers Delusional?

September 29, 2011 Writing Stuff
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My first sarcastic impulse is to answer that question with “Duh.”  Writers have to be somewhat delusional to pursue a career that has such a minuscule chance of financial success.  (Not to mention that fiction writers exist in a constant state of make-believe.)  But there are different styles of delusion. There’s the unconsciously incompetent phase we go through [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, Ask Jami, Jami Gold, Kristen Lamb, paranormal author, self-doubt, self-publishing, social media, Twitter

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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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What Makes You Decide to Buy a Book?

June 16, 2011 Random Musings
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My to-be-read pile is scary.  Seriously scary.  Like I-might-need-to-check-into-a-program-soon scary. In the past year, I’ve accumulated over 100 print books.  And just since Christmas, when I received my Kindle, I’ve downloaded about 20…er, maybe 30…hmm, possibly more…Kindle books. Honestly, most of those books I got for free, either from giveaways or contests.  I’m a book [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, authors, blogging, ebooks, ereader, Jami Gold, Kindle, Kristen Lamb, paranormal author, premise, Roni Loren, social media, Twitter

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Have You Posted Your Work Online?

June 14, 2011 News
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Some people post their work online all the time.  Photographers have Shutterstock.  Artists have deviantART.  Non-fiction authors often base their books on their blog posts. What about fiction authors?  That’s a little trickier.  We’re not talking about flash fiction, blog hop entries, and the like here.  If we limit the discussion to novels—our babies—it’s harder [...]

Tagged as: blogging, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, Kristen Lamb, listening to characters, paranormal author, professionalism, risk, story openings, The Resurrected, writing contests

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How Do You Choose Blog Topics?

June 9, 2011 Random Musings
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In case you missed it, Kristen Lamb started a debate with her post yesterday—Sacred Cow-Tipping–Why Writers Blogging About Writing is Bad.  A collective whine went up from the writing community.  ”No blogging about writing?  Then what are we supposed to blog about?” *raises hand*  I was right there with the crowd, joining in the hyperventilating.  What [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, branding, Jami Gold, Jami's rants, Kristen Lamb, paranormal author

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