Tracey Made It

28 days ago, I was making apple pie for my son's birthday.
As I was cleaning up the leftover bits of apple core, I noticed a seed had sprouted and somehow hadn't been hacked up during the chop fest.

"We should plant it," hubby suggested. He planted it in a vacant terracotta pot. We put it in the front window to see what happened.

A few days later, it popped through the surface of the soil.
A few days after that, the seed pod fell off and the leaves began to unfold. They stretched out, grew larger, stronger.
More leaves came.
More leaves are coming!

Look at this tree growing from a seed in a grocery store apple. Wow.

Can you imagine where our apple tree will be in a few months? Will I be harvesting apples to make more pie in September? 😆

Okay, maybe not, but it is marvellous to watch something so determined to flourish actually do so.

Marvellous creation.

xo

Come and hear about the creative process with CB Czech tomorrow night!

Join us on January 28 for Conversations and Coffee at 6.15pm. C.B. Czech will be sharing his thoughts on "The Creative Process: An Author’s Journey"

Discover the secrets of the creative writing process and immerse yourself in the journey from idea to finished book.

Refreshments will be served.

A few mini watercolour works from the last few days of 2025.

My book signing at Found in Cochrane was fantastic! Thank you for joining if you could (it was cold 🥶).
They have a few copies in store of both Jewels and Golden if you couldn’t make it.

Xoxo 😘

You know what’s fun?
Writing.

You know what isn’t fun?
Dealing with all of the other stuff to get your book ‘out there.’

Today’s excitement:
I just opened a box of brand new books and half of them are damaged.

Sigh.

If you need me, I’ll be in the basement writing.

Join me at Found Books and Shop in Cochrane on Dec. 6 from 1-3. I will have copies of both of my books available and I look forward to saying hello!

Please register so they can staff accordingly: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-signing-with-tracey-retallack-tickets-1942899748449?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you there!

A big thank you to everyone who attended my Fireside Chat last week. Thanks too, to the Cochrane Public Library for giving me the chance to blab about my books. xo

Based on my posts, it looks like Tracey makes nothing. But guess what-Tracey Made a Book!

has more info about it, but I had to share here too.

Available everywhere via ebook. Print currently through me or Amazon. Check out my bio.

🥳

It's finally here!

Golden, book 2 of the Juniper Creek Romance series is available in e-book and 5 x 8 paperback.

Where can you get it?
Go to books2read.com/goldenjc2 for a list of retailers, or DM me. I'll have hard copies on hand in the coming weeks.

xoxo

A little more about Golden, in case you were wondering. 😊

If you are on my mailing list, check your inbox for early access to Golden at a special price!

Happy Wednesday 🥰

I'm delighted to say that Golden, book 2 in the Juniper Creek series, will be available this Saturday, November 1, in both ebook and 5 x 8 print. 🥰

I can hardly wait for you to meet Meghan Charlton and get better acquainted with Ed Brewer.

If you haven't joined my email list yet, send me a note here, or email me via my website (traceyretallack.com). There might be an early bird gift for those on my list, just sayin'. 😉
xo