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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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July 7, 2025
A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth woman, dark fantasy, shadowed building June 27. 2025 A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth I’ve been doing a bit of thinking. About how I want to live life right now. I was so stressed out about the country and where it’s headed. I realized I need to put that…
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The Ink on the Page by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
June 13, 2025 The Ink on the Page Traci Dowe/Kenworth I want to talk a bit about a tool I use that I’ve come to like quite a bit. It’s called AutoCrit. It is a platform that helps writers create their work. But it goes beyond that in helpfulness. It has the tools of WordPress,…
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Book Reviews: Writers of the Future 40th Anniversary Edition
Review by Traci Dowe/Kenworth Book Reviews: The Writer’s of the Future 40th Anniversary Edition by various authors Review by: Traci Dowe/Kenworth I was unsure what I’d find in this edition. I’ve never read one of these before and I’d been told it mostly leaned on the science fiction side. I prefer fantasy. However, I’m not…
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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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Mar. 22, 2025 Making Life Better Traci Dowe/Kenworth
April 22, 2025 Making Life Better Traci Dowe/Kenworth The title of this post makes me pause. In today’s crisis, it seems harder and harder to find something good, at least in politics and our economy. However, good is still with us. It’s there in a baby’s smile; in an elderly couple’s handholding, two against the…
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April 6, 2025 A Bit of Insight by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
Mar. 4, 2025 A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth So yet again, they’ll be some changes to marketing my stories as well as my website, lol. After a MG & YA Club meeting, I discovered when we were looking at book covers, that my books fit into both YA as well as NA (new adult)…
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The Ink on the Page of YA by Traci Dowe/Kenworth
Feb. 18, 2025 The Ink on the Page with YA Traci Dowe/Kenworth I’ve been writing YA since before I knew they were called YA. The thing was: they weren’t about just young adults. They were about families, friends, neighbors, the world around them. Life experiences include more than just the young adults, although they are…
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Prompt 1-Apex Traci Dowe/Kenworth Feb. 6, 2025
Matthew Bockholt created a discussion in Weekly Writing Prompt: 02-04-25 WRITING PROMPT SUBMISSIONS Matthew Bockholt Prompt: Write the first sentence of a story. Introduce the protagonist, main plot, and major conflict. <b style=”background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>Minimum Words: 75 Maximum Words: 100 I’ve got a new thing I’m trying out. Years ago,…



