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Book Talk 11/22/19: Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s The Freelancer’s Survival Guide Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 11/22/19: The Freelancer’s Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Traci Kenworth The Freelancer’s Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch WMG Publishing Jan 2013, 3rd Edition Amazon’s Blurb: Most people become freelancers without any idea of how to run a business. They learn in the school of hard knocks. Kristine Kathryn Rusch has taken…
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Five Links 11/16/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 11/16/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/11/give-your-character-a-dream.html “This past week on Monday Night Football between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants, play was interrupted for a short time when a black cat somehow wandered onto the field. No one knows where it came from or (as of this writing) where it is…
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Writerly Things 11/4/19: Countdown to New Year, What Have You Accomplished?
Writerly Things 11/7/19: Countdown to New Year, What Have You Accomplished? Traci Kenworth I’m doing a review of what I’ve accomplished this year. How about you? Books Read. I’ve read approximately forty books so far this year. My goal was fifty so I’m hoping to meet or pass that. Next year, I want to read…
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Book Talk 11/1/19: Jack M. Bickman’s Setting Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 11/1/19: Jack M. Bickham’s Setting Traci Kenworth Setting: The Elements of Fiction Writing by Jack M. Bickham 1994 Writer’s Digest Books. Amazon’s Blurb: Suggests ways of creating an appropriate setting and incorporating it into the story, discussing the function of a setting, how it can affect story meaning, and how it can advance…
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Writerly Things 10/28/19: Are All Writers Going to Survive their Journey? Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 10/28/19: Will Everyone Survive their Writer Journey? Traci Kenworth I won’t lie, the writing field is crowded. More so than yesterday. Indie publishing has taken hold, and everyone wants to be a writer. Is There a Market for Us All? That’s a question only the audience can answer. Certainly, they love stories, all…
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Five Links 10/26/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 10/26/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/creating-a-multi-use-logline/ “When I first started writing, I remember someone asking me what my book was about. I stammered and stalled, trying to think about how to best describe it. “Um…it’s about this guy, see? He um…well…he’s kind of a…” “Just give me your elevator pitch.” I stood there…
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Writerly Things 10/21/19: Question of the Day Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things: 10/21/19: Question of the Day: Do You Make a Living as a Writer Whether Traditional or Indie? Traci Kenworth No need to go into specifics, just a quick question to figure things out. Does your writing make enough to support you? Or do you rely on your day job and use writing as…
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Seven Links 10/19/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links 10/19/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/10/conflict-thesaurus-entry-a-repressed-memory-resurfacing/ “Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some kind. Maybe it’s an internal tug-of-war having to do with difficult decisions, morals, or temptations. Or it…
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Seven Links 10/12/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links 10/12/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://lithub.com/philip-pullman-on-childrens-literature-and-the-critics-who-disdain-it/ “This talk is going to be partly at least about children’s literature, or so it says in the program. I should say at the outset that I’m not going to treat the subject in an academic way, even if I could; I find it hard to think…



