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A Life-line
A Life-line Traci Kenworth Just when you think of packing things up, that everything is stacked against you, and you’ll never succeed in this pursuit of writing, something good happens. It can be as simple as a kind word directed at your blog, requested material, or a renewed determination, despite the odds, to go…
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A Writing Heart to Heart.
A Writing Heart to Heart Traci Kenworth Believing in yourself is critical to success. If you can’t find the faith to grab onto, you’ll find it difficult to take the writing path. No one can do it for you. It has to be you. You are in charge of lifting yourself out of a…
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Don’t Give Up
Don’t Give Up Traci Kenworth Don’t give up, not even when pigs fly. This writing life we do takes guts, determination, and faith in yourself even when there is no hope in sight. It’s hard to hold on when the rejections keep coming in, the phone call doesn’t happen, your book doesn’t rest in…
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Do You Have to Force Your Writing?
Do You Have to Force Your Writing? Traci Kenworth Do you wait for inspiration to strike? Or do you get to work despite the lack of it, determined to put something down on the paper even if it turns up to be only crud? When I was a newer writer I admit to the…
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Learning as You Go
Learning as You Go Traci Kenworth So are you one of those authors that wade deeply into research before they write a single word? Or do you do enough research to get you by and then continue to do so as you go? I’m one of the latter. I can hear the gasps out…
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Keeping Up with Your Career
Keeping Up with Your Career Traci Kenworth Are you keeping up with your career? Do you research new findings? Study where you’ve been and where you’re going? I think it’s important to do so. Not only do you stay fresh, but it brings more to the bargaining table. Never stop learning is a promise…
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Writing Goals
Writing Goals Traci Kenworth What are yours for the new year? After reading a recent blog about diversifying your genres so that you don’t end up stuck in one type, limiting the type of writing you can do, I’ve decided to try my hand at something other than horror this year. I want to…
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The Magic of a New Year
The Magic of New Year’s Traci Kenworth Soon the clock will tick down to a new year. I love the possibilities that come along with a promise of starting again fresh. We can change our outlook, our lives, our reality with just a few simple decisions. I find it such a magical and powerful…
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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…



