Book Talk...7/31/15

Book Talk…7/31/15

Traci Kenworth

1.      Anya and the Shy Guy. A Backstage Pass novel by Suze Winegardner. Entangled. 2015. Arc received from NetGalley. This was a tearjerker read!! Anya, who’s lived on the streets since she was fifteen, tries her luck at writing an article on the S2J band guys and ends up falling for one of the guys, but is he who he seems? Another success in this series!! I’d recommend it to anyone who loves boy bands or just love in general.

2.      Compulsion by Martina Boone. Simon Pulse 2014. This was an AMAZING read!! Barrie Watson goes home to Watson’s Landing, her mother’s birthplace and a mystery begging for her to solve it. Barrie has a gift, a finder’s gift and it sets her on a mission to discover why the past haunts her new home. Along the way, she meets Eight Beaufort, who has gifts of his own. I loved the characters, the storyline, the whole mystery of it all. I can’t wait to read the second book of The Watson Heirs: Persuasion due out this Oct. 2015.

Reading Links...7/29/15

Reading Links…7/29/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://adventuresinwriterland.blogspot.com/2015/07/waiting-on-wednesday-68.html

2.      http://saraletourneauwriter.com/2015/07/22/waiting-on-wednesday-vol-9/

3.      https://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/month9books-reveals-its-fall-books-preview/

MG/YA/NA:

1.      http://middlegrademafia.com/2015/07/20/the-writers-block-deborah-wiles-on-writing-mg-historical-fiction/

2.      http://carlywatters.com/2015/07/20/cover-reveal-any-other-girl-by-rebecca-phillips/

3.      http://www.laurenspieller.com/2015/07/23/cover-reveal-a-hold-on-me-by-pat-esden/

4.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/07/houses-stories/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Horror:

1.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-the-bureau-of-them-by-cate-gardner-and-i-know-who-did-it-by-steve-mosby/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/24/kevin-lucia-things-slip-through-review-2/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/13/wrath-james-white-skinzz-review/

4.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-wylding-hall-by-elizabeth-hand-and-sunny-with-a-chance-of-zombies/

5.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/26/berti-walker-alex-s-johnson-fcked-up-sht-review/

6.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/26/tim-lebbon-the-silence-review/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      http://maryblowers.com/2015/07/21/book-review-montenegro-book-one-cemetery-candles/

2.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/life-or-death-interview-with-michael-robotham/

3.      http://www.literaryrambles.com/2015/07/amanda-panitch-interview-and-damage.html

4.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/yellow-room-blog-tour-guest-post-from-shelan-rodger/

5.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/in-the-spotlight-hakan-ostlundhs-the-intruder/

6.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/to-conclude-a-trilogy-the-domino-killer-by-neil-white/

7.      http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/07/24/cover-reveal-for-the-first-time-she-drowned/

8.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/liz-currently-loves-the-mistake-i-made-by-paula-daly/

Craft:

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Writing Links...7/27/15

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Writing Links…7/27/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.magicalwords.net/misty-massey/to-be-or-not-to-be/

2.      https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/de-bullet-point-your-dialog/

3.      http://www.magicalwords.net/melissa-gilbert/weird-punctuation/

4.      http://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2015/07/character-development.html

MG/YA/NA:

1.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/day-fourteen-of-julys-first-page-workshop-with-pitch-wars-mentors-sharon-johnston/

2.      http://middlegrademafia.com/2015/07/21/the-writers-block-an-interview-with-rachele-alpine/

3.      http://juliemusil.blogspot.com/2015/07/creating-perfect-book-title.html

4.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/day-sixteen-of-julys-first-page-workshop-with-pitch-wars-mentors-marty-mayberry/

5.      http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/07/22/guest-post-channeling-your-middle-grade-voice-with-rachele-alpine/

6.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/day-seventeen-of-julys-first-page-workshop-with-pitch-wars-mentors-stefanie-wass-holly-faur/

7.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/best-of-ayap-ideas-openings.html

8.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/sofia-quintero-author-of-show-and-prove.html

9.      http://nerdychickswrite.com/2015/07/24/tammi-sauer-ask-yourself-what-if/

10.  http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/day-nineteen-of-julys-first-page-workshop-with-pitch-wars-mentors-kate-brauning/

11.  http://nerdychickswrite.com/2015/07/25/amy-fellner-dominy-let-your-character-create-plot-and-giveaway/

12.  http://middlegrademafia.com/2015/07/13/anita-mumm/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Horror:

1.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-20-july-2015/

2.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-up-week-ending-17-july/

3.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/07/21/think-plan-write-edit-repeat/

4.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/07/22/dear-guy-who-is-mad-because-i-wrote-a-gay-character-in-a-book/

5.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/23/frank-bill-drew-moss-the-crow-pestilence-review/

6.      http://www.magicalwords.net/john-hartness-2/the-ugly-truth-about-self-publishing-and-money/

7.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-050-paul-tremblay-on-the-horror-of-consequence-and-a-head-full-of-ghosts/

8.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-13-july-2015/

9.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-up-week-ending-10-july/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/4189/

2.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/07/but-first.html

3.      http://suecoletta.com/2015/07/20/murder-at-cabin-28/

4.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/07/first-page-critique-attitude-voice-conflict.html

5.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/its-not-often-easy-and-not-often-kind/

6.      https://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/dont-forget-the-boat-a-lesson-in-plotting-and-a-moose/

Craft:

1.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/07/the-problem-with-flash-forwards-as.html

2.      https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/no-success-without-the-grind/

3.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/07/common-first-page-issues.html

4.      http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2015/07/copyediting-its-not-rocket-surgery/

5.      http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/07/one-stop-adventures-choosing-the-right-name/

6.      http://www.thewriterdiaries.com/2015/07/tuesday-topic-writing-beginnings.html

7.      http://www.thewriterdiaries.com/2015/07/dear-diary-im-stuck.html

8.      http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2015/07/steps-to-creating-author-brand.html

9.      http://www.parajunkee.com/2015/07/23/how-to-fail-at-blogging-the-five-step-guide/

10.  https://litworldinterviews.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/should-you-give-up-writing/

11.  https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/does-your-story-need-more-or-less/

12.  http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2015/07/e-book-cover-design-awards-june-2015/

13.  http://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-few-last-thoughts-and-2-star-review.html

14.  http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2015/07/secrets-of-genre-strategy.html

15.  http://writeonsisters.com/writing-craft/the-key-to-writing-3-dimensional-characters/

16.  http://janefriedman.com/2015/07/24/nondisclosure-agreements/

17.  http://www.thewriterdiaries.com/2015/07/pre-pub-adventures-july.html

18.  http://carlywatters.com/2015/07/13/why-your-query-letter-should-focus-in-plot-not-theme/

19.  https://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2015/07/25/omniscient-point-of-view-craft-tuesday-at-write-on-the-river/

20.  http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/07/houses-stories/

21.  https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/advantages-in-disadvantages-does-our-culture-really-value-normal/

22.  http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2015/07/passing-submission-to-another-agent.html

23.  http://crimsonleague.com/2015/07/26/the-readers-dilemma-to-read-or-reread/

Reading Links...7/22/15

Reading Links…7/22/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2015/07/grave-beginnings-review.html

2.      http://lynnvroman.com/2015/07/17/saga-legends-of-the-travelers-cover-reveal/

3.      https://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/chapter-one-reveal-for-nameless-by-jennifer-jenkins-with-giveaway-m9bfridayreveals/

4.      http://saraletourneauwriter.com/2015/07/18/stacking-the-shelves-vol-13/

5.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/07/14/the-harvest-out-now/

MG/YA/NA:

1.      http://middlegrademafia.com/2015/07/15/mg-book-review-circus-mirandus-by-cassie-beasley/

2.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/07/praise-l-o-n-g-books/

3.      http://adventuresinwriterland.blogspot.com/2015/07/trailer-reveal-every-last-breath-by.html

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Horror:

1.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/07/16/lauren-roy-five-and-a-half-ways-to-cast-out-writerly-doubt/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/19/stephen-shrewsbury-and-brian-keene-king-of-the-bastards-review/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/07/19/brian-kirk-we-are-monsters-review/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/in-bitter-chill-blog-tour/

2.      http://lesannberry.com/2015/07/file-no-1-of-the-aha-is-here.html

Craft:

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Writing Links...7/20/15

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Writing Links…7/20/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.magicalwords.net/david-b-coe/david-b-coe-another-post-about-openings/

MG/YA/NA:

1.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/four-giveaways-plus-new-yalit-releases_13.html#.VaSK__lViko

2.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/day-eleven-of-julys-first-page-workshop-with-pitch-wars-mentors-stephanie-scott-brighton-walsh/

3.      http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/07/15/sexual-violence-and-bad-boys-in-ya/

4.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/contest-success-author-tara-sim-and-her.html

5.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/07/love-kidlit-community/

6.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/day-thirteen-of-julys-first-page-workshop-with-pitch-wars-mentors-kara-leigh-miller/

7.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/07/a-pitch-wars-success-interview-with-summer-spence-and-evelyn-skye/

8.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/query-essentials-what-exactly-needs-to.html

9.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/carolyn-lee-adams-author-of-ruthless-on.html\

10.  http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/sarah-mccarry-author-of-about-girl-on.html

11.  http://maryblowers.com/2015/07/19/snowflakes-in-a-blizzard-is-a-great-way-for-new-authors-and-established-authors-to-get-free-exposure/

12.  http://maryblowers.com/2015/07/19/free-online-resources-for-self-publishers/

13.  http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/07/five-tips-for-making-any-scene-in-your.html#

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Horror:

1.      http://thewarriormuse.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-happy-little-non-planet-links.html

2.      http://www.magicalwords.net/john-hartness-2/money-matters-patreon-conventions-and-charging-for-autographs/

3.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/07/15/writing-a-lot-writing-a-little-and-the-power-of-failure/

4.      https://michellemuto.wordpress.com/2015/07/18/top-tips-for-eye-strain-and-computers/

5.      http://thewarriormuse.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-girl-to-do-in-e-pub-world.html

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/on-giving-up-for-authors-and-well-everyone-else/

2.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/07/the-whole-truth-about-atticus-finch.html

3.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/07/to-age-or-not-at-all.html

4.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/i-went-down-to-the-chelsea-drugstore/

5.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/07/how-to-stay-true-to-your-writer-voice-across-genres.html

Craft:

1.      http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/story-stakes-2/

2.      http://www.magicalwords.net/tamsin-silver-2/research-mode-vs-writing-mode/

3.      http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2015/07/query-right-or-expect-rejection.html

4.      http://juliemusil.blogspot.com/2015/07/hope-pride-and-midway-blues.html

5.      http://janefriedman.com/2015/07/15/5-on-steve-brewer/

6.      http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/07/thinking-about-harper-lee-processing-whats-under-your-writers-bed/

7.      http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2015/07/seated-back-stretch.html

8.      http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2015/07/best-writing-advice-theres-no-such.html

9.      http://nerdychickswrite.com/2015/07/16/eeeee-why-kidlitsummerschool-this-essay-tells-you/

10.  http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/07/creating-author-business-plan-our.html

11.  http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2015/07/pay-to-play-alert-worldclass-magazine.html

12.  http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/5-writing-lessons-i-learned-ghostwriting-for-new-york-times-bestsellers/

13.  http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2015/07/what-jessica-f-has-been-reading-mswl.html

14.  http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/07/10-mistakes-authors-make-that-can-cost-them-a-fortune-and-how-to-avoid-them/

15.  http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/07/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-losing-a-limb/

16.  https://www.pinterest.com/onestop4writers/

17.  http://www.thewriterdiaries.com/2015/07/dear-diary-what-is-hobby-anyway.html