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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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Five Links 12/14/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 12/14/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/on-curling-up-with-a-good-book.html “One of my favorite comedies from the 1940s Is The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. This little gem (with an Academy Award-winning screenplay by Sidney Sheldon) stars Cary Grant as the bachelor, Shirley Temple as the bobby-soxer, and Myrna Loy as a judge who happens to be Shirley’s big…
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Five Links 12/7/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 12/7/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/learning-from-the-movies-the-kings-speech.html “Imagine a hungry young screenwriter getting invited to a pitch session on a studio lot. “What’ve you got for me, kid?” the producer says. “Okay,” the screenwriter says, “we have this guy, see, he’s a king, see, and he’s got to make a speech. Only the guy…
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Book Talk 12/6/19: Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Surviving the Transition Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 12/6/19: Kristine Kathryn’s Rusch’s Surviving the Transition Traci Kenworth Surviving the Transition by Kristine Kathryn Rusch WMG Publishing Amazon’s blurb: Most writers run their careers the same way they did in the 1990s. But publishing has changed so much since then that any writer who works on the old model will no longer…
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Writerly Things 12/2/19: Blessings Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 12/2/19: Blessings Traci Kenworth Does Christmas bring hope to your heart? Make you think you can do anything with your family beside you? Strengthen you to go forward with your dreams? Being Kind to One Another. It helps spread the cheer of the season. Try smiling at others. Watch them return the smile.…
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Five Links 11/30/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 11/30/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://megdowell.com/2019/11/24/the-things-we-give-up/ “According to my Fitbit app, I haven’t gone for a run in almost three weeks. Yikes. As I am writing this, that means the last time I laced up was November 3. And that has nothing to do with the weather, which has been unfavorably wet and…
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Writerly Things 11/18/19: Stress, You, and the Holidays Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 11/18/19: Stress, You, and the Holidays Traci Kenworth Keeping Things Together. I know I’ve said this before but keeping lists is a big stress-reliever for me. I have my Thanksgiving menu already set out. Now, that’s not guaranteeing everything I hope to make or get done does happen but I give myself leeway.…
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Five Links 11/16/19 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 11/16/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/11/give-your-character-a-dream.html “This past week on Monday Night Football between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants, play was interrupted for a short time when a black cat somehow wandered onto the field. No one knows where it came from or (as of this writing) where it is…
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Writerly Things 11/11/19: More Fun with the Future Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 11/11/19: More Fun with the Future Traci Kenworth Here’s some more predictions. The cats will rule the world. Well, Bastet rose in power till 1500 BC, so it stands to reason she’d like another try. Why not with how enamored we are with cat videos, pics, etc. I’m sure that’s what’s behind the…



