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Book Review: Watchers by Dean R. Koontz
Watchers by Dean R. Koontz Traci Kenworth Berkeley G.P. Putnam’s Son Edition Feb 1987 483 pages Hook: On his thirty-six birthday, May 18, Travis Cornell rose at 5:00 in the morning. The setting is Santa Barbara, Santiago Canyon on the eastern edge of Orange County,…
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The Mysteries of Writing
Mysteries of Writing Traci Kenworth There are a lot of mysteries it seems when it comes to writing. If you look at the expert advice on the how-tos, certain things are clear: it takes hard work, a regular schedule, and constant openness to ideas and learning to succeed. There’s…
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Book Review: Happiness Is…
Book Review: Happiness Is… Traci Kenworth The book is published by Word Publishing and has no author listed. 1995. I ran across this little book on my shelf the other day and waxed nostalgic. This book was gifted to me about seven months before my marriage,…
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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 Review: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Book Review: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King Traci Kenworth Scribner 2010 Short Story Collection-Horror 1922 Hook: April 11, 1930. A confession by Wilifred Leland James. He murdered his wife in June of 1922. His son, Henry, at 14, aided him although he beat fear into him over a two month period. All…
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Getting it All Together
Gathering it All Together Traci Kenworth It’s been a busy past couple weeks with the aftermath of recovering from surgery. Now, I’m ready to go back into my current wip and tackle writing the rest of the story. I took down my notes for this chapter and I’m almost finished with it. I did,…
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The Lovely Blog Award
I’m just gonna do this free-thought style. Mostly this is because with just having gotten out of surgery, I’m not exactly ready to follow the rules in regards to receiving this award. Instead of the 7 fun/interesting facts about me, I thought I’d do the same thing regarding those I gift the award to. So…
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Try, Try, Try Again
Try, Try, Try Again Traci Kenworth Rejection sometimes puts us up against a wall. It can be heartbreaking to get turned down on a story yet again. The doubts, the slips of self-confidence, the frustration. All take place. What we can’t let happen is the desire to just give up. We’ll never reach our…



