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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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Should We Do Guest Posts?

September 27, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Last week turned into an interesting demonstration on the benefits of guest posts.  We’ve heard the typical reasons for allowing guests or agreeing to guest post: * increased traffic * networking * and marketing. We bring in guests and hope their readers will stay at our blog for a while, becoming regular visitors.  We do [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, Ask Jami, blogging, branding, guest blogs, Jami Gold, paranormal author, point-of-view, social media

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Religion in Novels: Terrific or Taboo? — Guest: Jody Hedlund

September 22, 2011 Writing Stuff
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I’m excited to share today’s guest post with you because in addition to being a lovely person, Jody Hedlund runs a fantastic blog for writers.  As if that wasn’t enough, she’s also graciously arranged for a book giveaway of her latest release, The Doctor’s Lady (see bottom of post for details). Jody writes historical romance stories that touch on [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, authors, book giveaway, genre, guest blogs, information dump, Jami Gold, Jody Hedlund, paranormal author, professionalism, romance novels, social media

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Are All Distractions Bad?

August 30, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Most writers have day jobs and families to take care of, so our writing time is precious.  Yet the hour we had set aside for writing instead often goes to…something else. I’m no exception.  I’ve spent too much “writing time” playing on Twitter or reading blog posts, etc. Sometimes I beat myself up about it. [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, branding, contracts, Jami Gold, life balance, mobile website, paranormal author, perfectionism, queries, social media, Twitter, website, workshops

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What Does Your Author Bio Say about You?

August 16, 2011 Writing Stuff
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I’ll be going on the road for some upcoming blog posts while I endure enjoy time with extended family.  Wish me luck. One of my guest blog hosts also asked me to provide my “author bio.”  Uh-oh.  I thought I wouldn’t need that until I was published. But if we think about it, we have [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, authors, blogging, branding, Jami Gold, Jami is insane, paranormal author, professionalism, queries, social media, Susan Bischoff, Tech Guy, 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 [...]

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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Branding 101: To Pen Name or Not to Pen Name

June 7, 2011 Writing Stuff
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I wasn’t planning on doing another Branding 101 post right away, but my commenters had other ideas.  *smile* If you read my last post, you know the steps to be Google-able.  The last piece of advice I gave in that article was if all else fails—use a pen name.  That suggestion led to several comments [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, blogging, branding, Jami Gold, paranormal author, Rachel Graves, social media, Twitter, website

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Branding 101: Be Google-able

June 2, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Google-able.  Yes, I made that word up, but I bet we all know what I mean.  If someone does a Google search on our author name, will they find us? This issue comes up more frequently now as writers want to know if they should have a website and/or blog before they’re published.  That’s a complicated question [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, blogging, branding, Jami Gold, life balance, paranormal author, professionalism, social media, Thesis theme, Twitter, website

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