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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…
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Book Review: Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis
Book Review: Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis Traci Kenworth Adult: Historical Romance A Jove Book 1987 For the sake of any young adults that come to this page, I’m going to mellow the language and forego the hook line of the book. Let’s just say, Bruno, the hero is born out…
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A germ of an idea…
Developing a germ of an idea… Traci Kenworth I get most of my ideas from dreams. It’ll start with either the character, the setting, or a snippet of what’s happening in that world. This snippet is called the germinal idea. It’s not yet fleshed out, it hasn’t grown to a premise status, nor is…
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The Ruins
The Ruins Traci Kenworth Today, we saw the ruins. We stumbled upon it by accident, not knowing that this particular setting housed what had once been a good-sized village. One that had once upon a time housed the Akara people. Lives, dreams, battles, had been fought here to nothing but shattered objects, broken…
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A Craft Book Review
Craft Book Review: The Elements of Style Traci Kenworth The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White is one book I think every writer has not only heard of but has on their bookshelf somewhere. If you don’t, and you’re serious about your writing, download a copy or pick one up…
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A Second Lucky Meme Tag…
I’ve been tagged again by the lovely Penny Randall, check out her blog here. This is from my second wip TA. It’s about a wish, the fallout, and the horror that bulldozes all. This is a scene between two friends who are discussing how life has derailed them all: “Hey, if you’re talking about how…
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A Chat with a Fairy Godmother…
A Chat with a Fairy Godmother… Traci Kenworth We have as our guest here today, Maggie Winters from The Fairy Godmother’s Files by Rebekah L. Purdy. And if we’re extremely lucky, we might get a sneak peek of the hotness that is Seth. Okay, question time: Do you prefer “Maggie,” or “Mags?” It…
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Tidbits of Who Your Characters are…
Tidbits of Who Your Characters are… Traci Kenworth How do you create a whole character? Tidbits, of course. By that, I mean there are facets of each of us that go into our story person. I would say that there is a sliver of our personalities in every one we write. Our shyness, our…
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Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author 