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Self-Publishing and Entrepreneurship
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : In many ways, a writing career has a lot in common with being an entrepreneur. Even if we’re with a traditional publisher, we still have to manage...
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Pitching Our Story: Insights from Movie Trailers
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Years ago, before I decided to self-publish, I admitted several times here that I struggled with querying. Even after I made the self-publishing...
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The Pressure to Write: You Do You
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : An article has been making the rounds recently with an interview of author Danielle Steel, and my friend Sieran Lane asked me what I thought of it....
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Branding 101: Defining Our Brand
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : When we look at the writing-related skills and insights we need to learn, we often find it easier to understand lessons about the tangible aspects...
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The Importance of Balance in Our Lives
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Finding a good work-life balance is tricky for just about everyone. That often goes double for writers, as our writing can fall into its own...
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How Can We Make Sense of Our Goals and Priorities?
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : We’ve talked a lot here about knowing out what our goals are. We tend to measure our success by whether we reach our goals, so if we don’t know...
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Is Your Writing Plan Ready for a Crisis? — Guest: Lisa Bell
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Life happens to us all. Sometimes the surprises of life are good, and sometimes they’re not so good. But that essential truth means that at some...
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Content Warnings: How and What to Include?
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Last year, Bran L. Ayres shared a fantastic guest post here about trigger warnings and dug into whether we should include them in our story. Their...
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Everyone Takes Wrong Turns…Even Amazon
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : As writers, we all take wrong turns sometimes. That fact holds true no matter how much experience we gain. We might draft a scene one way, only to...
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Overwhelmed? Break Down Tasks for Writing and Life — Guest: Augustina Van Hoven
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : The vast majority of us are too busy. Between writing, family, day job, and household obligations, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Add in that our...
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How Can We Discover Our Vision and Goals?
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Those who follow my blog know that I’ve talked a lot over the years about how we need to determine our goals. The biggest reason I make such a big...
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Author Insights: What’s Our Core Story?
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : As readers, we often enjoy stories that make us feel seen or understood. Or maybe stories that help us understand others by sharing a perspective...
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Writing and Publishing Are Full of Contradictions
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : My last few posts about the problems, potential fixes, and community issues within the Romance Writers of America organization were important, but...
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Where Do You Want Your Story (or Career) to Go?
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : This week we’ve been moving back into our house after the post-flood reconstruction. Rather than an empty house, I’m once again surrounded by...
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How to Develop a Mentorship
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Over the years, I’ve received many emails from writers asking me to be their writing mentor. I’m honored by the requests, but like many authors...
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What Does It Mean to “Write to Market”?
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : If we’ve ever researched how to be more successful as a writer, chances are we’ve heard the advice: Write to market. And if we’ve heard that...
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Overwhelmed? What Do You Do? My Blog Announcement…
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : I’ve often posted about how we should be kind to ourselves. That might mean ignoring advice that doesn’t work for us or giving ourselves a break if...
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Organization…for Our Creativity and Our Career
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : You wouldn’t know it by looking at my desk, but I have a natural organizational system. That system is called organized disorganization. *grin*...
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How to Level Up Our Storytelling with Self-Awareness
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Last time I mentioned that I usually have several hundred tabs open in my computer browser at any one time. When I don’t have time to read or take...
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What Kind of Marketing Plan Will Work for Us? — Guest: Siera London
Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author : Two months ago, RWA (Romance Writers of America) offered an online version of their annual conference due to the pandemic. The RWA2020 Virtual...
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