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
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Historical, lit fic: Silence, The Bereaved, Tongues of Angels
(she/her) 🟦🟧🌻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✍🏻🧙♀️
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)
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.
…Backroads, kids on horseback, campfires, a shotgun wedding and a kangaroo court. Good times.(Did I mention that Whoa, Nelly! is launching tomorrow?) #littlehouseontheprairie #lauraingallswilder #4H #sunbonnet 2/2
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
…Backroads, kids on horseback, campfires, a shotgun wedding and a kangaroo court. Good times.(Did I mention that Whoa, Nelly! is launching tomorrow?) #littlehouseontheprairie #lauraingallswilder #4H #sunbonnet 2/2
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 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)
St. Michael's Day is here! Welcome to Netherfield…it's Michaelmas! Also, your quarterly rents are due.
#janeite #JASNA #feastofstmichael #netherfield #michaelmas #janeausten
#janeite #JASNA #feastofstmichael #netherfield #michaelmas #janeausten
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
St. Michael's Day is here! Welcome to Netherfield…it's Michaelmas! Also, your quarterly rents are due.
#janeite #JASNA #feastofstmichael #netherfield #michaelmas #janeausten
#janeite #JASNA #feastofstmichael #netherfield #michaelmas #janeausten
I blogged this weekend—or does one say "I 'Stacked?" I wrote on Substack, in case you need a break from work.
#MondayBlogs #Depression #frugal #hunger
#MondayBlogs #Depression #frugal #hunger
September 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I blogged this weekend—or does one say "I 'Stacked?" I wrote on Substack, in case you need a break from work.
#MondayBlogs #Depression #frugal #hunger
#MondayBlogs #Depression #frugal #hunger
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
New Substack post about my Montana travels. Check it out! #MondayBlogs
https://juliaparktracey.substack.com/p/walking-in-the-past
https://juliaparktracey.substack.com/p/walking-in-the-past
August 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New Substack post about my Montana travels. Check it out! #MondayBlogs
https://juliaparktracey.substack.com/p/walking-in-the-past
https://juliaparktracey.substack.com/p/walking-in-the-past
It's coming! Preorder from Amazon for your Kindle. Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story (with Footnotes) drops Nov. 14! Paperback also drops the same date, and audio shortly thereafter. #preorder #librarian #littlehouse #booknerd
https://a.co/d/1C0zjpb
https://a.co/d/1C0zjpb
August 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's coming! Preorder from Amazon for your Kindle. Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story (with Footnotes) drops Nov. 14! Paperback also drops the same date, and audio shortly thereafter. #preorder #librarian #littlehouse #booknerd
https://a.co/d/1C0zjpb
https://a.co/d/1C0zjpb
Happy Bookstore Romance Day! My Hot Off the Press series is spicy romance for grownups. Veronika Layne and her exploits…#BookstoreRomanceDay
August 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Happy Bookstore Romance Day! My Hot Off the Press series is spicy romance for grownups. Veronika Layne and her exploits…#BookstoreRomanceDay
Sink into this one (Nov 15) if you think YOU can handle the BOOKLOVE in this novel for grownups. It has Little House on the Prairie, the Heroine's Journey, wall-smashing train sex, and footnotes full of WELL, ACTUALLY. #booksky
July 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sink into this one (Nov 15) if you think YOU can handle the BOOKLOVE in this novel for grownups. It has Little House on the Prairie, the Heroine's Journey, wall-smashing train sex, and footnotes full of WELL, ACTUALLY. #booksky
Sneak peek at the COVER of Whoa, Nelly! This book is not for babies. It's for those bookworm, library-loving, deep-thinking, lost in a novel, fantasy-filled, daydreaming book-girlies. #booksky
July 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sneak peek at the COVER of Whoa, Nelly! This book is not for babies. It's for those bookworm, library-loving, deep-thinking, lost in a novel, fantasy-filled, daydreaming book-girlies. #booksky
Happy Bastille Day 🇫🇷! Eat the rich!
It's Monday, I posted a new Substack, and we're gonna be all right—but not yet.
#MondayBlogs
It's Monday, I posted a new Substack, and we're gonna be all right—but not yet.
#MondayBlogs
July 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy Bastille Day 🇫🇷! Eat the rich!
It's Monday, I posted a new Substack, and we're gonna be all right—but not yet.
#MondayBlogs
It's Monday, I posted a new Substack, and we're gonna be all right—but not yet.
#MondayBlogs
Call your GOP rep and senators — Save Medicaid, Medicare, healthcare in general. It's no joke. The BBB is a Big Bad Bill. Tell them to vote no.
June 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Call your GOP rep and senators — Save Medicaid, Medicare, healthcare in general. It's no joke. The BBB is a Big Bad Bill. Tell them to vote no.