Writing Links in the 3s and 5...11/30/15

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5…11/30/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://writewithfey.blogspot.com/2015/11/3-rs-rank-ratings-and-reviews.html

2.      http://www.magicalwords.net/really-i-mean-it/poetry-in-the-prose/

3.      https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/nanowrimo-fail-again/

MG/YA:

1.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/the-sparkling-appeal-of-twilight-essay.html

2.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/asking-better-questions-by-eric.html

3.      http://yatopia.blogspot.com/2015/11/guestopia-vacen-taylor.html

Horror:

1.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-068-t-e-grau-on-the-nameless-dark-dark-fiction-and-technology/

2.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-23-november-2015/

3.      http://annieneugebauer.com/2015/11/23/when-low-meets-dark/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/11/the-writer-and-the-market-should-be-friends.html

2.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/11/free-advice-for-writers.html

3.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/checking-in-with-your-special-reporter/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Indie:

1.      http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2015/11/derek-doepker/

2.      http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2015/11/e-book-cover-design-awards-october-2015/

Craft:

1.      http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2015/11/surviving-submission.html

2.      https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/3-simple-tricks-to-create-a-character-oh-so-different-from-you/

3.      https://janefriedman.com/narrative-thrust/

4.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/11/the-dysfunctional-home-your-flawed.html

5.      http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2015/11/im-author-but-almost-wasnt.html

Writerly Things...11/27/15

Writerly Things...11/27/15
Traci Kenworth

So, I'm up to 5 pages a day on my main WIP. I try and write another page on my second WIP, research a future WIP, and write a page on a short story. Sometimes, things come up and I have to give up all but the main wipe activity but that's life. I try and focus on my main WIP all the time to keep it fresh in my mind. So when I'm doing other activities, I'm thinking on it. It's my understanding that a lot of writers work this way.

I don't tend to write fast, although I used to. I've slowed down over the past years as I've concentrated on learning more of my craft. They say reading is very important and I try to have several books I'm reading at the same time. I take a book with me everywhere I go. It helps to fill in the gaps and time lapses at the doctor's offices. Someday, I'd like to have a Kindle to take with me.

At the moment, I'm writing in the fantasy and horror genre, YA. I've always liked fantasy and continue far and large in the genre. Some of my favorites are Tolkien's LOTR, The Hobbit, and Silmarillion, more recent, Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials and The Harry Potter books. I love to read Rebekah L. Purdy's works, including The Winter People books 1 & 2 (can't wait for the third). In horror, I like Stephen King's work (I'm currently reading Revival), Dean Koontz's work, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and more. Some favorite YA's include The Hunger Games, Twilight, the Mortal Instruments books, and Christoper Pike's books. I'm trying to read out of my genre more as well. There're SO many books and SO little time!! But I intend to continue to push the reading.

What are some of your favorite books you recommend? Short stories? What is the greatest lesson you've learned when it comes to your writing?

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Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks
Traci Kenworth

Hello, everyone. Just wanted to give thanks on this holiday. First and foremost, to our Saviour. I want to also thank the readers of my blog. Your support and continued visits mean a lot to me!! I want to thank my family for supporting my writing endeavors and just being themselves. I love you each and everyone!! I would like to say thanks to the many writing friends I've made over the years. It is so nice to be able to share this journey with you. I want to say thanks to my wonderful critique partners over at YAFF. Your friendship means a lot to me and your continued support is out of this world!! I honestly don't know what I'd do without all of you!!

May your day be blessed!!

Reading Links...11/25/15

Reading Links…11/25/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/11/the-ghost-chronicles-by-marlo-berliner-release-day/

2.      https://kneadforbooks.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/book-feature-cruel-beauty-by-rosamund-hodge/

3.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/11/pre-order-thief-of-lies-receive-free-gifts-enter-to-win-the-grand-prize-pack/

4.      http://lynnvroman.com/2015/11/20/summer-break-blues-by-j-a-campbell-cover-reveal/

5.      https://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/m9b-friday-reveal-cover-reveal-the-requiem-red-by-brynn-chapman-with-giveaway-m9bfridayreveals/

6.      http://www.thewriterdiaries.com/2015/11/who-to-watch-for-writers-celebrate.html

7.      http://thewarriormuse.blogspot.com/2015/11/collision-release-day-emma-l-adams.html

8.      http://writeonsisters.com/book-reviews/what-were-reading-shadowshaper/

MG/YA:

1.      https://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/firsts-a-fantastic-novel-about-breaking-the-double-standards-of-teen-sexuality/

2.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/new-release-giveaway-plus-author.html

3.      http://adventuresinwriterland.blogspot.com/2015/11/cover-reveal-inflict-muse-2-by-cora.html

4.      https://rebekahlpurdy.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/happy-book-birthday-abby-and-the-cute-one-the-5th-backstage-pass-book-by-erin-butler-is-out-today/

5.      https://kneadforbooks.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/traitor-angels-anne-blankman/

Horror:

1.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/15/win-chad-lutzkes-night-as-a-catalyst-in-audio-book-now/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/15/fiction-helen-mihajlovic-the-childs-revenge/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/15/john-connolly-a-song-of-shadows-review/

4.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-three-moments-of-an-explosion-stories-by-china-mieville/

5.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-slade-house-by-david-mitchell-and-slaughter-beach-by-benedict-jones/

6.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/16/tom-waltz-silent-hill-omnibus-vol-2-review/

7.      http://www.parajunkee.com/2015/11/16/monster-monday-teen-vamps/

8.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/17/jason-blum-the-blumhouse-book-of-nightmares-the-haunted-city-review/

9.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/18/matt-drabble-asylum-ii-13-more-tales-of-terror-review/

10.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/18/paul-tobin-juan-ferreyra-colder-the-bad-seed-review/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/in-the-spotlight-michael-redhillinger-ash-wolfes-the-calling/

2.      http://litworldinterviews.com/2015/11/16/just-add-water-jinx-schwartz/

3.      http://litworldinterviews.com/2015/11/20/book-review-close-up-on-murder/

4.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/new-release-spotlight-the-silent-room-by-mari-hannah/

5.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/new-release-spotlight-the-silent-dead-by-claire-mcgowan/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Indie:

Craft:

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5...11/23/15

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5…11/23/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/11/17/welcome-to-the-midpoint-of-your-novel-now-what/

2.      http://danikadinsmore.com/trusting-the-process/

3.      http://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-hardest-questions.html

MG/YA:

1.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/11/author-website-page-update/

2.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/the-beauty-of-readers-and-what-authors.html

3.      http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2015/11/launching-the-fantasy-cafe-patreon-account/

Horror:

1.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-067-when-susurrus-stirs-written-and-narrated-by-jeremy-robert-johnson/

2.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-16-november-2015/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/11/your-novels-greatest-danger.html

2.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/11/8682.html

3.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/i-knew-right-away-from-the-very-first-day/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Indie:

1.      http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2015/11/writers-are-you-willing-to-play-the-waiting-game/

Craft:

1.      http://kayedacus.com/2015/11/16/monday-motivation-unusual-writing-tips-from-andrea-heckler/

2.      https://chasingthecrazies.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/monday-musings-who-are-you-writing-for/

3.      http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/11/the-fatal-flaw-of-underwriting/

4.      http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2015/11/truth-amongst-lies-why-fiction-needs-to.html

5.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/11/small-things-that-will-make-your.html

Book Talk...11/20/15

Book Talk...11/20/15
Traci Kenworth


1. Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained by John Milton. A Signet Classic.1968. I've decided to try and read more classics and this one I wanted to read because it was the foundation for Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series. This is the story of Adam's and Eve's downfall (Paradise Lost) and then the Savior's story (Paradise Regained). It was difficult to get much out of this when I first read it but that was because I made the mistake of thinking I didn't need to read the footnotes. Once I started doing that and went back through, I found the work enlightening. In The Bible, the story of the downfall is so short. Here it is expanded and the devil's viewpoint is given as well. It becomes the story of his downfall as well, I think. As the story progresses, he is more and more netted by his deeds until Jesus at last triumphs over him.

Reading Links...11/18/15

Reading Links…11/18/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/11/09/in-which-miriam-black-delivers-some-bad-news/

2.      http://www.literaryrambles.com/2015/11/ryan-dalton-guest-post-and-year-of.html

MG/YA:

1.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/seven-new-release-giveaways-plus-author.html

2.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/11/hybrid-by-k-t-hanna-release-and-giveaway/

3.      http://middlegrademafia.com/2015/11/13/middle-grade-book-review-party/

Horror:

1.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/09/edward-lee-going-monstering-review/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/14/dedfest-henry-rollins-talks-he-never-died/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/11/horror-and-hangovers-why-your-series-sucks/

4.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/11/09/in-which-i-recommend-two-books-and-then-its-your-turn/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/5317-2/

2.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/2016-spotlight-the-darkest-secret-by-alex-marwood/

3.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/24-hours-claire-seeber-in-conversation-with-neil-white/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Craft:

1.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/11/writers-on-writing-vol-2-an-authors-guide-review/

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5...11/16/15

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5…11/16/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.magicalwords.net/misty-massey/breaking-the-rules/

2.      https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/crash/

3.      http://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-editorauthor-relationship.html

MG/YA:

1.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/e-katherine-kottaras-author-of-how-to.html

2.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/11/meet-illustrator-lauren-a-mills/

3.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/11/rock-climbing-and-writing-taking.html

Horror:

1.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/this-is-horror-awards-fiction-magazine-of-the-year/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/11/how-to-be-a-prolific-writer.html

2.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/11/suspense-to-be-excitingyou-need-to-be-a-little-dull.html

3.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/the-landlady-said-you-got-the-rent-money-yet/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Craft:

1.      http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-create-a-memorable-character-voice-what-i-learned-writing-storming/

2.      http://carlywatters.com/2015/11/09/15-things-ive-learned-in-5-years-celebrating-my-5-year-agent-versary/

3.      http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/11/nanowrimo-triage-center-helping-you-get-to-50k/

4.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/11/the-difference-between-writing-problem.html

5.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/11/writers-is-perfection-getting-in-your.html

Indie:

1.      http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2015/11/thinking-about-writing-in-multiple-genres-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

Reading Links...11/11/15

Reading Links…11/11/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.parajunkee.com/2015/11/02/monster-monday-fae/

2.      http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/11/02/november-2015-releases/

MG/YA:

1.      http://www.literaryrambles.com/2015/11/laura-resau-interview-and-lightning.html

2.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/11/mixed-files-book-birthday-dori-hillestad-butler/

Horror:

1.      http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-theres-a-bluebird-in-my-heart-by-gary-mcmahon/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/03/interview-number-one-new-york-times-best-selling-author-kelley-armstrong-talks-roots-and-inspiration/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/03/edward-lee-mangled-meat-review/

4.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/11/03/edward-lee-header-review/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/my-halloween-read-dead-ringers-by-christopher-golden/

2.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/anything-for-her-interview-with-jack-jordan/

3.      https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/announcing-his-revenge/

4.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/liz-currently-loves-trust-by-mike-bullen/

5.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/2016-spotlight-beautiful-broken-things-by-sara-barnard/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

1.      http://thewarriormuse.blogspot.com/2015/11/iwsg-anthology-release-october-stats.html

Craft:

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