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New Things
New Things Traci Kenworth I love new things. Just the anticipation that comes with the package that arrives at your door makes my day. I confess to daydreaming a few minutes before opening it of it being THE package: you writers know what I mean. Yesterday, I waited all day for FEDEX to deliver…
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Cooking and me
Cooking and Me Traci Kenworth I adore cooking. I’m always pouring over recipe books, looking for the latest one to try. Today, I’m making homemade beef stew in the slow cooker. It’s my Momma’s recipe. First, you dust the beef in flower (after cutting it in chunks) and brown it in a frying pan.…
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To Dream a Dream
To Dream a Dream Traci Kenworth I’ll admit it. Most of my story ideas come from dreams. It usually starts with a snippet then I know I have something when it continues to plague my sleep for days. Character’s names, looks, personality traits show up full-blown, ready to be explored. I don’t know how…
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When it’s Okay
When it’s Okay to be in Love with Your Writing & when it’s not Traci Kenworth Okay, so you just know you’ve written the one. You’re trembling with excitement, on fire with ambition, ready to shoot past the stars. Hold on there. Have you ran your brilliant creation past your critique groups and beta…
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AreWriters Born or Made?
Are Writers Born or Made? Traci Kenworth I think the truth is: both. Writers are born with a passion, a creative-streak that manifests in their lives somehow. Art. Music. Acting. These are some other professions that seem to rumble from the soul to the outside at some point. I know that I’ve always had to…
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Coffee and the Writer
Coffee and the Writer Traci Kenworth Choose your brand. Whatever flavor, brewed or instant, from Starbuck or your kitchen, it’s hard to ignore the connection between coffee and the writer. I know myself, when I wake up, I’m still trying to pry my lids open even a half-hour later. Coffee does the trick. That…
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Fairytales
Fairytales Traci Kenworth Casper struggled to get the chest open. In it lay the only chance to get back to her world, her time. Oh, why had she made the dumb wish? And played into the faerie’s hand? She’d only wanted to visit a fairytale for a little while, not be stuck in one,…
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Searching for a Car, a New Fridge, and other Life Details
Searching for a Car, a New Fridge and Other Life Details Traci Kenworth Yeah, the big moment has come to decide whether to turn my old car in (a 2001 Dodge Neon with 123,000 miles on it) in for a new (er) one. I’m looking at local dealers and those farther away. I really…
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Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking Traci Kenworth I had them tucked away among forgotten things, or at least, things that I knew were there, just relegated to the background. But now I’ve opened them up. And you know what? I’ve discovered how insightful and fun scrapbooking can be. I had every intention years ago to start them, in…
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 