Tracie Adams
@tracieadams.bsky.social
Book: Our Lives in Pieces (2025) and Not Finished Yet (2026)
Words in Trash Cat, Frazzled Lit, SoFloPoJo, Fictive Dream, BULL, Cleaver, Raw Lit…
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
Words in Trash Cat, Frazzled Lit, SoFloPoJo, Fictive Dream, BULL, Cleaver, Raw Lit…
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
Y’all!
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Y’all!
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
@melruthwrites.bsky.social ❤️
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@melruthwrites.bsky.social ❤️
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.
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A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
Exciting news coming soon...🤩
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Exciting news coming soon...🤩
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Even in the darkest places, light is shining through the cracks. Beauty is everywhere all the time.
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Even in the darkest places, light is shining through the cracks. Beauty is everywhere all the time.
There is beauty in everything. Even brokenness. 💔
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There is beauty in everything. Even brokenness. 💔
@paddlerpress.bsky.social has done something special with the Faith Issue! It’s so gorgeous and inspiring. I’m thrilled to be included alongside these amazing writers/poets.
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@paddlerpress.bsky.social has done something special with the Faith Issue! It’s so gorgeous and inspiring. I’m thrilled to be included alongside these amazing writers/poets.
I love journals like Thorn and Bloom who provide space for mental health and self care. My CNF “When the Walls Come Down” is included in the gorgeous Issue 3 print edition.
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I love journals like Thorn and Bloom who provide space for mental health and self care. My CNF “When the Walls Come Down” is included in the gorgeous Issue 3 print edition.
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom 🤓
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom 🤓
BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS
September 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS
BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS 💔
September 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS 💔
There is beauty in brokenness.
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There is beauty in brokenness.
More WEDNESDAY WISDOM🤓
August 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More WEDNESDAY WISDOM🤓
Thank you, Gina. Josh fought that cancer so hard but the battle finally claimed him. We miss him so much.
August 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thank you, Gina. Josh fought that cancer so hard but the battle finally claimed him. We miss him so much.
TIME FOR SOME WEDNESDAY WISDOM
August 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
TIME FOR SOME WEDNESDAY WISDOM
My CNF “Grandpa is Nocturnal published” was published today in Soul Poetry, Prose and Art. Many thanks to EIC Arvila Fee and to my @smokelong.bsky.social summer group who helped with this one.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My CNF “Grandpa is Nocturnal published” was published today in Soul Poetry, Prose and Art. Many thanks to EIC Arvila Fee and to my @smokelong.bsky.social summer group who helped with this one.
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Wednesday Wisdom🤓
August 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wednesday Wisdom🤓