Tracy Groot

Stomping Grounds

tracy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:57:55 +0000

I’m getting older. I used to believe that the connective tissue between the young me and the current me grew thinner with every year; the older I got, the more sure I was that the young me, and youth in general, did not have a lot to say to the older me.

Goethe and God

tracy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:11:09 +0000

The Goethe quote. Anyone hear of it? First time I came across it was through a now-favorite book, Close to the Wind, by Pete Goss. Second time was through The Crime of Living Cautiously; Hearing God’s Call to Adventure, by Luci Shaw. Here it is:

Tester…

tracy — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0000

Hi. Jack wants me to do a test-run thing, saying something on my blog so it can connect to the Facebook fan page. Naturally, I balked. But he promised me sea foam, so naturally, I comply. Have a great day, everyone.

Tracy Receives the Mark

tracy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:19:22 +0000

Never say never, and never say stuff like “I won’t have a Facebook account until they make it a law” right on your home page, ‘cause you’ll eat it later. Yep, I’ve received the mark of the Facebook beast. It’s called a “Fan Page” (yeah, and doesn’t that make me feel dopey) linked to Jack’s Facebook account, for the purpose of displaying my books because my agents say I gotta have, and the technical term is, “on-line presence.” Incidentally, I have two agents because I’m a special case—Kathy speaks and Dan interprets, because Kathy speaks a language I can’t understand. It’s called Sense.

The Future Belongs to….say what? Come again?

tracy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:26:56 +0000

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

I first came across this phrase when I rented a cute little cottage to finish a book. It was on a magnet on the fridge. I studied it warily, not quite understanding why I didn’t like it. Because it seemed I should. I felt obligated to like it.

Damned Nonsense

tracy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:30:22 +0000

I better get right to the point since I started with a swear word. But first, I’m still transitioning from essay to blog. Maybe we should call it ‘Blessay.’ But that sounds a little wonky-spiritual to me. I know of people who refuse to call it a potluck. They call it a ‘pot blessing.’ I mean, seriously: “Hey—you gonna bring that yummy casserole to the pot blessing?”

First Blog Essay; On Blogs, Facebook, and the New World Order.

tracy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:32:33 +0000

I used to write essays for my old website. Things change. People don’t write essays any more, they Blog. In a visually aesthetic way, Blog is an ugly word to me. Wish they could’ve come up with something nicer. Even pronunciation isn’t nice: it’s either BLAHG or BLAWG. This should have gone to committee. We should have called it Pie. Pie is nice in every way, visually and audibly, and we could have made it mean “Blog”, because we can do that.

Test Current Project

tracy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:24:42 +0000

They say don’t quit your day job–so I didn’t for the latest project I wrapped. Over ten years and countless revisions in the making, The Palette is a modern-day quasi-allegorical impressionistic retelling of the Reformation. With supernatural stuff tossed in. Yeah–good luck to my agent on that one. She hits the streets with it soon, and any editor interested will have to be as whacked as I am.

Breathe: A Christian Writer’s Workshop – October 16-17, 2009

tracy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:28:07 +0000

Skills building. Network creating. Soul expanding. Spend two days tending your writing and connecting with other writers. Keynoting will be Cecil Murphy, famed coauthor of 90 Minutes in Heaven, who is committed to “stimulating minds and nourishing souls.” With 108 books published, Cecil will examine the intersection of writing and Christian spirituality.

Madman wins Christy Award

tracy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:47:38 +0000

Tracy’s recent novel, Madman, won a Christy Award in the Historical Fiction category for 2007.
Here are some pictures from the award cermony along with some links to read more about the event.

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