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Tracy Shawn

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Tracy Shawn is based on the coast of California. Her novels Floating Underwater (2021) and The Grace of Crows (2024 as a second edition) have won a variety of indie book awards. Her short stories and poems have appeared in several literary publications, including two featured works in Spillwords Press. She’s written numerous articles for print and online publications and is currently working on her third novel.

Tracy enjoys visiting local book clubs and is also available as a virtual guest author (her novels provide book club questions to further deepen individual reader’s experience and encourage in-depth group discussions).

Here's her author link on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracyshawn. You may contact her via her website at:
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Tracy Shawn I've learned that I must write almost every day because the muse doesn't just show up; you have to start writing in order for her to appear!

I also wil…more
I've learned that I must write almost every day because the muse doesn't just show up; you have to start writing in order for her to appear!

I also will get up and do the dishes, laundry, etc. when I'm stuck on something. Inevitably, an answer will come when I've stopped trying to figure out what to write next. If I'm focusing on something mundane like folding the socks, then the lightbulb will go off and I'll hurry back to my laptop.(less)
Tracy Shawn Hi Christian, I'm not the best person to ask about this, as I'm somewhat technologically challenged. But I'm guessing that if you want to promote your…moreHi Christian, I'm not the best person to ask about this, as I'm somewhat technologically challenged. But I'm guessing that if you want to promote your book through your websites, it's a good idea to have an author page on Facebook and Amazon, a handle on Twitter, and, of course, to create an author dashboard here on Goodreads! That way, whatever you post on your websites, you can link/and or post on these social media sites as well. I wish you the best of luck! (less)
Average rating: 3.69 · 119 ratings · 56 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
Floating Underwater

3.58 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions
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Advice for Authors: Don’t Just Visit Book Clubs—Join One!

by Tracy Shawn     Several years ago, I ran into an old friend who had read my second novel, Floating Underwater. She kindly picked it for her next book club read and asked if I’d like to be a guest author at that meeting. Of course, I jumped at the chance. She then mentioned […]

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“You are not alone...please know that hope can fly in on the most unexpected of wings.”
Tracy Shawn, The Grace of Crows

“Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this, perhaps even to learn to do it better.”
Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher

“You are not alone...please know that hope can fly in on the most unexpected of wings.”
Tracy Shawn, The Grace of Crows

“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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