Tag: books
-
Examining George Washington’s False Teeth and Other Oddities to Remember by Traci Kenworth
Examining George Washington’s False Teeth and Other Oddities to Remember Traci Kenworth You come across them in your research: examining George Washington’s false teeth and other oddities to remember. It’s funny the things that history books are lined with that you don’t expect. Like those bells the Victorians used to put in their graves just…
-
How Do Your Fictional Characters Get Around? by Traci Kenworth
How Do Your Fictional Characters Get Around? Traci Kenworth On the offhand, how do your fictional characters get around might not seem like a thought-provoking exercise. An automobile, you say. What kind? What year? Does it take gas? Is it electric? Powered by a flex-capacitor? Not so simple, hm? You need to consider a lot…
-
Why The Home Became the Center os Our Lives by Traci Kenworth
Why the Home Became the Center of Our Lives Traci Kenworth The home has become the center of our lives because simply: we built our lives around it. Everything we do, we do to take care of, better our enjoyment of, or keep our families safe together in them. We work to expand them, to…
-
Digging Up Skeletons in Your Fictional World by Traci Kenworth
Digging Up Skeletons in Your World Traci Kenworth Digging up skeletons in your world can help you define the population of it. Do you have dragons? What makes them different/the same to dragons of other books? Differences are good. They are what make a species stand out. You want to give them more than just…
-
Prioritizing History in Your Fictional World by Traci Kenworth
Prioritizing History in Your Fictional World Traci Kenworth I’m going to again site the fictional world of Sarah J. Maas’s series, “The Throne of Glass,” for my discussion. As before, I hope I don’t give away too many spoilers for those who haven’t read this excellent series yet. I’m just amazed and thrilled at the…
-
What Kind of Animals Populate Your Fictional World by Traci Kenworth
What Kind of Animals Populate Your Fictional World? Traci Kenworth Big or small, wide or narrow, what kind of animals populate your fictional worlds? Do you draw only from the normal, everyday world? Or do you go deeper? Do you take animals from ancient times? Or more modern ones? Is there a bit of a…
-
History Marches On by Traci Kenworth
History Marches Forward Traci Kenworth Ever notice how nothing ever looks backward? Day after day, you go about things, it’s never the same as what’s happened previously to a degree. Sure, you may do the same chores, drive the same drive, talk to the same people but there are always slight differences. It’s the way…
-
What Caring for Animals has Taught Me by Traci Kenworth
What Caring for Animals Has Taught Me Traci Kenworth Caring for animals has taught me a whole life of compassion. Some of them are such small defenseless beings. They don’t always understand the rules so to speak but they try to manage in our worlds and make us happy. Some people say that cats are…
-
History in the Making by Traci Kenworth
History in the Making Traci Kenworth Isn’t it funny that every day we live turns into history? From the time before we’re born till long after our death, each day will become part of the past as time advances. There’s no stopping it. Well, until the end. If there is an end. Maybe after we’re…
A Dash of Words with Loleta Abi Romance Author 