Author name: Tracy Cooper-Posey

Story writer, tale-teller, addicted to chocolate and Irish Breakfast tea. And books, of course.

Zenobia: The Queen Who Took On Rome and Almost Won

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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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The Problem With Immortal Hair (And Why Vampires Refuse to Die)

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Vampires are supposed to be timeless—but what happens when fashion isn’t? From immortal bad hair days to the evolution of vampire fiction itself, this post revisits an old idea with fresh eyes…and proves that no matter what publishers say, readers will never fall out of love with a good vampire.

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“Romantasy” Is Not a Dirty Word. But It Is the Wrong One.

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Fantasy author Danielle L. Jensen recently pushed back against the “romantasy” label, arguing that it reduces complex fantasy novels to “there was kissing, therefore clearly dragons are optional.” She is not alone. Fantasy romance has always demanded that writers master two genres at once: not just the emotional arc of a romance, but also worldbuilding, magic, politics, danger and impossible choices. So why has a catchy nickname managed to make the genre sound smaller, sillier and less serious than it really is?

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The Books I’m Actually Going to Read

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I’ve stopped collecting books for the person I imagine I might become someday. No one can read everything anymore—not with thousands of new books appearing every day and old books never truly disappearing. So I’m changing the way I build my library: only the books I want to read now, or very soon. No more guilt-inducing digital hoards. Just books that are actually mine because I’ve read them.

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Why Reading Ebooks on Your Phone Is Better Than You Think

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Most people think reading ebooks on a phone is impossible: the screen is too small, there isn’t enough text, and you have to keep swiping. But once you discover the trick that makes page-turning effortless, phone reading becomes not just easy, but addictive. Here’s why your entire library belongs in your pocket.

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Hypatia of Alexandria: Murdered for Being a Female Scholar

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She didn’t lead armies or topple kings—she simply thought. In a world that was growing increasingly hostile to independent minds, Hypatia of Alexandria became one of the most brilliant—and dangerous—women alive. Her fate would shock the ancient world and echo through history as a warning about the cost of knowledge.

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