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Halfway Mark
Halfway Mark Traci Kenworth I’ve reached the halfway mark on my edits of SH. I’m hoping to have this manuscript ready before the agencies go on leave for the holidays. I want to at least, have my first choices looking it over. Editing is both a complicated and a joyful process for me. Complicated:…
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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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Character Studies
Character Studies Traci Kenworth How useful are they? Even late in the game? Very. I find myself on the precipice of tearing apart my wip for the final round of edits before a send-off to agents. I still pull out my character charts because I know, that they help keep me on track on…
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Researching Agents
Researching Agents Traci Kenworth It has been two weeks of research, research, into agents I’d previously had in mind to update information about them, to make sure I have their addresses, emails, names etc. right. This is a very important step as I don’t want to end up with an agent I’m not compatible…
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When it’s Okay
When it’s Okay to be in Love with Your Writing & when it’s not Traci Kenworth Okay, so you just know you’ve written the one. You’re trembling with excitement, on fire with ambition, ready to shoot past the stars. Hold on there. Have you ran your brilliant creation past your critique groups and beta…
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AreWriters Born or Made?
Are Writers Born or Made? Traci Kenworth I think the truth is: both. Writers are born with a passion, a creative-streak that manifests in their lives somehow. Art. Music. Acting. These are some other professions that seem to rumble from the soul to the outside at some point. I know that I’ve always had to…
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Settings for Horror
Settings for Horror Traci Kenworth Settings for horror can happen anywhere. From basements to dining rooms, outdoors to in, present day to long ago. But you’re main concern here is what evokes terror for you? I’m talking: heart-pumping, sick to your stomach, ready to crawl through a narrow pipe to escape fear. It has…