Category: Writing and Poetry

August 14, 2020

Book Talk 8/14/2020 Traci Kenworth

Nothing this week. Bestselling in College Cleaning Essentials. Dark Circles Treatment. Bathroom Shelf Saver. Braun Wet & Dry Shaver for Men. Glamburg Six-piece Towel Set. Colgate Overnight Whitening Pen. Moen Aromatherapy Shower Capsule.

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August 11, 2020

Three Senryu and a Short Story Traci Kenworth

Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Poetry Challenge using the words Circled and Squared, synonyms only. The sketch encompassedher day of who he was, thisbalance boy and man he seemed allshadows and light bothbrash and bold girdedby life inkand bone The Rival Traci Kenworth All day she sat, sketching him first then adding ink. He leapt off the…

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August 10, 2020

Writerly Things 8/10/2020 Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 8/10/2020: Do People Take Fantasy Writers Serious? Traci Kenworth There’s a saying that people don’t take fantasy writers seriously. Somehow, they think that all the creativity that goes into the writing makes it easy to write fantasy. After all, it’s all made up, right? So, it shouldn’t take a whole lot of talent…

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August 9, 2020

Five Links 8/9/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 8/8/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://stevelaube.com/realistic-language-in-fiction/ “I’m a former crime reporter and trauma survivor with lots of counseling writing a suspense novel. I’m trying to balance Christian fiction guidelines with the speech and behavior I’ve seen in police stations and at crime scenes. I’ve come up with some of my own ways to…

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August 6, 2020

Three Senryu and a Story 8/6/2020 Traci Kenworth

Dead windows wait forthe joy of the children onceroomed within their walls curtains hanglimp with dust as astillborn cries pictures decay while tears drop The House on Vasket Street Traci Kenworth They’d moved in three months ago. Dreams full. Hopes high. Delaney inspected her face in the passenger mirror window. Her face had filled out. She patted…

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August 1, 2020

Five Links 8/1/2020 Traci Kenworth

Had a chaotic week with my mom going into hospital, family stress, and my son getting a job. All in all, things are looking up and we’re on the road to recovery. Five Links 8/1/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2020/07/the-vision-on-the-stairway.html “Forty years ago—today—I went to a birthday party for one of my best friends from…

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July 27, 2020

Writerly Things 7/26/2020 Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 7/27/2020: Back to the Basics Traci Kenworth How many have you been away from your writing life for a while? The Covid-19 shut down shop for more than just regular jobs across the world. It took it’s toll on writing as well. So how do we get back to where we were? Draw…

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July 26, 2020

Five Links 7/26/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 7/25/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2020/07/24/10-tips-for-eliminating-not-so-obvious-writing-distractions/ 2. 3. 4. 5. Research & Fun Tidbits: 1. https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/technological-nightmares-and-extra-work/ “I’ve been working on my storyboards in drips and drabs. Right now I have six in various stages of completion, and some are nearly complete. There are two stand alone novels, the finale of the Lanternfish trilogy,…

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July 24, 2020

Book Talk 7/24/2020 Traci Kenworth

What I’m reading in YA: Sightwitch by Susan Dennard, How to Write a Children’s Book by The Institute of Children’s Literature, The Book of Dust by Phillip Pullman, The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco, A Heart So Fierce & Broken by Brigid Kemmerer, Heir to Fire by Sarah J. Maas, and Through the…

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July 20, 2020

Writerly Things 7/20/2020 Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 7/20/2020: When Things Unravel, You Make New Plans Traci Kenworth Oftentimes, in the midst of life when major changes occur, we stumble and try to find an even keel. We’re not quite sure if we should go on with things the way they were before. Change radically. Or fall somewhere in between. This…

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