Category: Craft

Seven Links…7/20/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/07/22007.html “The other day I did an incomprehensible, dreadful, noxious, scandalous thing—something so shocking to the conscience that it threatens the gossamer social fabric that tenuously binds us together as a people and a nation. I left the house without my phone. I know, I know! But hear me,…

Seven Links…7/13/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/07/22029.html “And so it ends, after 67 years. One of the great American institutions, Mad Magazine, is closing up shop. Gone but not forgotten will be the famous Mad mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, whose mysterious background is discussed here. So popular was he that he occasionally ran for president, with the slogan: “You could…

Writerly Things…7/8/19: Do YA Readers Prefer eBooks or Print? Traci Kenworth Question for all you YA readers out there: do you prefer eBooks or print? Or do you read both? Have a great week, take care, and God bless!

Seven Links…7/6/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/06/let-no-good-tension-go-unstretched.html “One of my great movie-going experiences was watching Psycho in high school in an auditorium during a storm. The place was packed. The mood was right. And at various points in the film people in the audience screamed their heads off, which greatly added to the atmosphere. I’m glad my…

roses Writerly Things…7/1/19: Should You Leave a Message Out of YA? Traci Kenworth Don’t Preach. First off, YA readers don’t like to be slammed with a message. That’s not to say you can’t have a theme in your story but don’t hit someone over the head with it. Keep it quiet. Keep it gentle. Be…

cloud Seven Links…6/29/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/06/writing-in-medias-res.html “If you regularly read books and articles on the craft of fiction you’ll often come across the term in medias res. That’s Latin for “in the middle of things.” (As opposed to writing in puris naturalibus, or “stark naked,” about which I have no advice.) Many times, the context in…

Writerly Things…6/24/19: Do You Read Series? Traci Kenworth What Got Me Started Reading Them? Although, I’d read Tolkien and other fantasy series previously, my first YA series I started to read and haven’t finished yet because it hasn’t finished yet: Cassandre Clare’s Mortal Instruments series. Her hunters had a profound effect on me and led…

Seven Links…6/22/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://twodropsofink.com/2019/06/16/how-to-find-the-extraordinary-in-a-world-of-ordinary/?fbclid=IwAR1ZMQCZzbVOuusjlrLmgKXJlyHG2rCFozKmHCS7VoM6mucn877RZRfAR3g ““Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how…