life balance

You Might Be Under Deadline If…

February 22, 2011 Random Musings
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I’m in a deadline cave this week, so I have just a short post inspired by my current crazy schedule.  I’m so grateful to my awesome critique partners and beta readers.  They’re trying to keep me sane.  Or at least, they’re trying to keep me from going completely insane.  But I’ll admit that at least [...]

Tagged as: beta reader, critique partners/groups, deadlines, editing, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, life balance, paranormal author, perfectionism, sacrifices, Twitter, writers are insane

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What Makes a Female Character Strong?

October 21, 2010 Writing Stuff
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There’s a graphic making the Twitter rounds called The Female Character Flowchart.  It walks through the different female stereotypes—from The Trophy and Damsel In Distress to The Shrew and Ugly Duckling—and it’s interesting reading.  The chart’s goal is to avoid those stereotypes to create a “Strong Female Character”. Some writers have started panicking over this [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, character flaws, life balance, Natalie Whipple, risk, strong characters, Twitter

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When Is Faking It Okay?

October 14, 2010 Random Musings
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After disclosing in my last post that my Muse is a perv, he’s been rather quiet.  So apparently he’s also shy.  Or the strong and silent type.  But that means I have no inspiration for today’s blog post.  That’s okay—I’ll fake it. Yes, yes, I know, I railed on faking story tension in another post.  [...]

Tagged as: dreams, Edittorrent, life balance, muse, organized, perfectionism, plotter vs. pantser, RWA

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Do You Know What Will Make You Happy?

August 18, 2010 Random Musings
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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 [...]

Tagged as: critique partners/groups, dreams, Edittorrent, happiness, Jami's rants, life balance, Margeanne Mitchell, RWA, sacrifices

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Finding Life’s Balance

August 16, 2010 Random Musings
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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 C. Larter, interviewed Victoria Mixon, a freelance editor.  He asked several great questions (and a [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, branding, Jami's rants, life balance, organized, sacrifices, Simon C. Larter, social media, Twitter, website

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