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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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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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Jan. 21, 2025 A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth
Jan. 21, 2025 A Bit of Insight Traci Dowe/Kenworth Christmas and New Year’s are still just slightly past the weeks at the moment but I hope to bring some of that joy into the new year. Yes, I’m anxious about what lies ahead. I don’t know anyone who isn’t. But I also know: there’s a…
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End of the Year Post by Traci Dowe/Kenworth in which, all great minds think alike!
Dec. 31, 2024 The Year in Review Traci Dowe/Kenworth Over the years, I’ve come to know and appreciate a lot of you bloggers. I’ve learned things from each of you. As such, I really like what Craig (C.S. Boyack) does on his blog each year and I’ve seen a number of you others who do…
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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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The New Damsel in Distress in Gothics by Traci Dowen/Dowe
The New Damsel in distress By Traci Dowe/Kenworth For many years, gothics were known for their covers of a woman running from a dark manor, frightened by something she’d seen. A lot of readers think gothics are dead but they’ve just been reinvented. Now, their locations can vary. So can the characters. Steeped in the…



