Category: MG & YA

February 26, 2020

Five Links 2/26/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 2/8/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2020/02/the-curse-of-expository-dialogue.html “There are times when I need ten minutes of The Three Stooges. You know what I’m talking about. You’ve spent a long day writing some tough pages. Or you were bottled up in your cubicle at work, untangling your boss’s mess. Or maybe you were caught up…

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February 25, 2020

Writerly Things 2/25/2020: Hearing “No” isn’t a Problem, Hearing “Yes” is. Or rather, the Yes is Hard to Come by. Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 2/10/2020: Hearing “No” isn’t a Problem, Hearing a “Yes” is. Traci Kenworth We hear “No” so often as writers and as people in general that it’s not a problem. Meaning, we’re accustomed to no. It’s the “Yes,” that we don’t hear enough. Especially, as writers. No in Everyday Instances. Trying to get a…

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Craft, Family life, rejection, success, witers, Writing
February 25, 2020

Book Talk 2/25/2020 Traci Kenworth

Book Talk 2/14/2020: Mike Anka’s Dark Alley Traci Kenworth Dark Alley by Mike Anka. YA Drama. Austin Macauley Books Nov. 29, 2019. Netgalley. Amazon’s Blurb: Dramatic circumstances bring together two people, and there is a spark between them. She is fourteen, homeless, smart, wild, and alive. Meanwhile, he is forty, a veteran, straight and slim,…

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February 24, 2020

Writerly Things 2/23/2020: Editing Lists Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 2/24/2020: Editing Lists Traci Kenworth After you make it through the first couple months of a new year (or decade), you start to lose track of your intentions for the year if you’re like me. It’s rush, rush to get through the holidays and then you begin to realize HOW many holidays there…

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February 23, 2020

Writerly Things 2/23/2020 Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 2/17/2020: Sticking to the Truth Traci Kenworth “The job of fiction,” Stephen King says, “Is to find the truth within the lies.” What does this mean? What “truth?” What “lies?” The Story. Everyone has a story to tell. Even though some elements may be similar, your story will not be like anyone…

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February 23, 2020

Book Talk 2/21/2020 P.C. Cast’s & Kristen Cast’s House of Night Series: Neferet’s Curse Traci Kenworth

Book Talk: P.C. Cast’s & Kristin Cast’s House of Night series: Neferet’s Curse Traci Kenworth Neferet’s Curse by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast. St. Martin’s Griffin Feb. 19.2013. Amazon’s blurb: The White City, 1893: In turn-of-the-century Chicago, with the World’s Fair bringing bustle and excitement to her home city, sixteen-year-old Emily Wheiler should be reveling in…

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House of Night series, Kristen Cast, P.C. Cast, Reading, YA
February 22, 2020

Five Links 2/22/2020

The links to a product that lead to Amazon are called affiliate links. I receive a small commission if you purchase through the click. These links are all books or items I’ve read or used and highly recommend. They are keepers for me. Five Links 2/22/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/02/fall-in-love-with-your-second-act/ “You better believe there…

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December 23, 2019

Writerly Things 12/23/19: Twelve Things to do for Christmas Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 12/23/19: Twelve Things to do for Christmas Traci Kenworth Enjoy yourself Pull your family close Snuggle with your pets Drink a good cup of cocoa Relax by the fire Watch the sunrise And the sunset Take a sleigh ride with horses Dance around the Christmas tree Have a snowball fight, purely for fun…

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Christmas, Holidays
December 22, 2019

The Blogger Recognition Award Traci Kenworth

The Blogger Recognition Award Traci Kenworth This award was totally unexpected and I’m both excited and thrilled to accept it. I was nominated by Sally Cronin over on Smorgasbord-Variety is the Spice of Life. I did this in my Christmas post already, but I wanted to again thank those that read my blogs, that comment…

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December 21, 2019

Five Links 12/21/19 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 12/21/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/set-up-a-command-post-inside-your-characters-head.html 2. https://megdowell.com/2019/12/14/the-12-best-things-about-being-a-beginning-writer/ 3. https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/decade-in-young-adult-fiction.html “ 4. 5. Research & Fun Bits: 1.. 2. 3. 4. 5. Some Things More Serious: 1. https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/angel-messages-december-15-2019/ 2. https://thesilenteye.co.uk/2019/12/15/whitby-weekend-inside-the-church-at-lythe/ “Stuart and I had been to Lythe before, some years ago, early in our travels, sent to the little church by a friend.…

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