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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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June 3, 2025
The Damsel in Distress with a Twist Traci Dowe/Kenworth June 3, 2026 The New Damsel in Distress with a Twist Traci Dowe/Kenworth I was reading The Fantasy Café’s series on Women Writers in SF & F recently when comments by Lyndsey Byrd struck me with what I’ve come to know myself with writing in these…
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Dec. 17, 2024 A Bit of Insight by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
A bright green and black bird with orange beak and feet. Looks like a sparrow, a small common backyard visitor. Dec. 17, 2024 A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth In January, I will be starting the 52Scenesforwriters which runs for a year and which hopefully, I’ll have a book ready by the end of that.…
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September 12,2024
September 12, 2024Book Review: Phillip Pullman’s Book of Dust Vol. 1 La Belle Savage By Traci Dowe/Kenworth Amazon’s Review:Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of His Dark Materials to expand on the story of Lyra, “one of fantasy’s most indelible heroines” (The New York Times Magazine). Don’t miss Volume II of The Book of…
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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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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…



