May 2026 – Tracy Cooper-Posey

Zenobia: The Queen Who Took On Rome and Almost Won

Leave a Comment / Historical Stuff / May 31, 2026 / Ancient Civilizations, ancient history, Ancient Rome, ancient world, Aurelian, Classical History, Cleopatra, Crisis of the Third Century, Empire Building, forgotten women, Her Side of History, Historical Biography, historical figures, Historical Leadership, historical women, history blog, History Enthusiasts, History Lovers, History Writing, Palmyra, Palmyrene Empire, Queen Zenobia, Roman Emperors, Roman Empire, Roman history, Syria, Tracy Cooper-Posey, women in history, Women Who Changed History, Zenobia / 4 minutes of reading

History remembers Cleopatra. It should remember Zenobia. While Rome staggered through one of the most chaotic periods in its history, the Queen of Palmyra seized the opportunity to build an empire of her own. Through military brilliance, political savvy, and a masterful understanding of reputation, she conquered vast territories and came astonishingly close to permanently splitting the Roman Empire. For a brief moment, the outcome of history was genuinely uncertain.

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The City With No Spare Inch

2 Comments / Interesting Settings, Ruminating / May 24, 2026 / abandoned cities, aerial photography, Cameron Cooper, cities, civilization, climate change, Edmonton, future history, geography, Iron Hammer, island cities, Maldives, Malé, science fiction, sea level rise, speculative fiction, storytelling, urban density, worldbuilding, writing inspiration / 3 minutes of reading

An entire capital city packed onto a single tiny island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with barely an inch to spare. Looking at aerial photos of Malé, the capital of the Maldives, it’s impossible not to wonder about the fragility of cities, civilization, and the strange places human beings insist upon calling home.

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Katherine Johnson: The Math Genius Hidden Figures Couldn’t Fully Contain

4 Comments / Historical Stuff / May 17, 2026 / American history, Apollo program, Black history, civil rights, female scientists, Her Side of History, Hidden Figures, hidden figures movie, historical women, inspirational women, John Glenn, Katherine Johnson, Mathematics, NASA, NASA history, science history, Space Race, women in history, women in STEM, women mathematicians / 5 minutes of reading

Before NASA trusted electronic computers, they trusted Katherine Johnson. Hidden Figures introduced millions to the brilliant mathematician whose calculations helped send astronauts into orbit and eventually to the moon. But the real story is even more astonishing than the movie. From quietly defying segregation to becoming the woman John Glenn personally trusted with his life, Katherine Johnson’s career reveals how history often overlooks the people doing its most essential work.

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EVEN MORE TIME KISSED MOMENTS Is Here!

My Books, New Release, Paranormal Romance, Time Travel, Vampires / May 7, 2026 / author memoir, behind the scenes, book anniversary, Canadian author, collector editions, Edmonton author, indie publishing, Kiss Across Memories, Kiss Across Time, paranormal fiction, Paranormal Romance, romance series, speculative romance, Stories Rule Press, time travel fiction, time travel romance, Tracy Cooper-Posey, vampire romance, writer reflections, writing life / 3 minutes of reading

What happens when a ten-year anniversary edition becomes something more? While revisiting the Kiss Across Time series for a special collector release, Tracy Cooper-Posey found herself reflecting not just on the books, but on time itself, storytelling, survival, and the strange roads that lead writers to create the stories readers love. Kiss Across Memories is part memoir, part publishing notebook, and part behind-the-scenes look at one of Tracy’s longest-running series.

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The Things We Don’t See

6 Comments / Interesting Settings, Just Slightly Off Topic, Ruminating / May 3, 2026 / awareness, curiosity, Hajj, human behavior, inspiration, Mina, observation, perception, scale, storytelling, unseen world, world perspective, writing life / 3 minutes of reading

I had to stare at the photo for a while. At first, it didn’t make sense—farmland, maybe, or some kind of industrial grid. Then the scale began to sink in. The repetition. The roads. And then came the realization that stopped me: they’re tents. Hundreds of thousands of them, housing millions of people in a place I barely think about—proof that even now, in a supposedly connected world, vast and important things can exist just outside our awareness.

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