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Prompt for Apex Group by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
02-11-25 WRITING PROMPT SUBMISSIONS Posted by Matthew Bockholt on February 12, 2025 at 10:47 am Prompt: Four survivors anxiously await dawn. Max Words: 200 POV: 3rd Person Tense: Present Challenge: No “be” verbs. Matthew Bockholt replied 2 days, 2 hours ago Thay locked the car doors. It was all she could think to do in that moment. She pulled the baby close to her…
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The Traci Dowe/Kenworth Newsletter with occasional insight from Loleta Abi
April 19, 2024 Traci Kenworth/Dowe Newsletter April 19, 2024 By Traci Kenworth/Dowe Hello and welcome to my first newsletter! I had planned to get this out earlier but things kept getting in the way. Mainly, a new home, health problems, and a car accident. The good news is that I LOVE the new home, my…
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Tips for Moving with Animals by Traci Kenworth
Tips for Moving with Animals Traci Kenworth We’ve all been there at one time or another: moving with animals. It can be a frustrating experience if you let it. Here are some tips for moving with animals. I’ve found it helpful to not let them know they are getting ready to move. As in, don’t…
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How Much Character Do You Put On? By Traci Kenworth
How Much Character Do You Put On? Traci Kenworth In the world of beauty, we’re always concerned about what we are or aren’t putting on our faces. The goal is to improve on them, of course. Just like, if you think about it, our characters in our stories. So, how much character do you put…
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Teen Topics to the Tune of Characters: Heartbreak Traci Kenworth
Teen Topics to the Tune of Characters: Heartbreak Traci Kenworth Can you imagine waited bated breath as your crush focused on his best friend, your current best female friend as well? The torture suffocated her. Oh, why couldn’t he look at her that way? She knew every angle to his face. Every deep lash that…
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Teen Topics To the Tune of Characters 5/31/2021 Unconditional Love by Traci Kenworth
Teen Topics: To the Tune of Characters 5/31/2021 Traci Kenworth Unconditional Love Jori glanced around the bedroom painted teal with flower bordering. She swallowed hard. How did she luck into this? A queen bed shoved alongside one wall with gold sheet sets matching the white and gold bedroom set. “Do you-like it?” the woman said,…
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Five Links 8/29/2020 Traci Kenworth
Five Links 8/29/2020 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2020/08/have-your-characters-say-what-you-wish-youd-said.html “We’ve all been there. We’re driving home from a party where we were engaged in robust conversation. Someone said something boneheaded and we thought, That was a boneheaded thing to say. But not wishing to hammer that very obvious nail, we did not reply. Now, halfway home, it comes…
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Three Senryu and a Short Story Traci Kenworth
Mementos scatteredacross the map of the worldpictures of times past all recallhappier days nowsinged in ash journalsthe spyglassno clues Keepsakes Traci Kenworth How long had it been? Those stolen moments? Those discovered treasures. She pressed her fingertips to each. Oh, how she missed him. Days scattered into weeks and months. And finally, years. She picked…
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Writerly Things 8/24/2020 Traci Kenworth
Writerly Things 8/24/2020: Settling in to a New Routine Traci Kenworth Things are finally starting to settle into a new routine for me with driving the kids to their work, errands, cleaning, and writing. Thankfully, the kids work at the same place and the same hours but not always the same days off with the…
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Three Senryu and a Short Story Traci Kenworth
a piece of fabriclies cluttered beside rail tracksits owner misplaced did she run along the train’s rails, heart in her throat,or did her dress tear did she see the beastleave the shadows of the treesno bones or blood tracked The Girl Running Beside the Train Tracks Traci Kenworth Millie lost her shoe in the flight from…



