Category: Writing and Poetry

March 8, 2020

Writerly Things 3/9/2020 Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 3/9/2020: The Approaching Days Traci Kenworth What are you looking forward to doing most this Spring? Me, everything. Last year, I was cooped inside with two surgeries and this year, I just can’t wait to get out there doing what I need to do. Gardening. At the top of my list is planting…

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March 6, 2020

Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Poetry Challenge 2020 3/5/2020: Three Senryus Traci Kenworth

Hope I did these right. This is about human nature and therefore, senryus in the 5/7/5, 3/5/3, and 2/3/2. wisdom in white haira day won in her honorleaves bear tribute to senses wakesplashes of flowersleaves tribute flyingeyes squeezed closedgala

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March 6, 2020

Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Challenge 1/12/2020 Traci Kenworth

Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Challenge A Haiku with the 5/7/5 formula 3/06/2020 Traci Kenworth only doves may grace nature’s calm serenity leaves twist with a peace

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March 6, 2020

Writerly Things 03/06/2020: Keeping it Realistic Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 11/25/19: Realistic Expectations Traci Kenworth How realistic do you expect your movies and stories to be? Hit by a Car. Fatal? Depends on the speed. I remember one lady that got hit by a car in the parking lot at work and still had to finish her day at work. Granted, the vehicle…

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March 6, 2020

Five Links 3/6/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 3/6/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2020/03/whats-the-best-way-to-discover-your-story.html “Not many people know that the decades-long feud between the Hatfields and McCoys started at a writers conference. The head of the Hatfield clan was an outliner. McCoy was a pantser. They were on a panel together and things got heated. Then the shooting started. In those…

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March 6, 2020

Five Links 3/06/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 1/11/20 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/01/capturing-an-unhappy-relationship-a-writers-roadmap/ “Relationships are a complicated beast, and if you write romance like me, then you’re wed (pun intended) to the HEA ending (happily ever after). But the reality is, we have a divorce rate of almost 1 in 2 marriages; so as much fun as it is to…

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March 3, 2020

Writerly Ways 3/3/2020: Making Excuses Not to Try Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 1/13/20: Making Excuses Not to Try Traci Kenworth Are You Where You Want to Be? Have you reached all your goals? Is there still one more or a few to go? For years now, I’ve strived to be published. It wasn’t my time, I know. There was still a lot to learn. What…

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March 2, 2020

Writerly Things 3/ 2/2020: Finding Balance Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 1/20/2020: Finding Balance Traci Kenworth I know it seems like everyone is telling you to write, write, write all the time, every day. That’s not what balance is about. Balance is about finding a way to make the things you do and the people you care about mingle together in harmony. Let’s…

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March 1, 2020

Writerly Things 3/1/2020: How to Frequent the Bookstore (When You’re an Author in Hiding) Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 1/27/2020: How to Frequent a Bookstore When You’re an Author in Hiding Traci Kenworth Recently, I visited a mall bookstore and it got me wondering: how do other authors experience the bookstore when they’re an unknown? Do you keep you head down, minding your own business? Does the smell and the texture of…

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March 1, 2020

Writerly Things 3/1/2020: How YA Authors Influenced My Writing Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 3/2/2020: How YA Authors Influenced My Writing Traci Kenworth Have you ever wondered how you came to write in a certain genre, or age group? The following is how I came to start writing YA. Pull up a chair and listen. The first Author I can Recall Reading. When I was growing up…

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