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Learning and Blogging and Writing—Oh My!

April 19, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Fantasy: To become an author, we just need to have a great idea, write it down, and then agents, publishers, and readers will all magically appear. Reality: Nothing like that. Becoming an author isn’t simple.  Oh no.  We have what seems like a never-ending list of things to learn and do if we want to [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, beta reader, blogging, conferences, critique partners/groups, deadlines, Jami Gold, life balance, non-fiction, paranormal author, social media, Twitter, website

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Are You a Learning Addict?

April 14, 2011 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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Old-fashioned school desks squeak, their occupants leaning for a better view.  Dust motes hang suspended in the sunbeams from the classroom windows, as though they stilled, waiting for the confession.  I stand before the group and gather my courage. “My name is Jami Gold and I am a learning addict.” As my posts about learning [...]

Tagged as: blogging, branding, Jami Gold, organized, paranormal author, perfectionism, professionalism, social media, Twitter, website

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Is a Blog Like a Query Letter?

December 21, 2010 Writing Stuff
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Today’s post is the unofficial “part three” of the results from my poll.  I hadn’t planned this post, but the comments from last time inspired a new thought. In part one, we talked about how to help your blog readers find you.  And in part two, we discussed the things that turn people off from [...]

Tagged as: agents, blogging, branding, professionalism, queries, website

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Poll Answers: Part Two – What Makes People Avoid Blogs

December 16, 2010 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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My last post highlighted ways a blog can serve its readership.  This post focuses on what not to do when designing a blog.  Some of the answers might surprise you. Once again, I want to thank all of you who voted in the polls, commented, and tweeted me with feedback.  And a big round of [...]

Tagged as: blogging, feedback, professionalism, Twitter, website, website creation

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Poll Answers: Part One – How People Access Blogs

December 14, 2010 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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First of all, huge thanks to everyone who answered my poll questions last week about how you use blogs.  Hopefully, the high participation rate means the results will be helpful to all of us.  In fact, due to the abundant and informative feedback in comments and tweets, I’ll be dividing my analysis into two posts. [...]

Tagged as: blogging, branding, feedback, professionalism, Twitter, website

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Poll: How Do You Use Blogs?

December 7, 2010 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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Help!  I need you.  Don’t panic, I need only your answers on some polls.  I think these questions could help all bloggers understand how their readers are accessing and using their content, and I’ll share the results once the poll is done. For those of you reading this via email or RSS, I ask (beg! [...]

Tagged as: blogging, feedback, perfectionism, professionalism, website, website creation

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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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A Perfectionist’s Guide to Website Creation, Part Three

July 19, 2010 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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In Part One, I covered the infrastructure of my website, and in Part Two, I touched on some of the ways I customized my website.  But the issue really comes down to why.  Why would I spend so much time being nitpicky and adding functionality that I won’t need until way down the line? Besides [...]

Tagged as: branding, Jami is insane, perfectionism, professionalism, website, website creation

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A Perfectionist’s Guide to Website Creation, Part Two

July 14, 2010 Over-Achieving Perfectionist
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So in the last post, I explained how I decided on the infrastructure of my website. Yadda, yadda. Boring. But this time, I’ll talk about the magic of website creation. For those of you that do this stuff for a living, this will probably all be old hat. Er, yeah, I didn’t actually intend that [...]

Tagged as: blogging, perfectionism, programming, Thesis theme, Twitter, website, website creation

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A Perfectionist’s Guide to Website Creation, Part One

July 12, 2010 Over-Achieving Perfectionist

As this post makes abundantly clear, I now have a blog. A whole website, in fact. If I were anyone else (i.e. a sane person), I would have set up a simple blog on Blogger and called it done. However, in case there was any doubt, let me state for the record, I am not [...]

Tagged as: blogging, Jami is insane, perfectionism, programming, Tech Guy, Thesis theme, website, website creation, WordPress

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