This week my guest is Tracey Buchanan (Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace, Regal House, June 2023). When Tracey was tapped to write a script for an historical re-enactment troupe in her small Kentucky town, little did she realize it would propel her into a whole new career as a novelist. We discuss the life lesson her lead character learns during the course of her book which wound up being one Tracey herself experienced, the difference between developmental editing and working with a book coach, how Tracey believes daydreaming about your novel should count as writing time. Finally she shares the atypical venues she’s used for successful book events and the quirky trait she and I share.

Tracey Buchanan crashed into the literary world when she was six and won her first writing accolades. Fast forward through years as an award-winning journalist, mom, volunteer, freelance writer, newspaper and magazine editor, artist, small business owner, and circus performer (not really, but wouldn’t that be something?) and you find her happily planted in the world of fiction with her debut novel, Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace. Tracey and her husband, Kent, live in Paducah, Ky., with their dog, Leapin’ Naughty Lottie Moon. They travel to see their kids and eight grandchildren as often as possible. Tracey hopes to see her second novel come out soon-ish (the publishing world is frustratingly slow). She is working on her third novel while she waits.

To learn more about Tracey, click here.