Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

August 19, 2017

Don’t Let the Darkness Win… Share the Light and Let it Shine! #inspiration #Barcelona

Such an important thing to do.

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August 18, 2017

Book Talk 8/18/17

Vivid and memorable characters aren’t born: they have to be made. This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your memory, your imagination and your soul. Award-winning author Orson Scott Card…

Craft, Reading, traditional
August 15, 2017

Reading Links 8/14/17

Reading Links…8/15/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://www.brenda-drake.com/2017/08/wishing-heart-j-c-welker-giveaway/ Winner of the 2016 Rosemary awards for paranormal fiction. http://litworldinterviews.com/2017/08/11/recreance-the-aeternum-chronicles-book-1-bookreview-hgcbooks/ Can they unravel an ancient mystery? http://kriswrites.com/2017/08/12/an-eclipse-thrills-and-a-touch-of-the-fantastic/ Two new bundles. https://teripolen.com/2017/08/11/indie-author-friday-d-wallace-peach-indieauthor-scifi-fantasy/ Will she become the realm’s savior? Or executioner? https://www.amwritingfantasy.com/interview-grant-goodman/ Ninjas, spies, robots, and ghosts. https://princessofthelight.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/its-paranormal-paranormalromance-day-on-the-potl-blog-books-fridayreads-amreading/ Round-up of paranormal and paranormal romance. https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-cathyry-reviews-voyager-by-carlrackman-scifi-thriller/ They are coming. MG/YA:…

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August 14, 2017

Writing Links 8/14/17

Writing Links 8/14/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/08/beautiful-people-27-cohen-silhouette.html Meet Cohen. http://www.magicalwords.net/roundup/magical-words-link-roundup-8-10-2017/ A fourth grade Guardian of the Galaxy. http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/08/sass-versus-subtly-discussion-about.html Do you like your characters with sass and snark? Or prefer wisdom? I prefer the wisdom. Not that I don’t have sassy characters at time, but the wise ones tend to be easier to handle. https://legendsofwindemere.com/2017/08/11/the-balanced-hero-brains-guts-survival/…

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August 13, 2017

Writerly Things 8/13/17

Writerly Things…8/13/17 Traci Kenworth Last Friday, a tornado came through our town. It dropped trees everywhere. It also tore the electrical box and phone box off the side of our house. The storm hit so fast there was no time to prepare. I heard a big boom in the front and back of my…

a bit of seriousness, contests
August 6, 2017

Writerly Thing 8/6/17

Writerly Things…8/6/17 Traci Kenworth I had to put TA aside. It became clear, I couldn’t save it. It was a hot mess and no amount of editing would fix it. As much as I wish I didn’t have to, it was time to let go. So, I’ve begun research on another YA historical fantasy, TGW.…

Craft, MG & YA, traditional, writers, Writing and Poetry
August 4, 2017

Book Talk 8/4/17

Book Talk…8/4/17 Traci Kenworth Red Rising by Pierce Brown 2014 Del Rey. I won this is a contest with FantasyLiterature. “Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “I live for the dream that my children will be…

fantasy, MG & YA, Reading, SF, traditional, Writing and Poetry
August 1, 2017

Reading Links 8/1/17

Reading Links…8/1/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2017/07/mini-review-of-nimona-by-noelle-stevenson/ A deadpan epic. https://mytrainofthoughtson.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/the-magicians-workshop-vol-two-by-christopher-hansen-and-j-r-fehr-bookreview-hansenfehr/ Where dreams become reality. https://phsolomon.com/2017/07/28/an-arrow-against-the-wind/ More action-packed and far grimmer than its predecessor. http://nicholasrossis.me/2017/07/28/july-offer-moschoudis-books-on-sale/ Paranormal romance and more. https://mightythorjrs.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/birthday-book-haul-2017-4-conan-the-phenomenon-by-paul-sammon/ This history spans Conan’s story. https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/07/29/colleens-book-reviews-the-panther-moon-book-3-in-the-secret-warrior-series-by-author-beth-trissel/ The last book in the Secret Warrior series. http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-book-review-of-scarlet-moon-by-sd.html Destiny can pick someone else. http://www.autumnwriting.com/epic-fantasy-extravaganza-bundle/ Nine high-ranked authors. https://legendsofwindemere.com/2017/07/27/protecting-bedlam-how-to-preserve-your-relics-part-1/…

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July 31, 2017

Writing Links 7/31/17

Writing Links…7/31/17 Traci Kenworth Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF: http://www.magicalwords.net/roundup/magical-words-link-roundup-7-27-2017/ Links for the week. https://legendsofwindemere.com/2017/07/28/ichabod-brooks-a-character-with-a-long-and-mysterious-past/ A puzzle that you discover as the story evolves. https://www.amwritingfantasy.com/interview-karen-tomlinson/ Red warrior series. http://storitorigrace.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-to-prevent-writers-block-and-how-i.html Just do a little bit. This works for me. If I can just get one sentence down, I let that sentence build till the next writing time and then…

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July 30, 2017

Writerly Things…7/30/17

Writerly Things…7/30/17 Traci Kenworth So, narrowing down my choices for YA mentor. There were originally 73, I think. I’m down to eleven which is pretty good imo, lol. I’m following the eleven on twitter and watching to see what interest them further, clues to help me whittle them down to the four we’re allowed.…

contests, fantasy, Historicals, horror, MG & YA, writers, Writing and Poetry