Author Archives: Tracey Jackson
MEA CULPA
Yesterday I made a big mistake. Now I could have an excuse or an explanation. The mistake was I somehow gave myself credit for Laura McDonald’s wonderful blog. The explanation is I am in a hotel in Paris with really spotty WiFi. I did upload her photo, it might have taken, might not. I thought it did. But I think my fault was not changing the author blog from myself to guest blogger. So her photo could have loaded but I… Read More
You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.
WINNER OF THE DAILY GRATITUDE CONTEST It is virtually impossible to judge gratitude. Gratitude is gratitude. What works for one might not work for the other. How does one place a value not that. But this was a contest – So – I think it has to be a tie between Lynda Thompson who took cold showers and learned about deprivation as a young girl and is grateful on a daily basis for her health. Hard to argue with… Read More
BOOK SIGNING – BOOKS AND BOOKS
We were back on the road last week. We spent three days in Nashville at The Southern Writers Conference. Which I will blog about next week. And then we went to Miami to read at Books and Books in Coral Gables. For those of you who are unable to attend any of our appearances due to geography or any other reasons, this should give you an inside look from beginning to end. We were lucky because my friend Stephen Duncan… Read More
GRATIUDE – DON’T FORGET THE LITTLE THINGS
When it comes to gratitude the big things can come more easily. Like mammogram day, OK, I know I lost some of the guys and younger folk on that one. But every woman knows the gratitude when you get that “Everything is OK” message. It’s easy to be grateful when things are going our way. I was thinking about that a lot last week; how we roll along being grateful while life is moving in the way we want… Read More
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.― Johnny Depp We were in Oxford, Mississippi last week and we were not there for the football game. It was the last stop of the first two weeks of our multi-week book tour. I’ve never met a bookstore didn’t like, but there are a dozen or so on the planet that stand out above the rest. Square Books in Oxford, MS is such a place. It’s not just the fearless and… Read More
WE LEFT SOME BOOKS IN SAN FRANCISCO
So right now we are in Oxford Mississippi. We have been up since four am when we left for the airport. Now people who have been following us for some time will know I make a big deal about the difference between an explanation and an excuse. I could do the really lazy thing and just toss up an affirmation. But, I feel like I need to catch everyone up and to welcome our new followers. Not to mention that I… Read More
THE TOUR GOES ON
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.― Francis Bacon We are ending week one of the first leg of the Gratitude and Trust Book Tour. Since we left LA on Wednesday we have had an easier pace. We luckily had one thing cancelled on Friday night or we would have been rush, rush rushing and if the planes had not been on time. we might not have made it up here to Vancouver. As Paul always says NO… Read More
TWO DAYS IN LA
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ― Anita Desai We only did two full days of press and events in LA but for some reason it feels like a week. All of it fun. All of it energizing and life affirming. We pretty much go from early morning until night. And LA being LA a bunch of that time is spent in transit. Day two started with KTLA Water Cooler Buzz. It’s the the number one morning… Read More
WHAT A DAY IN LA
The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave. ~ TAVIS SMILEY So today was the official start of the Gratitude and Trust Book Tour. Like I said the other day, for those of you new to this site, the next month or so will be a bit unorthodox for us. We are on the road and we want to take you with us. One of the great parts of writing a… Read More
Accomplishment, Addictions, Bravery, Change
SOMETIMES THE CAT YOU HAVE TO SAVE IS YOURSELF
In his best selling screenwriting series Save The Cat author Blake Snyder declared that the only way an audience will ever have empathy for a character is if he saves a cat. Now “saving the cat” can mean many things. In the most literal sense it is that moment in a story when the hero, no matter how shady or unlikable he could be at that point, climbs a tree and saves a cat. Thus proving to the world and… Read More