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April 14, 2024 Making Life Better by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
May 14, 2024 Making Life Better Traci Dowe/Kenworth Right now, in the world, I see a lot of scary things going on. I’m sure we all do. It’s not enough to say these things have always been going on. Or that chaos is a constant. It shouldn’t be. We shouldn’t let it. Our voices need…
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Apr. 30, 2024 Favorite Storytellers by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
Favorite Storytellers Apr. 30, 2024 Loleta Abi Who are some of your favorite storytellers? I have many. A lot of them in different genres. Some in long fiction, others in short. Some traditionally published, some Indie. Today, the focus is on: Nora Roberts. Nora Roberts is known as one of the most prolific writers out…
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A Bit of Insight Apr. 9, 2024, by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
A Bit of Insight Traci Kenworth/Dowe April 9th, 2024 I just finished my final guided outline for class for my book Darkness. It is a YA fantasy set in another world. I’ve heard others say that it reminds them of His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman which I love as he’s one of my favorite…
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March 12, 2024
Making Life Better by Traci Kenworth/Dowe Making Life Better Traci Dowe/Kenworth Mar. 10, 2024 I hardly know where to begin. Well, maybe it’s best to begin with the name change. I like Traci Kenworth as a pen name and hope to continue to use it on short story writing. However, I have been taking Apex…
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News!!
Hello, everyone! News!! News!! We found it! Our dream home! This one makes the search all worth it! It is THE best one out of all the others we looked at including the first which tells me: it was just meant to be. We still have to do the inspection and appraisal but on the…
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Well, That Didn’t Work Out…by Traci Kenworth
The house was perfect on the lower and upper levels, but the stairs leading up to the upper level and down to the basement were scary. As well as there was an admitted structural problem so we passed. Still looking. We’ll find our home someday, hopefully, soon. Enjoy your week!
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Quick Update
A lot of things have happened. Number one: we’re still at the manufactured home park. The house we were going to buy turned out to have a lot of code violations and the bank wouldn’t finance the loan because of it. We tried to do a renovation loan but the seller refused to work with…
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Beauty and Its Limitations by Traci Kenworth
Beauty and Its Limitations Traci Kenworth You can have all the beauty in the world and still find that beauty has its limitations. The fairest of all, after all, was hunted by her own stepmother simply because she was more beautiful than her. Beauty herself was trapped in a castle with servants that were dinnerware…
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Genres That Speak to Our Hearts by Traci Kenworth
Genres That Speak to Our Hearts Traci Kenworth There are a lot of genres out there but how do we know when we’ve found one that speaks to our hearts? In other words, one that we’ve tuned into and want to write more about? When we first come to writing, we may flounder trying to…
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Beauty and Its Underpinnings by Traci Kenworth
Beauty and Its Many Underpinnings Traci Kenworth Beauty and its underpinnings, or to be honest “traps” can hinder your character in certain situations. Some might say that beauty couldn’t possibly be a trap but think about it. All the stalkers out there. Let’s face it, some men and women, live in fear for their lives.…
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Does a Character’s Past Weigh Them Down? by Traci Kenworth
Does a Character’s Past Weigh Them Down? Traci Kenworth Does a character’s past weigh them down? Is it necessary to bring all their known for into the next casting? Think of Dracula, for instance. Do we need to bring each element that he’s known for into a role? Or can we fiddle with events and…
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A Character is Made Up of More than the Physical by Traci Kenworth
A Character is Made Up of More than the Physical Traci Kenworth A character is made up of more than the physical details of their person. There’s, of course, personality. But what I’m getting at here is: you don’t have to go down a certain list: eyes: blue, check. Hair: brown, check. There’s more…
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Everyone Thinks the Beautiful Character is Where It’s At. It’s Actually the One with More Working Against Them. by Traci Kenworth
Everyone Thinks the Beautiful Character is Where it’s At. It’s Actually the One with More Working Against Them. Traci Kenworth Beautiful people in stories shovel in by the mile. After a while, none catch the attention of the reader. They’re looking for more than just a flawless face and perfect everything. They want substance. They…
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Book Review: Only the Monster by Vanessa Len Reviewed by Traci Kenworth
Book Review: Only a Monster by Vanessa Len Traci Kenworth From Amazon: The sweeping romance of Passenger meets the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song in this stunning contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, where the line between monster and hero is razor thin. Don’t forget the rule. No one can know what you are. What we…
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The Beauty of Accepting Ourselves and Others As We Age Within the Pages of Life by Traci Kenworth
The Beauty of Accepting Ourselves and Others as We Age Within the Pages of Life Traci Kenworth Wherever we begin in life, whatever our journey, the beauty of accepting ourselves and others as we age within the pages of life comes after a lifetime. When we’re a bright star burning along that path in the…
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Diving into the Depths of Genres by Traci Kenworth
Diving into the Depths of Genres Traci Kenworth Diving into the depths of genres brings more treasure than we could hope. How can we know what our characters will do till we bring them to that breaking point? That path that they can’t return from. They can start off as the mildest person but by…
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Why We’re Content with Love to Changeas a Book Ages by Traci Kenworth
Why We’re Content with Love to Change as a Book Ages Traci Kenworth I’ve been reading and downright enjoying the Sarah J. Maas series “The Throne of Glass.” It is a vast and comprehensive world of both light and darkness. It is the story of Celaena Sardothien or as her real name comes to be…
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The Design of Genres by Traci Kenworth
The Design of Genres Traci Kenworth The design of genres is meant to showcase what each has to offer the reader as well as the writer. Each genre has its own set of expectations. Rules, if you like. You can follow them or break them to a degree but you’d better know the why behind…
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The Thing About Genre… Traci Kenworth
The Thing About Genre is… Traci Kenworth The thing about genre is that you’re not limited to one, but it helps to remain focused on one for at least three books before you switch to another. I hope to be able to concentrate on two in the future: my Traci Kenworth as a young adult…
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Washing Your Life of the Bad by Traci Kenworth
Washing Your Life of the Bad Traci Kenworth Don’t we all wish we could do so? Wash the bad from our lives? Get rid of all the old regrets, all the baggage we carry in our days? There is a way. It comes with acceptance. It comes with forgiveness. For ourselves. For others. We’re human…
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Finding the Inner Truth/Beauty in Yourself by Traci Kenworth
Finding the Inner Truth/Beauty in Yourself Traci Kenworth The taunts and cruelty growing up can cause you to lose faith in yourself. To not want to be who you are. Anything special, anything unique, you work to do away with. Because that would make you different. And different is bad. Or at least, that seems…
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Seven Links7/13/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…7/13/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/07/22029.html “And so it ends, after 67 years. One of the great American institutions, Mad Magazine, is closing up shop. Gone but not forgotten will be the famous Mad mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, whose mysterious background is discussed here. So popular was he that he occasionally ran for president, with the slogan: “You could…
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Writerly Things…10/29/18
Writerly Things…10/29/18 Traci Kenworth How Do You Find Your Inspiration? Inspiration can be found in anything around us. Take a walk for instance. Fallen leaves, isolation, a campground might inspire you to write a scary tale. A trip to the city might bring up corruption, brutality, and homelessness. Driving down the road might tip…
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Sitting on the Porch with Mamma Traci Ashbe
Sitting on the Porch with Mamma 150 words Sitting on the porch with Mamma brought a smile to my lips. I could remember her warmth, her sweater, the smell of licorice in her pocket. It’d been forever since she sat beside me. A few tears burst to the surface. I wish she hadn’t left me.…
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I’ve moved!
Hello all! I am moving over to a new site at websites for authors. If you’d like to follow me, it’s traciashbebooks.com. I won’t be blogging any longer as I want to focus on my books. I write Myths and Legends Fantasy and Dark Academia if you’re interested. I’m not published yet but I plan…
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Discovering Dark Fantasy July 29, 2025 Traci Dowe/Kenworth
Discovering Dark Fantasy Traci Dowe/Kenworth Jul 22, 2025 I was so certain that what I’d started out writing this last time was indeed Gothic Fantasy. The surprise was on me. So, how do I know I’m right this time? Well the definition of dark fantasy aligns with what I read and write. Therefore, it stands…
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July 7, 2025
A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth woman, dark fantasy, shadowed building June 27. 2025 A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth I’ve been doing a bit of thinking. About how I want to live life right now. I was so stressed out about the country and where it’s headed. I realized I need to put that…
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The Ink on the Page by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
June 13, 2025 The Ink on the Page Traci Dowe/Kenworth I want to talk a bit about a tool I use that I’ve come to like quite a bit. It’s called AutoCrit. It is a platform that helps writers create their work. But it goes beyond that in helpfulness. It has the tools of WordPress,…
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Book Reviews: Writers of the Future 40th Anniversary Edition
Review by Traci Dowe/Kenworth Book Reviews: The Writer’s of the Future 40th Anniversary Edition by various authors Review by: Traci Dowe/Kenworth I was unsure what I’d find in this edition. I’ve never read one of these before and I’d been told it mostly leaned on the science fiction side. I prefer fantasy. However, I’m not…
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Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author 