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Seven Links Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…6/8/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://www.whimsydark.com/resources “Looking to get into writing and maybe get published? Try these trusted links and articles. I wrote my first book and began my publishing journey at age 31 while nursing a baby on my couch in Atlanta. Everything I learned about editing, agents, and the publishing business came…
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Writerly Things…6/3/19 The YA Genre Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things…6/3/19 The YA Genre Traci Kenworth How does the YA genre compare to the best-selling genres? Around the world, Children’s and YA books far outsell adult books. According to BookScan, 233 million books were sold in 2017. In 2012 that number was 181 million. Graphic, sci-fi, fantasy, and activity books are the most popular…
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Seven Links Traci Kenworth
pets Seven Links…5/25/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2019/05/15/you-dont-have-to-be-good-at-writing-right-away-to-be-successful/ “I know, I know, you had to reread that headline a few times to make sure you weren’t just seeing things. Yes, I am suggesting that you don’t have to be a good writer to succeed in writing. AT. FIRST. Sound too good to be true? It…
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Book Talk…5/24/19 Sacha Black’s 13 Steps to Evil Traci Kenworth
Book Talk…5/24/19 Sacha Black’s 13 Steps to Evil Traci Kenworth 13 Steps to Evil: Creating a Supervillain by Sacha Black. Atlas Black Publishing May 9, 2017. Craft book. Amazon’s blurb: Your hero is not the most important character in your book. Your villain is. Are you fed up of drowning in two-dimensional villains? Frustrated…
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Writerly Things…5/20/19 Re-evaluating Things Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things…5/20/19 Re-evaluating Things Traci Kenworth So, I had my third and hopefully final surgery for the year Thurs. I had a big scare with events after the surgery but I’m on meds now and doing better. I will be slowly working my way back to blogging. I’ve tried to do what I could this…
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Seven Links…5/18/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…5/18/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/05/using-the-argument-against-transformation-to-strengthen-your-story.html “Today’s post is for structure fans. If you’re a dedicated pantser for whom any thought of form and function causes you to break out in hives, you have my permission to go play Candy Crush, for we are about to take a deep dive into the skeletal framework…
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Seven Links…5/10/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…5/11/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/05/escapism-rocks.html “There’s always been a certain amount of stress associated with being alive. In pre-historic times, this was largely based on concerns over being eaten by large animals. Or by having pointy things stuck into your body by the tribe down the road. At the same time, you had…
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Book Talk 5/10/19 Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Lovely and the Lost Traci Kenworth
Book Talk…5/10/19 Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Lovely and the Lost YA Thriller Traci Kenworth The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Disney Hyperion. May 7 2019. Amazon blurb: Kira Bennett’s earliest memories are of living alone and wild in the woods. She has no idea how long she was on her own or…
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Writerly Things 5/6/19 How to Keep Getting Up When Things Get You Down Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things…5/6/19 How to Keep Getting Up When Life Gets You Down Traci Kenworth Recovering from illness/accident/surgery: I’ve done all of these in the last two years. I face another surgery on the sixteenth and a biopsy at the end of the month. I get my stitches out for the second surgery this Tues. The…
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Seven Links 5/4/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links 5/4/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2019/04/28/you-might-fail-but-you-might-succeed/ “I’ve been thinking a lot about failure lately. Probably because I’ve really been pushing myself as a creator lately, “putting myself out there” in ways I haven’t in a while. It’s been fun and refreshing, but it’s also meant I’ve come face to face with a lot…



