tracey l. kelley

If you move in entrepreneurial circles, you understand the bobber doesn't always rise. When you do contract work, it's essential to be pr...

Voiceover auditions are both fun and trepidatious, especially when vying for a "new" voice of a project. Clients obviously called you in ...

Just a quick note of admiration for the Loft Literary Center's "Wordplay" in Minneapolis. This weekend event was incredible, especially f...

I, along with co-author Lynne A. Kasey, had a wonderful time at the revamped Des Moines Book Festival last month! Iowa has marvelous writ...

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 import...

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 ...

Each chapter's end allows a reader to pause, using Kasey's provocative imagery to delve deeper into a feeling, memory, or considerat

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

The value of constructive critique is immeasurable, both in professional and creative writing. Offer it freely and it's returned to you

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

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 anothe...

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 o...

For years, my niece and her husband--both professors at the University of Arizona--invited me to visit during the Tucson Festival of Book...

In the Iowa Writers' interview, Chad of Yellow Suit Publishing shares his vision and motivation as a small press, as well as news about

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

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

...like a jigsaw puzzle with the end-piece border in place, but so much of the in-between remaining....

To begin is a wavering high wire between what's known and what remains to be discovered. Creation isn't about perfection, be it with

Watching "Black Mirror" prompts a great deal of introspection. And a teensy amount of fear. Charlie Brooker is a captivating writer who s...