Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): Many years ago I was at a gas station in Maryland.  I looked over at the beat-up pickup truck next to me and frowned. Hmm.  Maine plates. “Hey,” I said, catching the driver’s eye.  “Why do you have a snow shovel tied to the front of your truck?”…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:   fatigue swells in ocean waves of back and forth and the tidal eye wanders to wild tulips almost over

Originally posted on France & Vincent: * QUEEN OF THE NIGHT… It is night and I cannot sleep. Jed cannot sleep either. I can hear him turning in his bed but I do not speak. Steve is asleep. It must be about three in the morning. There are strange voices outside my window and a…

Originally posted on The Write Stuff: Some of you already know this from various posts around social media, but I am officially under “house arrest” for the next few weeks. Because I’m in a high risk group for Covid-19, due to my age, and have three additional strikes against me due to some health issues,…

Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: I’m in a quiet house this morning. My daughter is here, and she brought a Rottweiler puppy with her. These all belong to her room mate, and nobody seems to want this one. He’s cute as hell and they’re trying to give him away. I tried to snap a photo…

Originally posted on Nail Your Novel: This is probably the most F of FAQs – how do you learn the basics for writing professionally. Is it necessary to take courses? What about all the famous writers who we know just did it themselves, made stuff up and wrote it down, following their inner star. Courses…

Writing in a Small-Sized World 3/18/2020 Traci Kenworth Now that our worlds have become infinitely smaller, we must learn the secrets to writing in a small-sized world. Shakespeare did it and wrote some great material. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, no less. Throughout the ages, when push comes to surrender, we must learn to compromise and…

Mythical Horses 3/16/2020: Pegasus Traci Kenworth Of my favorite of the mythical horses, Pegasus is tops. The winged wonder of the Heavens. Mount to the gods. Pegasus is legendary. As a child, I could never decide between the unicorn and Pegasus. I loved both of their stories. Even today, I’d be hard-pressed to say which…