Jasmine Johnson

@SometimesINovel (102)

Accord, New York • Age 30

Joined myLot 8 years ago

LGBTQA member & supporter. WNDB (We Need Diverse Books) advocate. NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month) participant. Novelist. http://www.jazjohnson.com

Discussions (7)

Jasmine Johnson's Discussions

Free Kesha: Times haven't changed as much as we'd hoped.

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 22 Feb 16

WARNING: TRIGGER TOPIC (RAPE/SEXUAL ABUSE) While there have been leaps and bounds in the progress of women's rights and protection, our society is still failing us. Now, I'm not going to go on a huge rant, though it deserves one,...

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Writing - Short Story Writing. Advice?

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 14 Feb 16

So. I'm a writer that's always written long works. Novellas and Novels. Every time I attempt writing a short story, it ends up becoming a novella. And now, a few friends of mine are going to be collecting short stories for...

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Writing - The correct way to look at diversity in film and literature. Agree? Disagree? Opinions?

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 11 Feb 16

So, as an African American female and an advocate of writing highly diverse books, I have run in to something that is annoying me a great deal. And that is what people are actually thinking when they think of diversity in...

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Writing - Self Publishing VS Traditional Publishing. Which do you prefer and why?

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 11 Feb 16

Writing a book? Looking to publish? Then the question of whether you should self publish or publish traditionally with an agent has probably crossed your mind more than a few times as you're editing your work. Well, as a somewhat...

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Posting Schedule - Does it help you? Any advice for posting regularly?

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 10 Feb 16

In an effort to keep posting regularly and not vanish, I've decided to make a schedule for myself. I figure I'll end up burning myself out if I try to do too many things every day, so I'm hoping pacing myself will help. As of...

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Blogging - Why I do it. Why do you?

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 10 Feb 16

As I'm getting my head around outlining my first few posts here, I thought maybe I'd strike up a conversation about blogging, as far as why I wanted to start doing it, and maybe find out why other people do, and see if some of our...

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Introductions - Where the writers at?

Jasmine Johnson @SometimesINovel (102) • Accord, New York 10 Feb 16

Hello, my name is Jasmine. Feel free to call me Jaz. I'd like to take a little time to introduce myself - not that anyone cares. But if you're ever wandering around my blog and wonder how it came to be, well there will always be...

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