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Writing Links 10/23/17
Writing Links…10/23/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/10/so-your-character-is-hard-of-hearing.html Some things to consider. https://saraletourneauwriter.com/2017/10/19/cookbook-intro-wonderland/ A Literary Afternoon Tea. https://legendsofwindemere.com/2017/10/19/ravens-dawn-part-19-horror-thriller-halloween/ A victim. https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/10/19/fairies-myths-magic-spooktacular-author-spotlight-guest-post-the-dawn-fangs-by-charles-e-yallowitz/ A different breed of vampire. http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/10/writing-lessons-from-music-videos.html How a music video relates a story. https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/10/21/epanalepsis-poetry-new-form/ What do you think? MG/YA: http://pitchwars.org/pitch-wars-team-interviews-erin-cotter-with-mentor-carlie-sorosiak-dana-edwards-dan-lollis-and-mentor-shanna-rogers-deborah-falaye-and-mentors-claribel-ortega-and-kat-cho/#more-38001 Pitch War mentees and mentors. http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2017/10/nikki-katz-author-of-midnight-dance-on.html On writing the story within you in the…
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Reading Links 10/17/17
Reading Links…10/17/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/provenance/ The Imperial Radch trilogy. http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/provenance/ The Craft series. MG/YA: http://www.talesoftheravenousreader.com/2017/10/harry-potter-meets-goonies.html A thirteen-year-old boy must take on mercenaries when he discovers a magic book. http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2017/10/middle-grade-novels-featuring-south-asian-characters/ Books about South Asian characters. https://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/authors-choice-curse-breaker-series-by-melinda-kucsera/ Evil rises in the enchanted forest. Romance/Women’s Fiction: https://nicholasrossis.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/two-unmissable-free-romances-set-in-greece/ Two free romances. Christian: Historical:…
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Writing Links 10/16/17
Writing Links…10/16/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/10/beautiful-books-2016-introduce-your.html Are you writing a book for Nano? http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/10/necrologies-and-debacles-avatar-last.html Some ways villains are dispatched. MG/YA: http://avajae.blogspot.com/2017/10/discussion-do-you-read-books-similar-to.html I usually steer clear of reading the same idea I’m writing at the moment. I don’t want others to think it influenced me. I will read those books AFTER I’m done with…
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Reading Links…10/10/17
Reading Links…10/10/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: MG/YA: http://avajae.blogspot.com/2017/10/into-black-pre-order-campaign.html Second book in trilogy. Romance/Women’s Fiction: https://teripolen.com/2017/10/06/indie-author-friday-caroline-clemens-indieauthor-romance-contemporary/ Christian: Historical: Scary: http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-purgatory-hotel-by-anne-marie-ormsby/ A whodunit in a haunted hotel. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-the-dark-net-by-benjamin-percy/ Delivers the goods. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-chase-by-shaun-hutson/ A tale full of horror, violence, and gore. http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/10/the-story-behind-the-most-haunting-book-cover-on-the-shelves/ Shortlisted in the National Book award. Mystery/Thriller/Suspense: https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/book-review-my-grl-by-john-howell/ Want a…
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Writing Links…10/9/17
Writing Links…10/9/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/10/dragoncon-anime-weekend-atlanta-2017.html Two cons. MG/YA: https://www.janefriedman.com/writing-ya/ Kids want to see themselves in fiction. The real stuff. http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2017/10/start-creative-writing-club-kids/ Want to start a writing club for kids? http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2017/10/gwen-c-katz-author-of-among-red-stars.html On writing historical fiction. Romance/Women’s Fiction: http://romanceuniversity.org/2017/10/06/how-to-add-depth-to-your-protagonist-by-angela-ackerman/ Tools to help you add depth to your characters. Christian: http://novelrocket.com/2017/10/the-difference-a-word-makes.html/ https://stevelaube.com/when-does-book-become-public-domain/ Copyright before…
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Writerly Things 10/8/17
Writerly Things…10/8/17 Traci Kenworth Halloween month is always fun for me. Originally, I wanted to write scary stories but I’ve found over time that I’m more pulled to fantasy. There are scary elements to my stories and occasionally I do pen the full genre but I find I’m less drawn to it than previously.…
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Book Talk…10/6/17
Book Talk…10/6/17 Traci Kenworth Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber. Random House Publishing-Ballantine. Copy from Netgalley. Available Oct. 3, 2017. Merry Knight is pretty busy these days. She’s taking care of her family, baking cookies, decorating for the holidays, and hoping to stay out of the crosshairs of her stressed and by-the-book boss…
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Reading Links…10/3/17
Reading Links…10/3/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/09/26/fran-wilde-how-to-build-a-monster/ A little of this, a lot of that, lol. http://www.parajunkee.com/blog/2017/09/27/hunt-chloe-neill-blog-tour-giveaway/ The hunter becomes the hunted. http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2017/09/against-the-dark-blog-tour-guest-post-by-julie-e-czerneda-giveaway/ Final book in the Reunification trilogy. https://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2017/09/black-white-by-nick-wilford.html Would you help a stranger if it meant you risked the government finding out and being taken from your family? http://kriswrites.com/2017/09/29/slacker-kris-and-the-overdue-post-of-doom/ https://maeclair.net/2017/09/29/book-release-path-of-the-traitors-epic-fantasy-legendsofwindemere/ On the eve…
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Writing Links…10/2/17
Writing Links…10/2/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/09/so-your-character-is-from-qatar.html Interesting buildings, one kind of looks like a space needle to me. https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/09/26/how-to-use-the-new-wordpress-editor-microsoft-word-template-for-blog-posts/ How to make blog posts in Microsoft Word 2016 and the new WordPress Editor. I’ve been trying unsuccessfully for a long time to do set my blog posts up in Word. I will have to…
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Book Talk…9/29/17
Book Talk…9/29/17 Traci Kenworth Nothing this week. I’m reading Kristen Lamb’s Devil’s Dance, Nicholas Rossi’s Emotional Beats (REALLY helpful, gang! It gives a lot of ideas when combined with the Emotional Thesaurus from Angela Ackerman and Becca Pugsli makes a can’t miss combo!), a YA anthology (Really adoring this! It’s been a while since…



