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High Gears in Writing
High Gears in Writing can be Grueling Traci Kenworth Sometimes high gears in writing can be great. You’re flying past the curves, staying on the road, headed in the right direction but things can quickly get out of control. There are times when slow processes are needed. Such as…
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Book Review: Happiness Is…
Book Review: Happiness Is… Traci Kenworth The book is published by Word Publishing and has no author listed. 1995. I ran across this little book on my shelf the other day and waxed nostalgic. This book was gifted to me about seven months before my marriage,…
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Try, Try, Try Again
Try, Try, Try Again Traci Kenworth Rejection sometimes puts us up against a wall. It can be heartbreaking to get turned down on a story yet again. The doubts, the slips of self-confidence, the frustration. All take place. What we can’t let happen is the desire to just give up. We’ll never reach our…
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Book Review #7
Book Review 7: Love on the Range by Jessica Nelson Traci Kenworth A Love Inspired Historical 2012 Hook: Obsession was the way in which madness lay. Gracelyn Riley can’t stop scanning the train platform for Special Agent Striker. Though her parents considered traveling alone unsafe even in 1918’s modern days, the threat of influenza…
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A Journal of Ideas
Journal of Ideas Traci Kenworth Do you keep one? Do you find it useful? I have both a journal and a jar filled with ideas. There basically just those that have come to mind either from dreams or jotting down notes and presto, they appear. The problem for me is I have so many…
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Book Review 6
Book Review: Shattered Me by Tahereh Mafi Traci Kenworth Harper, an Imprint of Harper-Collins 2011 Science Fiction 338 pages Hook: I’ve been locked up for 264 days. Juliette has been a prisoner of the Reestablishment, the initiative that was supposed to help the Earth’s dying society. The same people that pulled her out…
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Reading
Reading: How Important is it to Writers? Traci Kenworth The more you read, the better you become as a writer. You’ve heard this before from other authors, people in the industry, etc. But the question is: how important is it? Very. When we read, we open our minds to knowledge, entertainment, and more. Some…
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Another Miss
Another Miss Traci Kenworth Sorry, everyone, I didn’t get a book review in this week again. More life came into play. Between appointments, errands, and Spring Cleaning the book/s got pushed to the side. I will be back soon and plan to make book reviews a regular feature here. Some problems might occur when…
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When Life Gets in the Way…
When Life Gets in the Way Traci Kenworth You’re going along strong, every word is falling into place, every scene playing off of each other when *boom* something in life happens. It can be a car accident, the birth of another/or your first child, or as often happens, health problems. What do you do…
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Kids and Pets in Fiction
Kids and Pets in Fiction Traci Kenworth Does the same old adage that said of films, “Don’t work with children or pets,” apply to fiction? I know of some people who don’t like children to be included in the stories they read. I think basically because usually they turn into “jeopardy” situations or they’re…