Julia Park Tracey
@juliaparktracey.bsky.social
Whoa, Nelly! Little House+childhood trauma on a train--w/ footnotes!
Historical, lit fic: Silence, The Bereaved, Tongues of Angels
(she/her) 🟦🟧🌻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✍🏻🧙♀️
Historical, lit fic: Silence, The Bereaved, Tongues of Angels
(she/her) 🟦🟧🌻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✍🏻🧙♀️
Best thing you could do for Whoa, Nelly! is to go post a review or some stars on Amazon and Good reads. Here's the link to Amazon for that very purpose: https://a.co/d/gEOqvln
And here's the link to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240031676-whoa-nelly
Thank you!
And here's the link to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240031676-whoa-nelly
Thank you!
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Best thing you could do for Whoa, Nelly! is to go post a review or some stars on Amazon and Good reads. Here's the link to Amazon for that very purpose: https://a.co/d/gEOqvln
And here's the link to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240031676-whoa-nelly
Thank you!
And here's the link to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240031676-whoa-nelly
Thank you!
I'm talking about "Laura Ingalls Wilder for Grownups" and my new novel, *Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story (with Footnotes)* at The Bookseller in Grass Valley, CA, Saturday at 3 p.m. Won't you join me?
https://www.thebookseller.biz/event/meet-greet-local-author-julia-park-tracey
https://www.thebookseller.biz/event/meet-greet-local-author-julia-park-tracey
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I'm talking about "Laura Ingalls Wilder for Grownups" and my new novel, *Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story (with Footnotes)* at The Bookseller in Grass Valley, CA, Saturday at 3 p.m. Won't you join me?
https://www.thebookseller.biz/event/meet-greet-local-author-julia-park-tracey
https://www.thebookseller.biz/event/meet-greet-local-author-julia-park-tracey
It's MondayBlogs time again, and here's my latest: On Christmas cake and seeing cracks in the citadel.
Follow along at juliaparktracey.substack.com
Follow along at juliaparktracey.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It's MondayBlogs time again, and here's my latest: On Christmas cake and seeing cracks in the citadel.
Follow along at juliaparktracey.substack.com
Follow along at juliaparktracey.substack.com
How can you help an author? Try these handy tips… (h/t to @erinvanrheenen)
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How can you help an author? Try these handy tips… (h/t to @erinvanrheenen)
Happy Spill-Pumpkin-Pie-in-Your-Oven Day to all who celebrate. 😭🥧 IYKYK
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Happy Spill-Pumpkin-Pie-in-Your-Oven Day to all who celebrate. 😭🥧 IYKYK
The Nevada County Library local authors fair was a hit! Good book sales, lots of lovely readers.
Thank you, @nevadacountylibrary
Thank you, @nevadacountylibrary
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Nevada County Library local authors fair was a hit! Good book sales, lots of lovely readers.
Thank you, @nevadacountylibrary
Thank you, @nevadacountylibrary
My contemporary novel is out today! Laugh out loud, funny, obsessed with the Little House books, a book about books for any kind of reader or book Lover. Find it on your favorite platform in e-book or paperback, out today. Audio will come soon.
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My contemporary novel is out today! Laugh out loud, funny, obsessed with the Little House books, a book about books for any kind of reader or book Lover. Find it on your favorite platform in e-book or paperback, out today. Audio will come soon.
Delighted to read a launch-day review of Whoa, Nelly! by excellent writer Karin K. Jensen in the Alameda Post. Thank you—you got me, you really got me!!
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/book-review-whoa-nelly-love-story-footnotes/?mc_cid=1ed705f1b3&mc_eid=b6d82a2507
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/book-review-whoa-nelly-love-story-footnotes/?mc_cid=1ed705f1b3&mc_eid=b6d82a2507
Book Review: 'Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story with Footnotes' - Alameda Post
Karin K. Jensen takes a look at 'Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story with Footnotes,' the latest book by Julia Park Tracey.
alamedapost.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Delighted to read a launch-day review of Whoa, Nelly! by excellent writer Karin K. Jensen in the Alameda Post. Thank you—you got me, you really got me!!
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/book-review-whoa-nelly-love-story-footnotes/?mc_cid=1ed705f1b3&mc_eid=b6d82a2507
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/book-review-whoa-nelly-love-story-footnotes/?mc_cid=1ed705f1b3&mc_eid=b6d82a2507
And now, the photo you have been waiting for...#throwbackThursday to when I was an 8th grader participating in the 4H Wagon Trek (celebrating the Bicentennial). Dressed like this for four days, we rode 50 miles in covered wagons, from Cloverdale to Santa Rosa, camping out along the way…1/2
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And now, the photo you have been waiting for...#throwbackThursday to when I was an 8th grader participating in the 4H Wagon Trek (celebrating the Bicentennial). Dressed like this for four days, we rode 50 miles in covered wagons, from Cloverdale to Santa Rosa, camping out along the way…1/2
The perfect German lesson doesn’t exist—-
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The perfect German lesson doesn’t exist—-
First paragraph, just dying to suck you in… Whoa, Nelly: A love story (with footnotes) launches on Friday.
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
First paragraph, just dying to suck you in… Whoa, Nelly: A love story (with footnotes) launches on Friday.
Nelly launches in 4 days! Take some liberties with your wallet and preorder now — or buy in Friday, release day!
Independent bookstore link here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/whoa-nelly-a-love-story-with-footnotes-julia-park-tracey/686012c24050011e
Independent bookstore link here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/whoa-nelly-a-love-story-with-footnotes-julia-park-tracey/686012c24050011e
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Nelly launches in 4 days! Take some liberties with your wallet and preorder now — or buy in Friday, release day!
Independent bookstore link here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/whoa-nelly-a-love-story-with-footnotes-julia-park-tracey/686012c24050011e
Independent bookstore link here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/whoa-nelly-a-love-story-with-footnotes-julia-park-tracey/686012c24050011e
Enjoying my coffee in a tin cup….Happy Sunday to you. Five days before launch!
#countdown #littlehouseontheprairie #librarians #booksaboutbooks #obsessed
#countdown #littlehouseontheprairie #librarians #booksaboutbooks #obsessed
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Enjoying my coffee in a tin cup….Happy Sunday to you. Five days before launch!
#countdown #littlehouseontheprairie #librarians #booksaboutbooks #obsessed
#countdown #littlehouseontheprairie #librarians #booksaboutbooks #obsessed
I wrote about writing on the train while riding on the train.
https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/10/31/essay-the-pleasure-benefits-of-writing-on-the-train/
https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/10/31/essay-the-pleasure-benefits-of-writing-on-the-train/
Essay: The pleasure, benefits of writing on the train - Local News Matters
I used to love to go to Subway to get myself a cheap sandwich, where I could admire the funky wallpaper—orange and yellow and black, with old-timey subway
localnewsmatters.org
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I wrote about writing on the train while riding on the train.
https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/10/31/essay-the-pleasure-benefits-of-writing-on-the-train/
https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/10/31/essay-the-pleasure-benefits-of-writing-on-the-train/
Put it on your calendar! I'll be signing books in Petaluma at Copperfield's Nov 21!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/julia-park-tracey-tickets-1859501130939
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/julia-park-tracey-tickets-1859501130939
JULIA PARK TRACEY
Local author, poet & friend Julia Park Tracey launches her delightful romantic comedy in Petaluma - Whoa Nelly!: A Love Story with Footnotes
www.eventbrite.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Put it on your calendar! I'll be signing books in Petaluma at Copperfield's Nov 21!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/julia-park-tracey-tickets-1859501130939
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/julia-park-tracey-tickets-1859501130939
Reposted by Julia Park Tracey
It's been 32 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
October 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's been 32 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Reposted by Julia Park Tracey
Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (1776) held 27 grievances against King George III. The 11th grievance reads, "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures." 🗃️
Guardsmen in Chicago, Los Angeles, and others without consent.
Guardsmen in Chicago, Los Angeles, and others without consent.
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (1776) held 27 grievances against King George III. The 11th grievance reads, "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures." 🗃️
Guardsmen in Chicago, Los Angeles, and others without consent.
Guardsmen in Chicago, Los Angeles, and others without consent.
Reposted by Julia Park Tracey
I take walks and think about the world. It’s so beautiful—especially when it’s not. Come along whilst I wax poetic. New Substack is up: https://juliaparktracey.substack.com/
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I take walks and think about the world. It’s so beautiful—especially when it’s not. Come along whilst I wax poetic. New Substack is up: https://juliaparktracey.substack.com/
Interview live today with James Metcalf of What We're Reading—he's reading ME!
https://www.whatwereading.com/an-interview-with-julia-park-tracey/
https://www.whatwereading.com/an-interview-with-julia-park-tracey/
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Interview live today with James Metcalf of What We're Reading—he's reading ME!
https://www.whatwereading.com/an-interview-with-julia-park-tracey/
https://www.whatwereading.com/an-interview-with-julia-park-tracey/
These "Get it" labels on Kirkus Reviews make me very, very happy.
Did I stress the VERY? Yeah. Very happy.
(Bereaved, Best of 2023) (Silence, Best of 2024)
Did I stress the VERY? Yeah. Very happy.
(Bereaved, Best of 2023) (Silence, Best of 2024)
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
These "Get it" labels on Kirkus Reviews make me very, very happy.
Did I stress the VERY? Yeah. Very happy.
(Bereaved, Best of 2023) (Silence, Best of 2024)
Did I stress the VERY? Yeah. Very happy.
(Bereaved, Best of 2023) (Silence, Best of 2024)
The New York Times found my little town. I cancelled my sub because of their terrible reporting practices since 2016, but they at least got this story right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/realestate/real-estate-guide-grass-valley-nevada-city-california.html?smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/realestate/real-estate-guide-grass-valley-nevada-city-california.html?smid=url-share
nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The New York Times found my little town. I cancelled my sub because of their terrible reporting practices since 2016, but they at least got this story right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/realestate/real-estate-guide-grass-valley-nevada-city-california.html?smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/realestate/real-estate-guide-grass-valley-nevada-city-california.html?smid=url-share
I wrote about children's books—Lois Lenski's San Francisco Boy in particular—in this book article in the @AlamedaPost
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/san-francisco-boy-whole-new-yet-familiar-world/
#Alameda #books #LoisLenski #childrenslit #bookreviews
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/san-francisco-boy-whole-new-yet-familiar-world/
#Alameda #books #LoisLenski #childrenslit #bookreviews
‘San Francisco Boy’: A Whole New (Yet Familiar) World - Alameda Post
In this month's review, Julia Park Tracey examines the charming 'San Francisco Boy' by Lois Lenski. Check out all the love for Alameda!
alamedapost.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I wrote about children's books—Lois Lenski's San Francisco Boy in particular—in this book article in the @AlamedaPost
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/san-francisco-boy-whole-new-yet-familiar-world/
#Alameda #books #LoisLenski #childrenslit #bookreviews
https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/san-francisco-boy-whole-new-yet-familiar-world/
#Alameda #books #LoisLenski #childrenslit #bookreviews