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Christmas Spirit
Christmas Spirit Traci Kenworth The stockings are hung, the Christmas tree decorated, and my Nativity set out on its table. Seeing these items brings to mind cherished holidays from years past as well as looking forward to making new memories. I even took pictures on my cellphone, not that I’ve figured out how to…
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Synopsis Stress
Synopsis Stress Traci Kenworth It’s my least favorite part of querying: the dread synopsis, but I understand why they’re a necessity. It gives the agent a chance to see the broad-strokes of your novel. I start by going through my manuscript and writing a chapter-by-chapter summary. Four or five lines for each are good,…
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Lessons Learned from Shopping Online During Black Friday
Lessons Learned from Black Friday Shopping Online Traci Kenworth The store I visited first opened at 10 p.m. For a week before, I scoured their ads, noting the times for each item to go on sale, and had my lists all set. So what happened when it came time to buy? Well, the items…
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
HAPPY THANKSGIVING !! May your turkey be stuffed to a pleasing capacity, your dips be savored from their serving dishes, and your cherry and pumpkin pies be so delicious it puts a smile on your face.
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Where I Am
Where I’m At Traci Kenworth I finished rewriting SH finally, now I’m double-checking words, grammar, and typos. Even with Spell & Grammar on Word, sometimes things are wrong and there’s no reason not to do a hands-on check. Besides which, an agent will thank you for paying attention to details and such. I should…
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Five Things for Inspiration
Five Things for Inspiration Traci Kenworth In no particular order of importance: Music. Whatever kind you like, play it soft, play it loud, anyway you want. Fantastic for inspiring stories, movie scripts, what have you. Books. Sometimes it’s a character, sometimes the setting, that bounces of the page and gives you a new idea…
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Black Friday
Black Friday Traci Kenworth How many of you out there try and beat the traffic/and or people to the great deals that come along on Black Friday? I went last year for the first time ever, only I waited until about 7 a.m. to hopefully avoid getting mashed and mangled by the crowd. There…
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Halfway Mark
Halfway Mark Traci Kenworth I’ve reached the halfway mark on my edits of SH. I’m hoping to have this manuscript ready before the agencies go on leave for the holidays. I want to at least, have my first choices looking it over. Editing is both a complicated and a joyful process for me. Complicated:…
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Office Move
Office Move Traci Kenworth I’ve decided to move my office out of my bedroom and into a fairly larger area in the living room in a sort of alcove I have there. Where it is now has grown too cramped and besides, I kind of think it announces to the world: I’m a writer,…
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Regrettably, Why I Withdrew from Nano…
Regrettably, Why I Withdrew from Nano Traci Kenworth For all intents and purposes, I meant to do NanoWriMo this year. I had my story ready to go, everything mapped out that I could think of, and then it hit me. There was no way I could write 50,000 words and do justice editing my…
Forgiveness, Redemption, Hope
Traci Dowe/Kenworth Gothic Fantasy
Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author
Redemption, Forgiveness, and Hope
http://www.tracidowekenworth.com 2025
Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author 