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Writerly Things 12/9/19: Top YA Books in 2019, imo. Traci Kenworth
Image by Pezibear from Pixabay Writerly Things 12/9/19: Top YA Books of 2019, imo. Traci Kenworth Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor #1 YA Fantasy Slayer by Kierstan White #1 YA Horror Finale by Stephanie Garber #1 YA Mystery Bane of the Dragon King by J. Kellerford #2 YA Fantasy Crown of Feathers…
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Five Links 12/7/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 12/7/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/learning-from-the-movies-the-kings-speech.html “Imagine a hungry young screenwriter getting invited to a pitch session on a studio lot. “What’ve you got for me, kid?” the producer says. “Okay,” the screenwriter says, “we have this guy, see, he’s a king, see, and he’s got to make a speech. Only the guy…
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Book Talk 12/6/19: Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Surviving the Transition Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 12/6/19: Kristine Kathryn’s Rusch’s Surviving the Transition Traci Kenworth Surviving the Transition by Kristine Kathryn Rusch WMG Publishing Amazon’s blurb: Most writers run their careers the same way they did in the 1990s. But publishing has changed so much since then that any writer who works on the old model will no longer…
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Writerly Things 12/2/19: Blessings Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 12/2/19: Blessings Traci Kenworth Does Christmas bring hope to your heart? Make you think you can do anything with your family beside you? Strengthen you to go forward with your dreams? Being Kind to One Another. It helps spread the cheer of the season. Try smiling at others. Watch them return the smile.…
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Five Links 11/30/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 11/30/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2019/11/24/the-things-we-give-up/ “According to my Fitbit app, I haven’t gone for a run in almost three weeks. Yikes. As I am writing this, that means the last time I laced up was November 3. And that has nothing to do with the weather, which has been unfavorably wet and…
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Book Talk 11/29/19: Josh Malerman’s A House at the Bottom of the Lake Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 11/29/19: Josh Malerman’s A House at the Bottom of the Lake Traci Kenworth A House at the Bottom of the Lake by Josh Malerman. Received a copy due to membership with the This is Horror Show with Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella. Amazon’s blurb: oth seventeen. Both afraid. But both saying yes.…
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Book Talk 11/22/19: Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s The Freelancer’s Survival Guide Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 11/22/19: The Freelancer’s Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Traci Kenworth The Freelancer’s Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch WMG Publishing Jan 2013, 3rd Edition Amazon’s Blurb: Most people become freelancers without any idea of how to run a business. They learn in the school of hard knocks. Kristine Kathryn Rusch has taken…
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Writerly Things 11/18/19: Stress, You, and the Holidays Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 11/18/19: Stress, You, and the Holidays Traci Kenworth Keeping Things Together. I know I’ve said this before but keeping lists is a big stress-reliever for me. I have my Thanksgiving menu already set out. Now, that’s not guaranteeing everything I hope to make or get done does happen but I give myself leeway.…
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Book Talk 11/15/19: Update Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 11/15/19 Update Traci Kenworth I’m reading Joanna L. Going’s How to Write a YA Novel: Class is in Session, Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard, The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith, and The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman (been waiting a while for this one!)
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Writerly Things 11/11/19: More Fun with the Future Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 11/11/19: More Fun with the Future Traci Kenworth Here’s some more predictions. The cats will rule the world. Well, Bastet rose in power till 1500 BC, so it stands to reason she’d like another try. Why not with how enamored we are with cat videos, pics, etc. I’m sure that’s what’s behind the…