life balance

What’s Your Superpower?

April 9, 2013 Random Musings
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Those of you who follow me on Twitter might have heard the news about my recent broken bone. *sigh* Again. I have a special talent, it seems, for breaking my middle toe. That’s right. Not the big toe or any other appendage that sticks out. Nope. I have to be different and break that middle toe [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, character flaws, happiness, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, life balance, listening to characters, paranormal author

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12 Tips for Recovering from Writing Burnout

January 3, 2013 Writing Stuff
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As I write this, I’m suffering from acute sleep exhaustion after pulling an all-nighter. I stayed up until 5:30 a.m. to finalize not one, but two entries for RWA’s Golden Heart contest (the big contest for non-published romance writers) before the deadline. I’m glad I completed everything on time and met the deadline. However, I’ve now [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, deadlines, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, life balance, NaNoWriMo, paranormal author, professionalism, Twitter, writers are insane

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‘Tis the Season to Be Chaotic, Is Reblogging the Answer?

December 20, 2012 Writing Stuff
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I don’t know about anyone else, but this is a rough time to get any writing done. I did great throughout November for NaNoWriMo, but since then I think I’ve gotten in only 7,000 words. And most of those words were written the first weekend of December, right after NaNo ended. *sigh* I’m also supposed [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, guest blogs, Jami Gold, Janice Hardy, life balance, paranormal author, plagiarism, professionalism, RWA

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NaNo Wrap-up, Part 2: Can Slow Writers Win Too?

December 6, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Whether we officially “won” NaNoWriMo or not, most of us who participated probably racked up higher than normal daily word counts. And building on my previous NaNo wrap-up post, that success can carry over into other areas of our writing life. Author Roni Loren and I have talked several times about our “slow” writing style. How we never truly [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, deadlines, Jami Gold, life balance, NaNoWriMo, paranormal author, professionalism, Roni Loren, sacrifices

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Life Lessons from the “Epic Road Trip”

November 8, 2012 Random Musings
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Those of you who follow me on Twitter might have heard that my family and I took a two-week road trip a couple of months ago. And yes, it was “epic.” We traveled over 2100 miles on our way to visit four National Parks, two National Monuments, and one Tribal Park. Er, yeah. I had [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, emotional heart, happiness, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, life balance, listening to characters, muse, paranormal author

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NaNo Prep: Making Time for Writing

October 11, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Many writers will spend the month of November dedicating every spare minute to writing as they participate in National Novel Writing Month (known as NaNoWriMo or just plain NaNo). So now is the perfect time to identify issues that could interfere with our writing goals. (And read on below for a class on “plotting for pantsers,” [...]

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Ask Jami: Do I Have to Take a Break from Writing?

October 9, 2012 Writing Stuff
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As I mentioned in a recent post, people ask me for advice. I’m sure this would drive some people crazy, but I don’t usually mind it. I can be a very opinionated person, and I’m willing to share. *smile* When I get a great question I think could help others, I feature it in an  ”Ask [...]

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What Should Newbie Writers Focus On?

September 27, 2012 Writing Stuff
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A couple of months ago, a teenage writer left a comment on Roz Morris’s blog, asking how she could afford an editor. She* didn’t want to get a job, because that would take away from her writing time, and she didn’t want to go to college, because she didn’t want to kill her creativity by [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, dreams, Jami Gold, life balance, listening to characters, muse, paranormal author, Roz Morris, sacrifices

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The Inbox Explosion: How Do You Manage Yours?

September 20, 2012 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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I fully admit that one of my weaknesses is an out-of-control email inbox. Between my accounts for writing and day job, I have an obscene number of unread emails. (As in, a hundred times the number depicted in this picture.) Granted, the vast majority of those unread emails are list digests and things that don’t [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, beta reader, Jami Gold, life balance, paranormal author, perfectionism, professionalism, Roni Loren, social media, Twitter

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3 Reasons to Love the Writing Community

June 12, 2012 Random Musings
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I’ve had a lot to be thankful for lately.  My family and I got away for a fun vacation, my klutziness didn’t result in too many injuries out in the middle of nowhere, and I survived being without internet access for much of the time. *smile* I was also reminded—again—how awesome the writing community is.  During [...]

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Tagged as: blogging, feedback, Jami Gold, Kristen Lamb, life balance, paranormal author, point of view, social media, story openings, Twitter, voice, workshops

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