Reading – Page 9 – Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author

March 1, 2020

Writerly Things 3/1/2020: How YA Authors Influenced My Writing Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 3/2/2020: How YA Authors Influenced My Writing Traci Kenworth Have you ever wondered how you came to write in a certain genre, or age group? The following is how I came to start writing YA. Pull up a chair and listen. The first Author I can Recall Reading. When I was growing up…

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February 29, 2020

Five Links 2/29/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 2/29/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/02/5-mistakes-to-avoid-if-you-want-to-finish-your-book/ “You begin with a wave of excitement. A new book holds so much promise. Then somewhere along the way, something changes. The story gets more difficult. It takes longer to finish a chapter or even a page. And then suddenly you’re in the middle of the book…

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February 28, 2020

Book Talk 2/28/2020: Rebecca McLaughlin’s Nameless Queen Traci Kenworth

Book Talk 2/28/2020: Rebecca McLaughlin’s Nameless Queen (Book 1) Traci Kenworth Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin. Crown Books. Jan 2020. Netgalley. Amazon’s blurb: One girl must make a name for herself–or die trying–in this royal fantasy where an unknown peasant becomes the ultimate ruler. But how long can she keep the crown if everyone wants…

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February 27, 2020

Five Links 2/15/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 2/15/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://litreactor.com/interviews/blood-in-the-gears-paul-tremblay-on-the-craft-of-writing “What is something you know now about writing novels that you wish you’d known when you first started out? I started writing short stories, so I slowly transitioned into novels eventually. My first few attempts were failed attempts. And what made that transition difficult was the realization…

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February 26, 2020

Book Talk 2/26/2020: What I’m Reading in YA Traci Kenworth

Book Talk 2/7/2020: What I’m Reading in YA Traci Kenworth Nefertiti’s Curse (a House of Night novella) by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast, Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard, Sightwitch by Susan Dennard, The Book of Dust by Phillip Pullman, How to Write a Children’s Book from the Institute of Children’s Literature, The Vine Witch by Luanne…

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February 26, 2020

Five Links 2/26/2020 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 2/8/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2020/02/the-curse-of-expository-dialogue.html “There are times when I need ten minutes of The Three Stooges. You know what I’m talking about. You’ve spent a long day writing some tough pages. Or you were bottled up in your cubicle at work, untangling your boss’s mess. Or maybe you were caught up…

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February 25, 2020

Book Talk 2/25/2020 Traci Kenworth

Book Talk 2/14/2020: Mike Anka’s Dark Alley Traci Kenworth Dark Alley by Mike Anka. YA Drama. Austin Macauley Books Nov. 29, 2019. Netgalley. Amazon’s Blurb: Dramatic circumstances bring together two people, and there is a spark between them. She is fourteen, homeless, smart, wild, and alive. Meanwhile, he is forty, a veteran, straight and slim,…

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February 23, 2020

Book Talk 2/21/2020 P.C. Cast’s & Kristen Cast’s House of Night Series: Neferet’s Curse Traci Kenworth

Book Talk: P.C. Cast’s & Kristin Cast’s House of Night series: Neferet’s Curse Traci Kenworth Neferet’s Curse by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast. St. Martin’s Griffin Feb. 19.2013. Amazon’s blurb: The White City, 1893: In turn-of-the-century Chicago, with the World’s Fair bringing bustle and excitement to her home city, sixteen-year-old Emily Wheiler should be reveling in…

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December 21, 2019

Five Links 12/21/19 Traci Kenworth

Five Links 12/21/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/set-up-a-command-post-inside-your-characters-head.html 2. https://megdowell.com/2019/12/14/the-12-best-things-about-being-a-beginning-writer/ 3. https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/decade-in-young-adult-fiction.html “ 4. 5. Research & Fun Bits: 1.. 2. 3. 4. 5. Some Things More Serious: 1. https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/angel-messages-december-15-2019/ 2. https://thesilenteye.co.uk/2019/12/15/whitby-weekend-inside-the-church-at-lythe/ “Stuart and I had been to Lythe before, some years ago, early in our travels, sent to the little church by a friend.…

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December 16, 2019

Writerly Things 12/16/19: Goals for the New Year with YA work Traci Kenworth

Writerly Things 12/16/19: Goals for New Year with YA Traci Kenworth Have you set goals for the new year yet? I find them a helpful guide throughout the journey. Editing: I’m editing two YA books at the moment. One has to do with biblical times around the year David was king. The second is set…

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