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Are You Missing Blog Readers?

April 10, 2012 Random Musings
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Now that the dust has settled from the disappearance of Google Friend Connect (GFC) from all non-Blogger blogs, I thought I’d post a followup examining how much the discontinuation affected people. Those of us who never had the GFC widget on our blogs weren’t affected at all.  Same goes for those who have Blogger blogs and [...]

Tagged as: blogging, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, perfectionism, self-doubt, social media, Twitter

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Ask Jami: How Do We Find Beta Readers?

April 5, 2012 Writing Stuff
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My post about combining comments from multiple beta readers in MS Word brought up a great question.  How do we get beta readers? In the comments, Amanda Byrne asked, “[A]ny hints on how you can scare up more beta readers? … [O]nly one of them gets back to me in a timely manner.” Then Aldrea [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, Ask Jami, beta reader, critique partners/groups, deadlines, feedback, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, professionalism, social media

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MS Word Trick: Combining Changes and Comments

April 3, 2012 Writing Stuff
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We all have weaknesses.  Some people want to deny their imperfections, but most of us do what we can to overcome them. Like many writers, one of my weaknesses is my inability to interpret my words the way a reader does.  That’s not unusual.  We know what we meant to say, so it’s easy to [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, beta reader, critique partners/groups, editing, feedback, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, perfectionism

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Ask Jami: Editing Tips–How to Use Color-Coding

February 23, 2012 Writing Stuff
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In my last blog post, where I shared the “two-paragraph guideline,” some great questions came up in the comments.  Rather than bury the answers in the comment string, I decided to turn them into “Ask Jami” posts. Today, we’re talking about how to make sure we’re using all the various writing elements.  Next week, I’ll give [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, Ask Jami, editing, Jami Gold, Janice Hardy, organized, paranormal author, tension

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How to Revise for Structure, Part Two

February 14, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Last time, we discussed Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat craft book and how we can use his writing tools to revise our work.  His beat sheet points out when story events (beats) should occur in a screenplay, and most of his advice applies to all forms of fiction writing. Whether we dig into the structure of our stories [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, editing, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, organized, paranormal author, perfectionism, plotter vs. pantser

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How to Use the “Save the Cat” Beat Sheet for Revisions

February 9, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Before I start, thank you to everyone who commented, tweeted, and emailed me with support after my last post about losing my cat.  You all have filled me with virtual hugs and put a smile on my face.  Thank you.  *hugs back* In fact, after writing that post and reading your notes, I was feeling good [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, editing, feedback, Jami Gold, organized, page turning stories, paranormal author, plotter vs. pantser, theme

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Write Fiction? Why You Should Try a Short Story

December 22, 2011 News
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My regular readers know I typically write novel-length stories.  However, during one crazy four-day stretch, I wrote a long-ish short story/short-ish novella (novelette?).  For those of you following along at home, I’m referring to my story inspired by spam. I’ve blogged before about how the experience was a great way to stretch myself, but even [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, ebooks, editors, genre, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, pitch session, writing contests

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What Is the Internet Missing?

December 13, 2011 Writing Stuff
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That seems like an odd question, doesn’t it?  After all, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out Google knew what I had for lunch on Wednesday five weeks ago. In fact, computers and the internet have captured so much information that we sometimes don’t want to memorize facts, figuring we’ll Google it when we need it [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, contracts, editing, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, self-publishing, traditional publishing, Twitter

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What Writing Skill Do You Suck At?

December 1, 2011 Writing Stuff
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That’s right.  I’m asking you to expose your biggest weakness.  *locks the door so no one can escape*  *evil grin* We all have weaknesses.  I’m one of the biggest perfectionists around, but that doesn’t prevent me from having oodles of imperfections.  It’s only by knowing where we need more work that we can improve. In [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, editing, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, perfectionism, premise, queries, synopsis

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The Ultimate Gift Guide for Writers

November 22, 2011 Writing Stuff
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The end of this week marks the unofficial beginning to the holiday shopping season in the United States.  Thursday is our Thanksgiving holiday, and the day after is known as Black Friday, the day retailers finally sell enough to put their accounting books “in the black” for the year. I’m not one of those who [...]

Tagged as: conferences, ereader, Jami Gold, Kindle, organized, paranormal author, RWA, website creation, workshops, writing contests

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