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Starting Again
Starting Again Traci Kenworth One of the hardest things to do, at first, is to concentrate on another book while the first’s out being subbed. Your attention span is centered on the former to the point of giving you little freeze episodes when you attempt to begin the next. But you have to push…
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The Most Important Thing About Writing
The Most Important Thing About Writing Traci Kenworth Psst. There’s a secret when it comes to writing. The most important thing you need to know. Believe in yourself. Believe. When the nights are long and hard. When you’re suffering from a cold or the flu. When you’re kids are dive-bombing you with anxiety. When…
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I Got Called a Very Skilled Writer Traci Kenworth OMG. I can’t tell you all the details but let’s just say that when I opened my e-mail yesterday I was expecting another form rejection (you know, you brace yourself when one of your queries comes back because if you don’t it’ll be like having…
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Synopsis Stress
Synopsis Stress Traci Kenworth It’s my least favorite part of querying: the dread synopsis, but I understand why they’re a necessity. It gives the agent a chance to see the broad-strokes of your novel. I start by going through my manuscript and writing a chapter-by-chapter summary. Four or five lines for each are good,…
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Where I Am
Where I’m At Traci Kenworth I finished rewriting SH finally, now I’m double-checking words, grammar, and typos. Even with Spell & Grammar on Word, sometimes things are wrong and there’s no reason not to do a hands-on check. Besides which, an agent will thank you for paying attention to details and such. I should…
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Five Things for Inspiration
Five Things for Inspiration Traci Kenworth In no particular order of importance: Music. Whatever kind you like, play it soft, play it loud, anyway you want. Fantastic for inspiring stories, movie scripts, what have you. Books. Sometimes it’s a character, sometimes the setting, that bounces of the page and gives you a new idea…
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Office Move
Office Move Traci Kenworth I’ve decided to move my office out of my bedroom and into a fairly larger area in the living room in a sort of alcove I have there. Where it is now has grown too cramped and besides, I kind of think it announces to the world: I’m a writer,…
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Where has the Year Gone?
Where has this Year Gone? Traci Kenworth As I go through this week, waiting for the clocks to change back one hour, I’m reflecting on the year and thinking: where has it gone? It seems like it was just Spring yesterday and I was getting ready to plant, and enjoy the warm weather. Now,…
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Death’s Song
Death’s Song Traci Kenworth The trees bore witness to my sorrow as I sat my pack and dagger aside and bent before the grave of one whom I’d loved with all the years these sixteen had allowed me. The elf music poured through the lands, haunting, cutting to the core of others gathered at…
Forgiveness, Redemption, Hope
Traci Dowe/Kenworth Gothic Fantasy
Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author
Redemption, Forgiveness, and Hope
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Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author 