Roni Loren

What Should an Author Website Include?

March 21, 2013 Writing Stuff
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Some writers—understandably—don’t want to blog. Blogging can take away from our writing time. Thinking of post topics can be difficult. And if we don’t gain a readership (or our blog readership doesn’t cross over into the target audience for our books), it can feel like a waste of time and effort. However as I mentioned [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, branding, Jami Gold, paranormal author, professionalism, Roni Loren, website, website creation, WordPress

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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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NaNo Prep: Should Pantsers Be Plotters?

October 16, 2012 Writing Stuff
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My friend Roni Loren has often mentioned that she has “plotting envy.” Like many pantsers (those who write by the seat of their pants), she wonders if her writing method is the best she could do. Pantsing can feel a little like magic—we trust our subconscious to come up with plot twists, character depth, and [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, Jami Gold, listening to characters, muse, NaNoWriMo, paranormal author, perfectionism, plotter vs. pantser, Roni Loren, workshops

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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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The Blogging Cycle: How Do You Stay Sane?

November 3, 2011 Writing Stuff
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My friend Roni Loren wrote a fabulous post yesterday about the life cycle of a blogger.  She echoed thoughts similar to Kait Nolan’s great post, “Social Media Ennui.” When we first start on social media or reading and/or writing blog posts, everything is shiny and new.  That post about query letters is amazing simply because we [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, Ask Jami, blogging, Edittorrent, Jami Gold, paranormal author, Roni Loren, Twitter

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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 [...]

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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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Do You Have a Muse?

April 28, 2011 Random Musings
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All writers get their ideas from somewhere.  The question is—where, or what, is that somewhere? I don’t believe muses are entities like those venerated in Ancient Greece.  However, when my subconscious comes up with things I never saw coming and never could have consciously created in a million years, it’s easy for me to understand [...]

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Tagged as: Jami Gold, Jami is insane, listening to characters, Margeanne Mitchell, Mercedes M. Yardley, muse, paranormal author, Roni Loren

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How Do You Decide on Your Author Brand? – Part One

January 4, 2011 Writing Stuff
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I’m being interviewed over at Rachel Firasek’s blog today.  Me!  I’m marking this day on the calendar for sure.  However, before sending you over there, I wanted to share with you some thoughts about this “branding” thing authors have to keep in mind now. Yesterday, Roni Loren (my friend from RWA and Twitter) posted an [...]

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Is Your Muse a Perv?

October 12, 2010 Writing Stuff
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This post was inspired by a funky sort of cosmic pile-up in which I had several experiences over the past couple days all involving Muses visiting people in the shower.  Yes, writers are insane—more on that later. First, Christine Bell and I were discussing on Twitter how we get ideas during the most inopportune times.  [...]

Tagged as: Jami is insane, listening to characters, Margeanne Mitchell, muse, Roni Loren, Twitter, writers are insane

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Critique Week: Secrets of a Critique Partnership

September 16, 2010 News
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Today marks a milestone for me.  My first ever appearance guest-posting on another blog.  Woohoo! I’m at Roni Loren’s blog today with a post on a critique partnership that works: mine.  With help from my critique partner, Margeanne Mitchell, I put together a humorous peek inside our relationship and tried to identify what makes it [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, critique partners/groups, Critique Week, feedback, Margeanne Mitchell, Roni Loren

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