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Hey! It's been a while. Quite a while, actually. So while the world changed and continues to, so am I. Thank you as always for your...
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Tracey Kelley
Apr 16, 20201 min read
Take Good Care of You
Just a greeting of well wishes as we all learn to handle our health and safety during the pandemic. Thank you for your continued support...
Tracey Kelley
Jan 2, 20202 min read
All the Hats
It's time to update this website. I have to revamp the scheme, choose a more "hot right now!" Pantone color palette, revise some...
Tracey Kelley
Oct 20, 20191 min read
The Power of Like Minds
Most of the time, I believe it's critical for personal and professional development to expand my circle of influence as wide as possible....
Tracey Kelley
Aug 14, 20192 min read
Saying goodbye to ending projects
If you move in entrepreneurial circles, you understand the bobber doesn't always rise. When you do contract work, it's essential to be...
Tracey Kelley
Jun 10, 20192 min read
If you can't stand the heat, don't do the audition
Voiceover auditions are both fun and trepidatious, especially when vying for a "new" voice of a project. Clients obviously called you in...
Tracey Kelley
May 13, 20191 min read
More festival fun: Wordplay
Just a quick note of admiration for the Loft Literary Center's "Wordplay" in Minneapolis. This weekend event was incredible, especially...
Tracey Kelley
Apr 2, 20191 min read
Great fun at the Des Moines Book Festival!
I, along with co-author Lynne A. Kasey, had a wonderful time at the revamped Des Moines Book Festival last month! Iowa has marvelous...
Tracey Kelley
Feb 12, 20191 min read
Here's the juggling bit
I try with valor to not succumb to the "I'm So Busy!" refrain of modern life. We recognize and accept what we prioritize, and it's...
Tracey Kelley
Dec 15, 20182 min read
Ah, the waiting...
So remember when I excitedly talked about the arrival of one moment of a single day: essays? Well, what a difference a few days make. As...
Tracey Kelley
Nov 29, 20181 min read
The book baby has arrived!
Each chapter's end allows a reader to pause, using Kasey's provocative imagery to delve deeper into a feeling, memory, or considerat
Tracey Kelley
Oct 31, 20183 min read
Turning on a dime
All resources--time, money, and intention--were promptly diverted in order to focus solely on the immediate matter at hand. I had to learn a
Tracey Kelley
Aug 20, 20183 min read
The value of quality critique
The value of constructive critique is immeasurable, both in professional and creative writing. Offer it freely and it's returned to you
Tracey Kelley
Jul 16, 20181 min read
New Essay!
Using prompts for writing is a marvelous way to jumpstart the creative process or keep it flowing. I used this one to respond to an open sub
Tracey Kelley
Jun 18, 20181 min read
The uneven journey of creation
So today I received word that a key creative project in development that was close to completion simply...wasn't. And won't be for...
Tracey Kelley
May 10, 20181 min read
No time for blogging
One would think one who makes part of one's living editing wouldn't need to make 97 passes at the "final" draft of one's book, wouldn't...
Tracey Kelley
Apr 5, 20182 min read
Happy Place: The Tucson Festival of Books
For years, my niece and her husband--both professors at the University of Arizona--invited me to visit during the Tucson Festival of...
Tracey Kelley
Mar 1, 20181 min read
Iowa Writers Interviews Yellow Suit Publishing
In the Iowa Writers' interview, Chad of Yellow Suit Publishing shares his vision and motivation as a small press, as well as news about
Tracey Kelley
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Making time for portable magic
I miss book hangovers. You know the kind. The stories that keep you up late into the night, infiltrate your dreams, preoccupy your next few
Tracey Kelley
Feb 4, 20184 min read
This Is Us: Universal themes for the win
It wasn't one of those Hail Mary narrative twists that happen in lesser tales when there doesn't seem to be any other choice and the
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