Writerly Things 6/1/2020: The Ending Point Traci Kenworth Do you have an end point to your story? In other words, a theme? Friendship costs. Love wins. Death waits for all men. However, you toss the coin, the message is there. It might be subtle. It might be loud and clear. Hopefully, we learn something. Challenge. […]
Category: MG & YA
Five Links 5/30/2020 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 5/30/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://stevelaube.com/beating-writers-block/ “Some writers scoff at the idea of “writer’s block”—that moment when the writer’s brain seems to freeze and the flow of words seems to have turned off like a faucet. Others swear that it’s a real thing, the bane of the writing life. I tend to think […]
Book Talk 5/29/2020: What I’m Reading in YA Traci Kenworth
I’m reading A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer, Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas, Where There Be Humans by Rebekah L. Purdy, A36 by Teri Polen, Through the Nethergate by Robbie Cheadle, The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco, Sightwitch by Susan Dennard, The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman, […]
Writerly Things 5/25/2020: How Chores are Like Writing Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 5/25/2020: How Chores are Like Writing Traci Kenworth Everyday, we do things we like to and things we don’t like to. Most of the “don’t like to” falls under the category of chores. I know there are those obsessed with their lawns (like my neighbor next door). He mows continuously even on days […]
Five Links 5/23/2020 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 5/23/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2020/05/thrillers-bring-the-light.html “Yes, this unsightly wasp with its ugly orange head and relatively large body mass, has arrived on our shores intent on killing innocent little honey bees and, indeed, the occasional human. But just when we think we are in the midst of a Stephen King nightmare, along comes […]
Book Talk 5/22/2020: Kiersten White’s Chosen Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 5/22/2020: Kiersten White’s Chosen Traci Kenworth Chosen by Kiersten White. Simon Pulse. Jan 2020. YA. Amazon’s blurb: A Seventeen Best YA Book of 2020 So FarA Hypable Most Anticipated YA Fantasy Sequel of 2020“Will get Buffy fans up in their feels.” —Entertainment Weekly on Slayer Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and […]
Book Talk 5/15/2020: Jenny Elder Moke’s Hood Traci Kenworth
Book Talk 5/15/2020: Jenny Elder Moke’s Hood Traci Kenworth Hood by Jenny Elder Moke. Disney-Hyperion. June 9, 2020. Netgalley. Amazon’s blurb: You have the blood of kings and rebels within you, love. Let it rise to meet the call. Isabelle of Kirklees has only ever known a quiet life inside the sheltered walls of the […]
