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‘Write What You Know’ Is Bad Writing Advice IF YOU TAKE IT LITERALLY
Originally posted on Meg Dowell Writes: “Write what you know.” It’s the one piece of writing advice we all receive at some point along our writing journeys. But does it actually mean what we think it means — and is it still “good” advice? As you may or may not know, writing advice is tricky.…
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Seven Links7/13/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…7/13/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/07/22029.html “And so it ends, after 67 years. One of the great American institutions, Mad Magazine, is closing up shop. Gone but not forgotten will be the famous Mad mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, whose mysterious background is discussed here. So popular was he that he occasionally ran for president, with the slogan: “You could…
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Book Talk…7/12/19: Stephanie Garber’s Finale Traci Kenworth
Book Talk…7/12/19: Stephanie Garber’s Finale Traci Kenworth Finale (conclusion to the Caravel series) by Stephanie Garber. 2019. FlatIron Books. Amazon’s blurb: Welcome, welcome to Finale, the third and final book in Stephanie Garber’s #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for. It’s been two…
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The inferential layer of the Word-Pond: Mood and Emotion #amwriting
Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy: Today we go a little deeper into the Word-Pond that we call Story. In talking about literature, the word mood is sometimes used interchangeably with atmosphere. Like conjoined twins, mood and atmosphere march along together; separate, but intertwined so closely that they seem as one. Mood…
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Writerly Things…7/8/19: Do YA Readers Prefer eBooks or Print?
Writerly Things…7/8/19: Do YA Readers Prefer eBooks or Print? Traci Kenworth Question for all you YA readers out there: do you prefer eBooks or print? Or do you read both? Have a great week, take care, and God bless!
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Don’t Keep Abandoning and Running Back to the Same Story Over and Over
Originally posted on Meg Dowell Writes: In 2015, I started writing a book. This was a little over a year after I had experienced a seemingly endless string of unfortunate circumstances. I made the decision — and I’m not too self-conscious to say it was a brave one at the time — to start writing…
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Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author 