Jami Gold
@jamigold.bsky.social
An award-winning author, Jami Gold offers a massive collection of free tips, advice, tools, and resources for writers on her website: https://jamigold.com
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Jami Gold
@jamigold.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Over the last few days, I've spent more time here than on the other site (and that's mostly to follow tv live tweeting). Thrilled to see so many here now. ❤️
I'm a paranormal romance author and writing mentor, but due to health issues, I lurk-read but haven't posted much anywhere lately. 👋 Hi!
I'm a paranormal romance author and writing mentor, but due to health issues, I lurk-read but haven't posted much anywhere lately. 👋 Hi!
This whole thread, and what it means for real writing vs AI. 👇❤️
I am not aware of a single author who has a shortage of book ideas. Words, yes. Ways to make the ideas become a book, yes. But I've never met an author who doesn't have ideas just raining down all the damn time.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This whole thread, and what it means for real writing vs AI. 👇❤️
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100% this.
If you can't find joy in the act of writing, and feel euphoria after editing several drafts into exactly what your thoughts had in mind (or close to it), then I really suggest you don't become a writer.
The idea, the thoughts, are nothing without execution. The work is the thing.
If you can't find joy in the act of writing, and feel euphoria after editing several drafts into exactly what your thoughts had in mind (or close to it), then I really suggest you don't become a writer.
The idea, the thoughts, are nothing without execution. The work is the thing.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
100% this.
If you can't find joy in the act of writing, and feel euphoria after editing several drafts into exactly what your thoughts had in mind (or close to it), then I really suggest you don't become a writer.
The idea, the thoughts, are nothing without execution. The work is the thing.
If you can't find joy in the act of writing, and feel euphoria after editing several drafts into exactly what your thoughts had in mind (or close to it), then I really suggest you don't become a writer.
The idea, the thoughts, are nothing without execution. The work is the thing.
Halloween weather was perfect here, and it was a Friday night, so we got...
*drum roll*
1500 kids -- not a typo 😆
We ran out of candy despite spending a lot. Only neighbor I saw that *didn't* run out had bought 17 Costco bags of candy. 17!
*drum roll*
1500 kids -- not a typo 😆
We ran out of candy despite spending a lot. Only neighbor I saw that *didn't* run out had bought 17 Costco bags of candy. 17!
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Halloween weather was perfect here, and it was a Friday night, so we got...
*drum roll*
1500 kids -- not a typo 😆
We ran out of candy despite spending a lot. Only neighbor I saw that *didn't* run out had bought 17 Costco bags of candy. 17!
*drum roll*
1500 kids -- not a typo 😆
We ran out of candy despite spending a lot. Only neighbor I saw that *didn't* run out had bought 17 Costco bags of candy. 17!
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Just had to explain to our vet that "No, Sugar can't come in for teeth cleaning surgery next Friday because Halloween is her favorite holiday." 🤷♀️
Yes, our dog has a favorite holiday. This formerly abandoned dog loves all the pets and attention from the trick-or-treating kids (and their parents). 😍
Yes, our dog has a favorite holiday. This formerly abandoned dog loves all the pets and attention from the trick-or-treating kids (and their parents). 😍
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just had to explain to our vet that "No, Sugar can't come in for teeth cleaning surgery next Friday because Halloween is her favorite holiday." 🤷♀️
Yes, our dog has a favorite holiday. This formerly abandoned dog loves all the pets and attention from the trick-or-treating kids (and their parents). 😍
Yes, our dog has a favorite holiday. This formerly abandoned dog loves all the pets and attention from the trick-or-treating kids (and their parents). 😍
Yay me! I got my Covid (and flu) shot today at Costco, and I rewarded myself with their new Chocolate Caramel Brownie sundae. 😆😋
October 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Yay me! I got my Covid (and flu) shot today at Costco, and I rewarded myself with their new Chocolate Caramel Brownie sundae. 😆😋
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Okay, I can agree with this.
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Okay, I can agree with this.
Just noticed that one of my favorite books is on sale at Amazon! 😍
The Fifth Season by @nkjemisin.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
The Fifth Season by @nkjemisin.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1)
This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.
It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with ...
www.amazon.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just noticed that one of my favorite books is on sale at Amazon! 😍
The Fifth Season by @nkjemisin.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
The Fifth Season by @nkjemisin.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
@wendysparrow.bsky.social Do you have this already? I saw it and thought of you. 😆
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZY2N9V
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZY2N9V
Amazon.com: Genuine Fred Grim Steeper Reusable Silicone Tea Infuser, Black Grim Reaper Design, Fun and Clever Kitchen Gadget for Tea Lovers and Enthusiasts : Home & Kitchen
Amazon.com: Genuine Fred Grim Steeper Reusable Silicone Tea Infuser, Black Grim Reaper Design, Fun and Clever Kitchen Gadget for Tea Lovers and Enthusiasts : Home & Kitchen
www.amazon.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@wendysparrow.bsky.social Do you have this already? I saw it and thought of you. 😆
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZY2N9V
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZY2N9V
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Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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Important info on scams for authors here.
My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet.
www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
Genre Grapevine: Book Club Scams Are a Warning of Emerging AI Super-Scams | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
Get more from Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon
www.patreon.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Important info on scams for authors here.
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: pecan
Best ice cream: chocolate moose tracks
Best donut: chocolate creme-filled, chocolate frosted, yeast donut
Best bar: 100Grand candy
Best cake: Costco's old recipe for 7 pound All-American chocolate cake
Best other: baklava
Look, it's not *all* chocolate! 🤣
Best pie: pecan
Best ice cream: chocolate moose tracks
Best donut: chocolate creme-filled, chocolate frosted, yeast donut
Best bar: 100Grand candy
Best cake: Costco's old recipe for 7 pound All-American chocolate cake
Best other: baklava
Look, it's not *all* chocolate! 🤣
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: apple
Best ice cream: yes
Best donut: no
Best bar: something with oats, dried cherries, pecans, and chocolate
Best cake: hummingbird
Best other: lebkuchen
Best pie: apple
Best ice cream: yes
Best donut: no
Best bar: something with oats, dried cherries, pecans, and chocolate
Best cake: hummingbird
Best other: lebkuchen
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: peach
Best ice cream: Umpqua Bordeaux Black Cherry
Best donut: Cherry old fashioned donuts from Kwik Trip
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Best other: lebkuchen
Best pie: peach
Best ice cream: Umpqua Bordeaux Black Cherry
Best donut: Cherry old fashioned donuts from Kwik Trip
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Best other: lebkuchen
September 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: pecan
Best ice cream: chocolate moose tracks
Best donut: chocolate creme-filled, chocolate frosted, yeast donut
Best bar: 100Grand candy
Best cake: Costco's old recipe for 7 pound All-American chocolate cake
Best other: baklava
Look, it's not *all* chocolate! 🤣
Best pie: pecan
Best ice cream: chocolate moose tracks
Best donut: chocolate creme-filled, chocolate frosted, yeast donut
Best bar: 100Grand candy
Best cake: Costco's old recipe for 7 pound All-American chocolate cake
Best other: baklava
Look, it's not *all* chocolate! 🤣
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Hello I have a late Monday (standing friend time) and so I am just getting around to reading about the Anthropic settlement.
There have been no orders filed and the transcript isn’t available so I have to go by what the reporters said.
There have been no orders filed and the transcript isn’t available so I have to go by what the reporters said.
September 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hello I have a late Monday (standing friend time) and so I am just getting around to reading about the Anthropic settlement.
There have been no orders filed and the transcript isn’t available so I have to go by what the reporters said.
There have been no orders filed and the transcript isn’t available so I have to go by what the reporters said.
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Quick Tip: You can control who replies to your post on Bluesky.
Just tap the 🌐 icon on your post to choose: everyone, followers, people you follow, mentioned users - or turn off replies entirely ✨
Just tap the 🌐 icon on your post to choose: everyone, followers, people you follow, mentioned users - or turn off replies entirely ✨
September 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quick Tip: You can control who replies to your post on Bluesky.
Just tap the 🌐 icon on your post to choose: everyone, followers, people you follow, mentioned users - or turn off replies entirely ✨
Just tap the 🌐 icon on your post to choose: everyone, followers, people you follow, mentioned users - or turn off replies entirely ✨
Even though I don't post much on any social media right now, I do lurk-read. And Bree is one of my favorite follows because she's never lost sight of the *social* aspect of social media.
This thread summarizes what keeps me here even on my bad days. 👇😍
This thread summarizes what keeps me here even on my bad days. 👇😍
the thing that always baffles me about the bubblesky™️ discourse is that it just makes me feel so sad for the kind of person who has only ever seen social media as a place you must extract tangible value from--political clout, or clicks for your hot takes, or idek what they're doing.
I like people.
I like people.
September 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Even though I don't post much on any social media right now, I do lurk-read. And Bree is one of my favorite follows because she's never lost sight of the *social* aspect of social media.
This thread summarizes what keeps me here even on my bad days. 👇😍
This thread summarizes what keeps me here even on my bad days. 👇😍
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Friends, if anyone on here sneers at em dashes being used in professional writing as a sign of AI, I'm just going to beg you to read anything from the BEFORE days. The reason AI overuses em dashes is that the people it stole from overuse em dashes. It was trained on 15 of my solely-em-dash books.
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Friends, if anyone on here sneers at em dashes being used in professional writing as a sign of AI, I'm just going to beg you to read anything from the BEFORE days. The reason AI overuses em dashes is that the people it stole from overuse em dashes. It was trained on 15 of my solely-em-dash books.
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Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
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I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
Tor just straight up didn't register the copyright for two of our books, even though they were contractually obligated to do so.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
August 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
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Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
Tor just straight up didn't register the copyright for two of our books, even though they were contractually obligated to do so.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
August 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
As a pantser, this truth applies to my drafting process as well. 😆
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"Very few writers really know what they're doing until they've done it."
- Anne Lamott
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"Very few writers really know what they're doing until they've done it."
- Anne Lamott
August 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
As a pantser, this truth applies to my drafting process as well. 😆
Alt Text for RT'd image:
"Very few writers really know what they're doing until they've done it."
- Anne Lamott
Alt Text for RT'd image:
"Very few writers really know what they're doing until they've done it."
- Anne Lamott
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"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Wendy is one of my most favorite authors, and her newest book is currently free! 😍
Oh, here's a link and a teaser for my free book. This is more of a boxset--the stories were too intertwined to separate. If you've never read my sci-fi romance series, it's cozy, campy sci-fi with a rom-com slant and there's a "previously in the universe" summary. #Ad
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Wendy is one of my most favorite authors, and her newest book is currently free! 😍
This is me. I am bad, like *really* bad, about email, and I'm sorry. I try, but I also know myself well enough to know that any improvement I make is temporary. 🤷♀️
every day I'm like, "I need to answer that email" and every day my anxiety is like, "but they'll be mad at you because you're already so late" and I'm like, "you're right, I should wait until i think of the *perfect* email so they won't be mad at me" and the loop continues ever on so it goes
August 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is me. I am bad, like *really* bad, about email, and I'm sorry. I try, but I also know myself well enough to know that any improvement I make is temporary. 🤷♀️