Category: Writing and Poetry

August 18, 2011

The World of Querying

The World of Querying Traci Kenworth Well, I’m about to take off in that direction soon again. All I have to do is wrap my manuscript up and get it out to betas with a pretty bow included for luck (just kidding). Except for the luck part. We all know what it’s like to…

a bit of seriousness, writers, Writing and Poetry

Art, fiction, Literary agent, Manuscript, Online Writing, Publish, Query letter, Writers Resources
August 11, 2011

Fingerprints across the Pages

Fingerprints across the Pages Traci Kenworth What makes us toil at a job that is often beyond the limelight, looked down at by others with their snide off-hand comments, and generally takes our all? Love, plain and simple. If we didn’t care about what we put down on that page, the stories we have…

a bit of seriousness, humor & fun, writers, Writing and Poetry

Art, Arts, Author, fiction, Kenworth, keys, Writer, Writers Resources, Writing, Writing and Editing
August 9, 2011

Balancing Home-Life with Writing

Balancing Home-Life with Writing Traci Kenworth It becomes a challenge (with any career) to balance such with home-life. On one end, you have the kids, piled up laundry, dirty dishes, pets that demand attention, and at the other, there’s your job, that thing you do that supports/fulfills you. Writing is that for me. It’s…

humor & fun, writers, Writing and Poetry

Day to Day, Family, Home, Kenworth, Mother, Parent, Writers Resources, Writing
August 4, 2011

Life-Lessons Learned from Writing

Life-Lessons I’ve Learned From Writing Traci Kenworth 1. Be confidant: One of the hardest things I’ve learned is to have confidence in myself. I felt lost in all areas of my life, struggling to find my way to the shoreline when it came to everything. But then I started to write and the…

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Author, Kenworth, Writer, writers, Writers Resources, Writing, Writing and Editing
July 28, 2011

Faith

Faith Traci Kenworth One of the hardest things for a writer to do is to keep faith along their journey toward publication. Little doubts creep in, knowing, tormenting us. These are little tests I believe, trying our patience, our nerves. They can determine where we fall along the way, and how we pick ourselves…

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Art, Belief, Business, Faith, Kenworth, Writers Resources
July 27, 2011

The Three Faces of Death

The Three Faces of Death Traci Kenworth That summer came in early, wet and stormy. I danced in a few puddles, and then cringed at the thought of someone seeing me out here, acting so childish. Seventeen wasn’t an age to veer from your course, otherwise, you could end up backtracked to Antarctica when…

Muse, Writing and Poetry

fantasy, fiction, horror, Kenworth, muse, muse blog, short stories, short story, supernatural, young adult, Young-adult fiction
July 21, 2011

My Writing Style

My Writing Style Traci Kenworth This is something I see discussed a lot by other writers: what their style is when it comes to their writing. Finding it. Embracing it. Expanding on it. To be honest, it’s not something I concentrate on. I’m afraid I’ll mess things up too much if I tinker with…

a bit of seriousness, writers, Writing and Poetry

Art, Carrie, High school, Horror fiction, Kenworth, Writers Resources, Writing, Young-adult fiction
July 14, 2011

An Interview with Rebekah L. Purdy

An Interview with Rebekah L. Purdy Traci Kenworth Today I have with me a special guest, one of the ladies of YoungAdultFictionFanatics (YAFF), a good friend of mine, and one of my favorite writers: Rebekah L. Purdy. I can’t say enough about how much I admire her. She has been an inspiration and…

writers, Writing and Poetry

Arts, Cassandra Clare, fantasy, fiction, Karen Marie Moning, Online Writing, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Robin McKinley, Star Wars, Tamora Pierce, Writers Resources
July 7, 2011

Settings for Horror

Settings for Horror Traci Kenworth Settings for horror can happen anywhere. From basements to dining rooms, outdoors to in, present day to long ago. But you’re main concern here is what evokes terror for you? I’m talking: heart-pumping, sick to your stomach, ready to crawl through a narrow pipe to escape fear. It has…

writers, Writing and Poetry

Amityville Horror, Arts, Carrie Ryan, fiction, horror, Horror fiction, Kenworth, Shirley Jackson, Writer, writers, Writers Resources, Writing
June 30, 2011

How to Place Your Characters

How to Place Your Characters Introductions Traci Kenworth So you’ve come up with the great idea and it’s burning a hole through your gut, just aching to be written. How do you know where to begin? Should it be with Grandpa Sneitzler? The maid? The boy down on the dairy farm? Who to pick?…

writers, Writing and Poetry

Art, Book, fiction, Kenworth, Omni, Online Writing, Protagonist