My Life – Tracy Cooper-Posey

What’s on Tracy’s Desk? (2025 Edition)

My Life / September 28, 2025 / author life, author workspace, behind the scenes, cancer recovery, Cerridwen, creativity, fantasy author, fantasy writing, Han Solo, home office, indie author life, inspiration, Lord of the Rings references, Multiple Myeloma, sentimental keepsakes, story inspiration, tarot, Tracy Cooper-Posey, writing desk, writing habits, writing routine / 5 minutes of reading

Fourteen years ago, I shared a snapshot of my writing desk—and a surprising number of you still remember it! That desk is still with me, but the world around it has changed: the landline is gone, the monitors have multiplied, and only Strider remains of the original furry trio. This year, I revisited that 2011 post with a photo tour of my current workspace, the oddball trinkets that inspire me, and a glimpse into how I really write now—recliner and all. Spoiler: dusty fantasy author chaos is alive and well.

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The Truth About Writers’ Lives (It’s Not What You Think)

2 Comments / My Life / September 14, 2025 / behind the scenes writing, behind the scenes writing process, daily writing routine, daily writing schedule, how long does it take to write a book, Indie Author, indie author life, myths about writers, publishing industry, real writer’s life, reality of a writer’s life, time management for writers, truth about authors, truth about writers, what do writers do all day, writer burnout, writing life / 14 minutes of reading

Most people think writers live glamorous lives — champagne book launches, exotic research trips, and endless hours of leisure to dream up stories. The truth is a lot less Parisian café and a lot more 4:30 a.m. alarm clocks, fourteen-hour workdays, and muttering at characters who won’t behave while the laundry piles up.

In this post, I pull back the curtain on what writers’ lives really look like, why the myths persist, and how those rosy assumptions can sometimes hurt more than help.

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Why I Jump Across So Many Romance Sub-Genres

2 Comments / My Books, My Favourite Books Ever, My Life / March 9, 2025 / Alastair MacLean, Cameron Cooper, Desmond Bagley, Neville Shute, Pompeii, Rosemary Sutcliffe), Running Blind, Taylen Carver, The Dark is Rising, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Once and Future King, The Pillars of the Earth / 4 minutes of reading

If you’ve been around my books long enough (and if you haven’t—welcome!), you might have noticed something odd. Unlike many authors who settle into one or maybe two genres and build their empire there, I hop between romance sub-genres like a caffeinated rabbit.

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Meandering Paw Prints Scarf

Fun Stuff, My Life / February 9, 2025 / crochet, Scarves / 2 minutes of reading

This was a guest post, some years back and some of you who toured around guest blogs with me might remember it. I’ve been talking about crafts a bit lately. I think, mostly, because I don’t have time to actually, you know, craft. Although there’s an argument to be made that writing a book is

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CANCER CURATED is now out everywhere.

My Books, My Life, New Release / January 25, 2024 / Cancer, memoir, Multiple Myeloma / 2 minutes of reading

This morning, Cancer Curated, my memoir, was released on all retailers, everywhere. ________ Cancer is also a mental game… Because I am an author, when I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2022, I unintentionally lived through my treatment, the ups and (some of) the downs, in a very public way. Then something strange happened.

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First Chapters of CANCER CURATED

Indie Publishing, My Books, My Life, New Release, Upcoming Books / October 12, 2023 / Tracy Cooper-Posey / 10 minutes of reading

First Chapters of CANCER CURATED We’re only two weeks away from the release of Cancer Curated (hard to believe — that time went fast!), and that normally means running the first chapter of the book for you, here. But Cancer Curated is non-fiction, and the chapters are kinda chopped up. Still, I’ll run a decently-long

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Some quick housekeeping

Indie Publishing, My Books, My Life, New Release, Upcoming Books / October 5, 2023 / Tracy Cooper-Posey / 3 minutes of reading

In the last week or so, I’ve been having major problems with all the author sites at Stories Rule Press, which were hosted by a different company than the Stories Rule Press site itself, which requires specialized hosting, because of the store. The host where all the author sites were housed culminated months of deteriorating

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Cancer Curated: The Book I had to Write, Right Now

Indie Publishing, My Books, My Life, New Release, Upcoming Books / September 21, 2023 / Tracy Cooper-Posey / 3 minutes of reading

As I write this email, I’m sitting in my “office” (the recliner), and the air around me is redolent with the mouth watering scents of: 1) A big batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, 2) two crusty loaves of bread sitting on the counter to cool, 3) a batch of rhubarb-strawberry jam made from scratch,

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Another Update

My Life / June 22, 2023 / Cancer, Cross Cancer Institute, Multiple Myeloma / 4 minutes of reading

This time, it’s good news As I promised back in December, I haven’t flooded you with updates about my health. I have been keeping everyone who wants to know updated on Facebook and via private emails, and if you are curious to learn even more about my health status, you can find all the updates

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The Blood Stone boxed set is on sale at Kobo this month

My Books, My Life / April 4, 2023 / Tracy Cooper-Posey / 1 minute of reading

Flesh + Blood, the boxed set of the Blood Stone series, has been selected by Kobo for their Romance Boxset Buy More Save More promotion from April 01, 2023 to May 01, 2023. As I write this post, I don’t have a link to the promotion page, which won’t go live until April 1st, but

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