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First Update for the New Year…
First Update for the Year Traci Kenworth I intended to post this early this morning but got sidetracked by black ice and a fall. I’m okay, my knees are just a little banged up and hand and legs hurt but otherwise, A-OK. Just wasn’t expecting the ground to slip out…
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,100 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 9 years to get…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Just a note to say, “I’ll be gone until the second Tuesday of next month.” I am spending time with family and trying to deal with computer issues. Right now, I’m using my daughter’s incredibly small Acer one. Lol. Hopefully, it won’t be long till I’m zipping along again. I will be posting regular,…
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Book Review: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
Book Review: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake Traci Kenworth Tor Books 2012 332 pages Hook: I think I killed a girl who looked like this once. Spoiler Alert for Anna if you haven’t read. This is the sequel to Anna Dressed in Blood, of course and Theseus Cassio Lowood is back as the…
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Complications…
The scene I’m working on at the moment is giving me a bit of problems. I’m changing it around here and there, but just not happy with it yet. I’ve learned so much craft-wise this week. From not letting your hero/heroine win every battle throughout the story to five common first chapter mistakes and so…
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Book Review: Writing & Selling the YA Novel by K.L. Going
Writing & Selling the YA Novel by K.L. Going Traci Kenworth 2008 Writer’s Digest Books an imprint of F & W Publications, Inc. Author of Saint Iggy and Fat Kid Rules the World This book is set up like a class schedule with such chapters…
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Off I go, Editing
Off I go, Editing Traci Kenworth The days have passed quicker than I thought. Editing time has arrived. I’m going to begin with a read-through of LATWD and see what catches/problems I see. I began writing the book about March of this year. So I guess it’s been…
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Book Review: The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith
Book Review: The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith Volume 1: The Initiation Traci Kenworth 311 pages Harper Paperbacks 1992 *SPOILER ALERT* Cassie is a junior in high school and homesick for California. They are in her mother’s native home state and she is being…
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Book Review: Watchers by Dean R. Koontz
Watchers by Dean R. Koontz Traci Kenworth Berkeley G.P. Putnam’s Son Edition Feb 1987 483 pages Hook: On his thirty-six birthday, May 18, Travis Cornell rose at 5:00 in the morning. The setting is Santa Barbara, Santiago Canyon on the eastern edge of Orange County,…