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Horror Reveal
Horror Reveal Traci Kenworth Is it better to reveal the monster in the beginning all at once or to show glimpses as you go along? I prefer doing the snaps, the flashes that make the characters wonder: what’s out there? To tease the reader with your monster leads to a build-up that you must…
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The Monster Show
The Monster Show Traci Kenworth Who didn’t go to a monster show at some point growing up? I remember sitting on the couch every Saturday when I was twelve or thirteen watching the local channel’s Scream Theater showing. Frankenstein’s monster, the she-devil, and BIG bugs reigned. Armed with a…
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Book Reviews
Book Review: Taken at Dusk: A Shadow Falls Novel by C.C. Hunter Traci Kenworth St. Martin’s Press YA Supernatural fiction The 3rd book in the Shadow Falls series Hook: They were here. Kylie Galen is at the Shadow Falls office, about to meet the Brightons, the couple who adopted and raised her…
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A New Tag!!
Rosewood Pencil Box asked: 1. What flower do you most anticipate every spring? Wildflowers. 2. Which musician do you always go back to? The Eagles. 3. Do you use a rewards system when you write? Has that EVER worked for you? No. I just plant myself in the seat and get down to business. Sometimes…
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My Writing Journal
My Writing Journal Traci Kenworth With the New Year at hand, I’ve decided to embark on some things I’ve thought about doing in the past, but didn’t get around to it. Yesterday, I pulled out my first book for reading in 2012 (although I read a hundred-and-fourteen last month), Anna Dressed in Blood by…
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Eek, The Answer to Where I’d Go During Zombie Apocalypse
Eeek…The Answer to Where I’d Go During a Zombie Apocalypse(and Other Little Horrors) Traci Kenworth Okay, so me and the ladies we’re talking a bit about what we’d do if zombies suddenly occupied the streets. For me, living out in Amish country, I’d be a little late to the news. And I couldn’t rely…
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How to Choose Which Genre…
Choosing the Genre in Which to Write Traci Kenworth I’m going to divert from “How to Breathe Life into Your Characters” this week to discuss what genre you should think of putting your book in. There’s so many to choose from, and different shades of each. You have your Science Fiction-Fantasy that breaks up…