Author: Tracey

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Stories of Love and Joy During the Holidays

When did the holidays arrive, and where’s my Christmas spirit? AWOL again? Sheesh. Time to go on a “seek and find” mission, 2020 edition. Might have to wrap that troublemaker in toilet paper this year after I find it. You know, for safekeeping. *grin*

I’m currently engaged in my annual debate about putting up my mini tree: Will? Won’t I? Maybe this year I’ll decide before Christmas Eve. Yeah, I know. Bad elf. *slaps wrist* However, I appreciate the holidays in other ways even without the physical trappings.

Since more holiday cheer is always in style, here’s an offering from some writer elves who want to help make the holidays brighter. I’ve already snagged my copy for some cozy reading breaks over the next few weeks.

The Heart of the Season - An ATA Holiday Anthology | book cover image

The Heart of the Season – An ATA Anthology

THE HEART OF THE SEASON is a jolt of joy you cannot wait to unwrap for the holidays. Let your heart be merry and bright as you dive into this multi-genre collection of short stories centered on the themes of love and joy during the holidays.

Explore a foreign café, wild mountain ranges, big city lights, and homey firesides. Keep turning the pages to read the stories of love, redemption, sacrifice, and kindness reminding you that THE HEART OF THE SEASON lives within us all!

Available now on Amazon in ebook and print editions, and on Lulu in ebook (print coming soon).

May your holidays shine bright with the love of family and friends from near and far, and your troubles never outweigh your ability to bear them.

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HELLCATS to the Rescue!

Okay, I have no felines in this HELLCATS mix (my overlords are not impressed), but I can get behind wanting to help someone in need. In this case, that simply means purchasing an anthology featuring sixty—yes, sixty—entertaining stories about cats.

What’s this about? In a nutshell, to save Erada’s home. You can read about her struggle in the GoFundMe link (click on the Facebook post image below). Her 16-year-old grandsons launched that appeal and the HELLCATS are doing their bit to help them help her.

I’ve preordered my copy. It looks highly entertaining, in addition to supporting a good cause. Really, you can’t go wrong when some of the best authors in the business team up to give you sixty stories of feline adventure that will keep you enthralled. Revenge, reckoning, and redemption: HELLCATS has it all.

From the Hellcats Anthology Facebook page –

About the Hellcats Anthology
Note: clicking this image will take you to Erada’s GoFundMe page
Hellcats anthology cover
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Countdown to End of An Era

July 2020 has been a month of craziness and nerves.

  • Pandemic overload? Check.
  • Screwed up sleep and work schedules? Check, and check.
  • Multiple instances of solidifying the knowledge that working from home is my dream? Check.
  • Realizing that you can attain this dream? Gulp. Check.
  • Pulling the trigger and giving notice to the day job of nineteen years? Gulp. HolyshizznitdidIdothat? CHECK.

Yep, I did. I gave my notice at the beginning of the month, and have been wrapping up the mountain of details that accompanies such an event ever since. Oh, man, are there a lot of loose ends when you wear as many hats as I do!

It’s been quite a run over the past almost two decades. I’ve met several great people and learned a lot. I’ve also shared much of that knowledge with others in widely diverse fields and walks of life. I’m good with that. Grateful, even. If it’s helped one person make sense of something, or move forward in their chosen life, I’ve given back as intended.

Now it’s time to take the next steps in my adventure as an editor and writer. I look forward to seeing what lies between the pages of the next chapters, and the marvelous new worlds, characters, and people who await me.

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A Work In Progress

New website, new blog…so much conversion to do, so little time to do it.

The word Everything on a To-Do list on a dry erase board to remind you of your tasks, priorities, goals and objectives

But! Progress has been made over the last few days, and eventually, this will be home for my future works of fiction, and probably some “tales from the trenches” posts as well. After all, I live in both worlds—editor and writer. It’s difficult not to come up with anecdotes. *wink*

Uh-oh… I hear deadlines yelling at me.

Looks like that’s the news that’s fit to print. The rest has been heavily edited. *grin*

Until later!