Book Talk...10/16/15

Book Talk…10/16/15

Traci Kenworth

1.      The Amber Spyglass Book III in the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman. A Dell Yearling Book. 2000. MG Fantasy. Will searches for Lyra and finds her hidden in a cave by Mrs. Coulter. After he frees her and they escape to another world, they make the decision to go to the world of the dead to reach Roger and Will’s father. What they find will revolutionize new ways of things for all worlds. I was saddened to see this series come to an end. I enjoyed traveling with Will and Lyra and learning about their worlds. I heartily recommend this series to all Fantasy fans.

Reading Links...10/14/15

Reading Links…10/14/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.literaryrambles.com/2015/10/jennifer-jenkins-interview-and-nameless.html

2.      http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/10/hybrid-the-domino-project-2-by-k-t-hanna-cover-reveal-and-giveaway/

3.      http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-you-believe-in-psychics.html

4.      http://lifemusecoffee.com/2015/10/08/interview-with-steampunkd-maker-ave-rose/

5.      http://saraletourneauwriter.com/2015/10/07/recent-reads-september-2015/

MG/YA:

1.      http://yaloveblog.com/2015/10/07/audiobook-review-dumplin-by-julie-murphy/

2.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/10/debut-author-adam-shaughnessy-tells-truth-true-story-unbelievable-fib/

3.      http://laurapauling.com/cover-reveal-fright-before-christmas/

4.      http://adventuresinwriterland.blogspot.com/2015/10/always-second-best-by-elodie-nowodazkij.html

5.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/10/ten-new-release-giveaways-plus-author.html

Horror:

1.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/06/frank-millers-sin-city-the-hard-goodbye-curators-collection-is-coming-next-year/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/06/j-p-leck-the-merely-mortal-review/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/06/keith-deininger-the-godgame-review/

4.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/06/fiona-van-dahl-eden-green-review/

5.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/06/alison-littlewood-the-unquiet-house-review/

6.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/05/31-days-of-halloween-day-5-paula-guran-halloween/

7.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/06/31-days-of-halloween-day-6-bo-hampton-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow/

8.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/07/tamara-thorne-alistair-cross-the-ghosts-of-ravencrest-review/

9.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/08/top-10-childrens-horror-stories/

10.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/07/31-days-of-halloween-day-7-norman-partridge-johnny-halloween-tales-of-the-dark-season/

11.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/09/another-6-of-the-best-or-worst-writers-of-splatterpunk-hardcore-horror/

12.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/09/morag-donu-the-scarecrow-review/

13.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/09/31-days-of-halloween-day-9-paul-melniczek-a-haunted-halloween/

14.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/08/31-days-of-halloween-day-8-paul-melniczek-when-the-leaves-fall/

15.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/10/a-halloween-playlist-for-horror-lovers/

16.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/08/listen-to-the-audiobook-of-ray-bradburys-the-pedestrian-as-read-by-daniel-shortland-inside/

17.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/08/curtis-richards-halloween-movie-novelization-review/

18.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/07/todd-rigney-found-review/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/the-chaos-has-begun-burners-published-today/

2.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/why-we-write-guest-post-from-v-m-giambanco/

3.      https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/jaded-tides-blog-tour/

4.      http://laurapauling.com/holly-hart-solves-another-murder-99cent-release/

5.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/the-secrets-of-the-wild-wood-at-dulwich-literary-festival/

6.      http://www.thewriterdiaries.com/2015/10/writers-review-good-neighbor.html

7.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/defiant-unto-death-by-david-gilman-extract/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Craft:

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5...10/12/15

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5…10/12/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/UF/Paranormal/Dystopian/SF:

1.      https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/outlining-with-note-cards-4-the-outline-itself/

2.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/10/06/how-to-outline-during-national-plot-your-novel-month/

3.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/10/06/kameron-hurley-absolute-zero-the-temperature-at-which-writers-give-up/

MG/YA:

1.      http://yatopia.blogspot.com/2015/10/agentopia-jen-hunt-and-pitch-party.html

2.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/10/on-overcoming-writers-block-by-jen.html

3.      http://www.literaryrambles.com/2015/10/agent-josh-adams-and-kim-liggett-guest.html

Horror:

1.      http://thewarriormuse.blogspot.com/2015/10/its-halloween-month-horror-movies-shorts.html

2.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/10/08/jimmy-callaway-five-things-i-learned-writing-lupo-danish-never-has-nightmares/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/the-origin-of-hybrid-author-which-has-led-to/

2.      http://www.suecoletta.com/how-to-load-and-accurately-shoot-a-pistol/

3.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/tawdry-secrets-of-a-select-few/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novella:

1.      http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/10/real-life-diagnostics-would-you-keep.html

Craft:

1.      https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/good-girls-dont-become-best-sellers-channeling-your-inner-bad-girl-to-reach-your-dreams/

2.      http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/10/unique-writing-resources-helpful-checklists-and-tip-sheets/

3.      http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/when-a-literary-agent-says-yes-evaluating-an-offer-or-offers-of-representation/

4.      https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/verbal-tics-do-you-use-them/

5.      http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/10/08/pubcrawl-podcast-publishing-101-contracts-clauses/

Reading Links...10/7/15

Reading Links…10/7/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://www.parajunkee.com/2015/09/29/an-ember-in-the-ashes-by-sabaa-tahir-audiobook-review/

2.      http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/10/releases-october-2015/

3.      http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/10/03/heartland-trilogy-sale-nycc-and-more/

4.      http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/09/29/happy-book-birthday-to-six-of-crows-by-leigh-bardugo/

MG/YA:

1.      http://adventuresinwriterland.blogspot.com/2015/09/waiting-on-wednesday-77.html

Horror:

1.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/27/creepy-volume-4-family-values-review/

2.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/28/hunter-shea-island-of-the-forbidden-review/

3.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/28/dallas-mullican-a-coin-for-charon-review/

4.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/30/cheryl-mullenax-necro-files-two-decades-of-extreme-horror-review/

5.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/30/carlton-mellick-iii-zombies-and-sht-review/

6.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/02/writing-lab-1-fear-and-the-five-senses/

7.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/02/31-days-of-halloween-day-2-rob-blackwell-a-soul-to-steal/

8.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/03/greig-beck-kraken-rising-review/

9.      http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/01/31-days-of-halloween-day-1-jeff-obriens-the-halloween-orgy-massacre/

10.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/01/robert-w-chambers-the-king-in-yellow-review/

11.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/10/01/paul-allor-juan-romera-strange-nation-review/

12.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/30/movie-talk-the-green-inferno-isnt-getting-credit-for-being-the-great-thought-exercise-that-it-is-review/

13.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/30/anthony-melchiorri-the-tide-review/

14.  http://horrornovelreviews.com/2015/09/30/tim-seeley-jim-terry-sundowners-volume-2-review/

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/07/backstory-matters/

2.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/dead-star-island-blog-tour/

3.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/the-evolution-trilogy-guest-post-from-author-stephanie-saulter/

4.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/liz-currently-loves-the-hidden-legacy-by-graham-minett/

5.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/a-death-in-the-dales-by-frances-brody/

6.      http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/author-interview-olly-jarvis-on-death-by-dangerous/

Craft:

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5 10/5/15

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Writing Links in the 3s and 5…10/5/15

Traci Kenworth

Fantasy/Dystopian/UF/Paranormal/SF:

1.      http://dankoboldt.com/fantasy-army-leaders/

2.      https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/why-you-have-no-choice-about-ms-word/

3.      http://unicornbell.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-i-got-my-agent-brianna-shrum.html

MG/YA:

1.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/09/tracy-clark-author-of-illuminate-on-not.html

2.      http://middlegrademafia.com/2015/09/28/the-writers-block-an-interview-with-lisa-lewis-tyre/

3.      http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/09/three-steps-for-nailing-your-author-and.html

Horror:

Mysteries/Thrillers:

1.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/09/how-to-launch-a-thriller-series.html

2.      https://killzoneblog.com/2015/09/insights-into-the-dreaded-first-page.html

3.      https://margotkinberg.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/im-going-to-some-place-where-ive-never-been-before/

Short Stories/Anthologies/Novellas:

Craft:

1.      http://kayedacus.com/2015/09/27/firstdraft60-days-26-27-weekend-catch-up-and-sunday-reflections/

2.      https://martiink.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/for-writers-a-tip-for-getting-unstuck/

3.      http://writeonsisters.com/writing-craft/research/how-local-culture-inspires-worldbuilding/

4.      https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/the-secret-to-a-powerful-author-brand/

5.      http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/your-fiction-may-be-failing-for-one-simple-reason-youre-not-being-honest/

Book Talk...10/02/15

Book Talk…10/2/15

Traci Kenworth

1.      Illuminate: The Light Key Trilogy by Tracy Clark. 2015 Entangled. Netgalley. Cora Sandervol is searching for the greatest key mankind has ever known: how to bring darkness and light together. With the help of her two loves, Giovanni and Finn, her travels take her across the world. What they discover just may save both the Arazzi and the Scintalla races. I have to admit, I was a little confused throughout the first half of this book, not having read the previous works and I wasn’t sure if the Arazzi and Scintalla were aliens or what. But by the latter half, I was hooked on this powerful story of the greatest weapon ever known: love. 

Writerly Things...10/02/15

Writerly Things…10/02/15

Traci Kenworth

I’ve been liking working on multiple projects at once. It seems to keep me moving and I don’t get blocked. Right now, I’m working on a YA Fantasy-horror, as my main project. I’m in editing stages, or to be more precise, on the second draft. It’s going pretty well but some days are better than others. I call it MF for short. I wrote the query for it last week and I’m running that by my critique partner. I also have an MG Fantasy that’s in the first draft stages. It’s inspired by a recent death in the family and growing up with him. It’s funny the things in life that can get you motivated. That’s titled Ruella for short.

I’m researching a historical set in the old west. It’s a romance title. I’m pretty excited about the characters and the storyline. I had to look into the correct tribes that would be in my setting. I found several great links and I’ve been to the library to research the area in question so I get my facts right. This is called LO for short. Lastly, I’m writing a short story about bugs. Squirmy, scream-inducing bugs, lol. I’m hoping to have ready to submit it to a magazine in the few weeks ahead.

What are some of your projects? Do you work on more than one thing at a time? Does it help? Hinder? Thanks, for stopping by!

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