By Kevin Paul Tracy As you grow up you become more aware of a developing ability to hold multiple emotions at a time on any given subject, sometimes quite contradictory. For example, anyone who is married can attest to how it is possible to both loathe and love that same person at the same time….
Author: Kevin Paul Tracy
THE BACK NINE: SPRINTING FOR THE FINISH LINE OF YOUR NOVEL
By Kevin Paul Tracy In golf, “the back nine” refers to the second half of an 18-hole golf game. It’s often used as a metaphor for finishing up, or approaching the culmination of a goal. Other sports analogies would be: “the home stretch;” “first and goal;” or “sliding in to home.” In writing I use…
TOP TEN LIST: Things Overheard At A Book Release Party
By Kevin Paul Tracy Here is a list of the top ten things overheard at a book release party. 10. “My wife loves your books! Can you sign it to her: Roger Smith?” 9. “Is the author someone famous, or just a writer?” 8. “Yes, the author signed it, we couldn’t stop him. If you…
Write Only the Interesting Parts
By Kevin Paul Tracy There is a joke which has been apocryphally attributed to various famous sculptors: HOW TO SCULPT A BIRD: Chisel away all the parts that do not look like a bird. As a joke this is worth a chuckle. As a fundamental truth about sculpting it leaves something to be desired. For…
The Effects of the Relativity of Time on Writing
By Kevin Paul Tracy I just finished writing a particularly irksome passage in my latest project, Bloodtrail, the sequel to Bloodflow. Irksome in that the choreography and the chronology, like a pair of cranky siblings, were fighting each other and would not agree. I was having difficulty getting characters to where I needed them to…