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Random Act of Kindness Blitz Tour!!
A smile. An encouraging word. A thoughtful gesture. Each day people interact with us, help, and make our day a bit brighter and full. This is especially true in the Writing Community. Take a second to think about writers you know, like the critique partner who works with you to improve your manuscript. The writing…
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Writing in the Dark
Writing in the Dark Traci Kenworth I used to write religiously with an outline as I’ve said on here before but lately, I’ve been “writing in the dark” so to speak. Which is to say, I’ve thrown out my outline with my current project and what I’ve begun to do is to take each…
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A Journal of Ideas
Journal of Ideas Traci Kenworth Do you keep one? Do you find it useful? I have both a journal and a jar filled with ideas. There basically just those that have come to mind either from dreams or jotting down notes and presto, they appear. The problem for me is I have so many…
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Book Review 6
Book Review: Shattered Me by Tahereh Mafi Traci Kenworth Harper, an Imprint of Harper-Collins 2011 Science Fiction 338 pages Hook: I’ve been locked up for 264 days. Juliette has been a prisoner of the Reestablishment, the initiative that was supposed to help the Earth’s dying society. The same people that pulled her out…
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Reading
Reading: How Important is it to Writers? Traci Kenworth The more you read, the better you become as a writer. You’ve heard this before from other authors, people in the industry, etc. But the question is: how important is it? Very. When we read, we open our minds to knowledge, entertainment, and more. Some…
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Another Miss
Another Miss Traci Kenworth Sorry, everyone, I didn’t get a book review in this week again. More life came into play. Between appointments, errands, and Spring Cleaning the book/s got pushed to the side. I will be back soon and plan to make book reviews a regular feature here. Some problems might occur when…
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When Life Gets in the Way…
When Life Gets in the Way Traci Kenworth You’re going along strong, every word is falling into place, every scene playing off of each other when *boom* something in life happens. It can be a car accident, the birth of another/or your first child, or as often happens, health problems. What do you do…
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Kids and Pets in Fiction
Kids and Pets in Fiction Traci Kenworth Does the same old adage that said of films, “Don’t work with children or pets,” apply to fiction? I know of some people who don’t like children to be included in the stories they read. I think basically because usually they turn into “jeopardy” situations or they’re…
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Book Review
Book Review: a shepherd looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller Traci Kenworth A Zondervan Large Print Book 1970 Christian non-fiction Hook sentence: The Lord! “But who is the Lord? What is His character? Does He have adequate credentials to be my Shepherd—my manager—my owner? And if He does—how do I come…
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Does the Race of a Character or the Book’s Author Bother You?
Does the Race of a Character or the book’s Author Bother You? Traci Kenworth I know this is a very delicate topic but in light of the recent ugliness that evaded certain postings about The Hunger Games movie regarding the casting of black actors for the characters of Thresh, Rue, and Cinna, I felt…
Forgiveness, Redemption, Hope
Traci Dowe/Kenworth Gothic Fantasy
Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author
Redemption, Forgiveness, and Hope
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Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author 