By Tracy Clark This rolling Rogue has been busier than a one-armed paper hanger. I’ve been writing, of course, but also tossing my stuff into a carry-on bag and hitting the airports. Here are the short highlights, which I’ll relay mostly in photos. A little cheat this time since my deadline looms....
By Tracy Clark I love libraries. I would live in one if I could. I’d set up my bedroom in the fiction section, of course, then, natch, the kitchen would be where all the glossy cookbooks were shelved. My living room? By the stacks that hold all those heavy interior design jobs that tell you...
By Tracy Clark Another nice author event is under my belt. I had the pleasure of having a nice conversation about books and writing with best-selling author David Ellis, judge by day, writer by night. Nice person. Wonderful writer. Good stories. The event was the Totally Criminal Cocktail Hour, a...
By Tracy Clark The Rogue spotlight rolls ‘round to me again! Not much to report this time, though. I’ve been neck deep in revisions for my next book, Edge. It’s book four in my Det. Harriet Foster series. It ultimately revolves around the concept of acceptance, and I serve it up with an edge....
By Tracy Clark Just checking in. I’m neck-deep into writing my next Det. Harriet Foster novel. Due date looms. But with the writer’s life, there are a lot of moving parts to a writing career – promotion, marketing, reader outreach, and a lot of talking about what you’re doing, how you do it, and...
By Tracy Clark Why do I love book series? Simple. I like to see how the worm turns. I like to follow characters and see how they get on. I’m curious that way. When I picked up my first Sue Grafton novel, A is for Alibi, and chuckled at the fiercely independent Kinsey Millhone as she went about her...
By Tracy Clark Another conference down! Bouchercon 2024 is in the history books. For us writers, the premier world mystery conference is part class reunion, part fun work. It’s panels and meeting lovely readers; it’s signings and a lot of rush, rounded eventually in a non-permanent sleep, but...
By Tracy Clark August 21, 2023, Sha'Carri Richardson (Credit Image: © Wolfgang Grebien/GEPA via ZUMA Press) I’m sitting here watching a million hours of Olympic coverage like I don’t have a book deadline or a life to live, it suddenly struck me how writers are kind of similar to Olympic athletes....
By Tracy Clark Writing books is fun, mostly. Going out in the world and trying to persuade readers to buy your book, or even pick it up from the library, can be terrifying. Picture yourself at a signing table. One table. One chair. Your books stacked there waiting for someone to care. You’re...
Rogue Tracy Clark has been awarded the Lefty for Best Mystery Novel for her 2023 release Hide! The 2024 Lefty Awards were presented at Left Coast Crime, Seattle Shakedown writer's conference. For a complete list of nominees and winners, please click here. Lefty Award Winners Best Mystery Novel...
