Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

Horror: 1. http://www.writersdigest.com/tip-of-the-day/writing-the-book-you-were-meant-to-write 2. http://agentinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html 3. http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2013/03/dealing-with-character-trauma/ 4. http://leaguewriters.blogspot.com/2012/11/conventions-think-outside-your-genre.html 5. http://www.magicalwords.net/faith-hunter/titles.-or-not/ Fantasy: 1. http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/george-r-r-martin-the-rolling-stone-interview-20140423 2. http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/nanowrimo-fantasy-novelists-exam_b15925 3. http://wisb.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-vs-evil-and-simple-world-that.html 4. http://speculativehorizons.blogspot.com/2010/04/guardian-books-blog-on-battle-for.html 5. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/fantasy-influences-ancient-greek-mythology-part-one Short Story: 1. http://ow.ly/w3zG0 2. https://writeanything.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/seven-tips-for-submitting/ 3. http://www.jamierubin.net/2012/12/17/why-i-dont-self-publish-my-stories/ 4. http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/02/how-to-begin-a-short-story/ 5. http://writerunboxed.com/2011/07/23/getting-short-story-credits-is-getting-easier-sort-of/ YA/NA: 1. terribleminds.com/ramble/2014/04/16/ten-things-id-like-to-say-to-young-writers/ 2. http://www.novelrocket.com/2012/02/are-you-writing-mg-or-ya.html 3. http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2013/07/15/guest-post-literary-agent-brooks-sherman/ 4. http://elflands2ndcousin.com/2012/11/21/structure-and-perspective-in-childrens-stories-and-films/ 5. http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/writing-for-the-young-adult-audience Writing: 1. http://writerunboxed.com/2014/04/13/an-agents-role-in-shaping-an-authors-career-and-the-second-book/ 2. http://ow.ly/vMsYi 3. http://ow.ly/vMnAB 4. http://ow.ly/vMsgr 5. http://ow.ly/watW9

Horror: 1. http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/apr/29/poetry 2. http://curiosityquills.com/what-the-hell-is-that-writing-contemporary-horror/ 3. http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/02/supernatural-horror-in-literature/ 4. http://thedissolve.com/features/the-conversation/240-what-still-scares-us-in-horror-movies/ 5. http://writeanything.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/horror-writing-tips/ Fantasy: 1. http://ow.ly/vB395 2. http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2013/04/beyond-same-old-fantasy-culture-nine.html 3. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/languages-in-fantasy 4. http://enchantedinkpot.livejournal.com/103414.html 5. http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/fantasy-characters-who-regret-their-final-decisions Short Stories: 1. http://ow.ly/vB4cM 2. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/does-size-really-matter-fantasy-shorts 3. http://writerunboxed.com/2013/04/28/what-novelists-should-know-about-short-fiction/ 4. http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/the-long-short-of-the-short-sweet-2/ 5. http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/the-long-short-of-the-short-sweet-2/ YA/NA: 1. http://ow.ly/vyefy 2. http://ow.ly/vyf7T/ 3. http://charactertherapist.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-post-to-read-if-you-write-young.html 4. http://www.yahighway.com/2012/04/ya-authors-on-pinterest.html 5. http://www.yahighway.com/ Writing: 1. http://lifeadventurista.com/its-only-a-first-draft-2/ 2. http://owly/vHEdm. 3. http://thewritelife.com/5-free-amazon-services/ 4. http://ow.ly/vISZY 5. http://ow.ly/vISo6   For more writing links visit: http://www.tracikrites.wordpress.com

Horror: 1. http://ow.ly/vdrcB 2. http://ow.ly/vdqHl 3. http://ttapress.com/942/women-in-horror-anthologies/0/5/ 4. http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2012/10/script-to-screen-the-rocky-horror-picture-show.html 5. http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/what-writers-can-learn-from-the-masters-of-horror/ Fantasy: 1. http://ow.ly/vnLR8 2. http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/modern-fantasy-sub-genre-bingo 3.  http://markcnewton.com/2011/03/02/the-fantasy-of-development/ 4. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/07/25/lev-grossman-on-why-fantasy-isnt-just-for-children/?blog_id=120&post_id=66288 5. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/fantasy-as-escapism-avoiding-boredom-or-uncertainty YA/NA: 1. http://iggiandgabi.blogspot.com/2011/04/ya-cafe-is-it-ya-or-not-5-ways-to-tell.html 2. http://t.co/WZdzf7nex9 3. https://deescribewriting.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/my-la-adventure-part-6-perfecting-your-ya-voice/ 4. http://www.annastan.com/2011/05/battling-the-stigma-of-the-ya-writer/ 5. http://t.co/swHk5J5g Short stories: 1. http://www.superheronation.com/2011/04/20/punctuating-dialogue-in-novels-and-short-stories/ 2. http://storyfix.com/the-short-story-on-structuring-your-short-story 3. http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2012/05/excess-baggage-turning-lurking-themes.html 4.  http://flavorwire.com/432394/35-perfect-examples-of-the-art-of-the-short-story/view-all/ 5. http://jamigold.com/2011/12/write-fiction-why-you-should-try-a-short-story/ Writing: 1. http://bestsellerlabs.com/3-deadly-traps-for-a-writer/#comment-47288 2. http://www.writerscircle.com/2014/04/five-famous-authors-and-their-strange-writing-rituals.html 3. http://writershelpingwriters.net/2014/04/killed-4-cliched-characters/ 4. http://blog.janicehardy.com/2014/04/five-ways-to-grow-your-novel.html 5. http://ow.ly/vospb   For more links, visit: http://www.tracikrites.wordpress.com

Horror: 1. http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/03/we-can-hear-you-scream-an-overview-of-sfhorror-literature/ 2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/mar/11/science-fiction-war-of-the-books-worlds 3. http://daringnovelist.blogspot.com/2011/03/story-notes-darker-microfiction.html 4. http://www.yahighway.com/2011/09/haunting-at-my-desk-what-writing-and.html 5. https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/my-house-is-out-of-the-ordinary/ Fantasy: 1. http://www.blackgate.com/2010/07/08/on-writing-fantasy-the-quest-for-originality/ 2. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/thinking-about-food-in-fantasy 3. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/writing-rules-and-fantasy-adverbs 4. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/elves-in-mythology-and-fantasy 5. http://www.graspingforthewind.com/2010/04/11/essay-science-fiction-for-fantasy-buffs/ Short Stories: 1. http://ow.ly/v2Gxc 2. http://ow.ly/uTwS4 3. http://pitchpublishprosper.com/write-short-write-long/ 4. http://www.magicalwords.net/edmund-r.-schubert/telling-stories-there-is-no-story-until-there-are-two-stories/ 5. http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/09/playing-short-game-sell-short-fiction-part-32/ YA/NA: 1. http://mommyauthors.blogspot.com/2011/09/embracing-embarrassing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MommyAuthors+(Mommy+Authors)&utm_content=Google+Reader 2. http://litreactor.com/columns/get-real-the-spectrum-of-high-school-reality-in-ya-fiction 3. http://vonnacarter.com/wordpress/?page_id=3497 4. http://kidlit.com/2011/11/30/college-aged-ya-protagonists/ 5. http://helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-book-is-suitable-for-children-of-all.html Writing: 1. http://ow.ly/vaqgS 2. http://ow.ly/vaqjA 3. http://ow.ly/vaqkM 4. http://ow.ly/vaqdH 5. http://ow.ly/vaq3s   For more writing links: http://www.tracikrites.wordpress.com

Writing: 1. http://thoughtcatalog.com/hannah-gordon/2014/03/what-to-do-when-you-have-writers-block/ 2. http://ow.ly/uOHVX 3. http://carlywatters.com/2014/03/17/q-what-do-agents-like-to-see-when-they-google-writers/ 4. http://ow.ly/uMtJd 5.  http://ow.ly/uL7Da Short Stories: 1. http://ow.ly/uHoGC 2. http://icessfernandez.com/2013/08/24/three-short-story-lessons-from-graham-greene/ 3. http://poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com/2010/07/writing-short.html 4. http://www.everywritersresource.com/writingsense/2010/10/top-10-classic-horror-stories/ 5. http://fcmalby.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/so-when-are-you-going-to-write-a-proper-book-then/ Fantasy: 1. http://grahamscrackers.com/2014/03/12/dont-explain-away-the-magic/ 2. http://ow.ly/uUJNz 3. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/fantasy-influences-ancient-greek-mythology-part-two 4. http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/magic-in-fantasy 5. http://deborahjross.blogspot.com/2013/02/guest-blog-catherine-lundoff-on.html Horror: 1. http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/p/chapter-one-analyses.html 2. http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2013/02/15-famous-beautiful-creatures/7/ 3. http://flavorwire.com/388913/10-essential-neo-noir-authors 4. http://helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com/2012/08/dear-crabbit-question-about-covering.html 5. http://www.thepassivevoice.com/04/2013/indie-author-branding-how-to-figure-out-how-to-brand-yourself/