Tracy Detz, Children’s Book Author

Tracy Detz, Children’s Book Author

@tddetz.bsky.social

Award-winning children's book author weaving words into wonder. Modern Southern Gothic MG/ YA tales-Deep, Atmospheric & Supernatural...sprinkled with humor, love, and GRIT.♡ Nurturing & Empowering young minds.✨️❤️🐎

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So grateful and honored to be on this list!🫶♥️

Haiku Crush@haikucrush.bsky.social

2026 Best #Haiku Shortlist #12 The judges @HaikuCrush have added these new finalists. Up to 50 winners will be published in this year's #book ( tinyurl.com/TheBestHaiku/ ). * Tracy Detz * Mo Schoenfeld * Thomas Smith * Madison Sandy #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #poets #senryu #poetrybook

Honored to be on this shortlist! 🙌🫶❤️Congratulations to the winner! Can't wait to read.❤️

Alphabet Box (Announcing Winner)@alphabetbox.bsky.social

We're pleased to announce... Tracy Detz bsky.app/profile/tdde... of #Michigan #USA has made the #shortlist for Issue 9 of AlphabetBox.com @alphabetbox.bsky.social. In addition to #writing #flashfiction she runs an #equine nonprofit focused on healing and second chances. #writingcommunity #fiction

I'm honored and grateful to be a voice in this anthology. ♥️🙏🙌 SACRED CONVERSATIONS: Letters by and For Women An epistolary anthology ♥️🫶 In memory to a beautiful life lost to a hidden dark. We speak now so no one has to suffer in silence.💔 #community #awareness #heading #love

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." ~ Albert Einstein Can't wait for you to read mine!🌿🌸✨️🌷🪾🌲🥀 #fairytale #shortstory #folklore

I'm honored to be included in this list of talented writers. 🫶🙌 #writingcommunity #fiction

Alphabet Box (Announcing Winner)@alphabetbox.bsky.social

We're pleased to announce... Tracy Detz bsky.app/profile/tdde... of #Michigan #USA has made the #shortlist for Issue 9 of AlphabetBox.com @alphabetbox.bsky.social. In addition to #writing #flashfiction she runs an #equine nonprofit focused on healing and second chances. #writingcommunity #fiction

Are you a poet and didn't know it? Lol. I've dabbled in poetry over the years, along with flash fiction, PB's, short stories, and novels! I'm over the moon my 5 poems will be featured in The Haikuist Journal and curated in the Library of Congress with so many amazing artists!🫶❤️🙌🏛

✨️"Whether crafting whimsical laughter for young minds or exploring the dark shadows of generational truths, my stories always stem from the same place: the heart.❤️ Happy Mother's day to all the beautiful mothers.🌸❤️🫶🙏 #love

✨️A guide to HOLLER BACK GIRL 58K words upper MG Southern Gothic Tale (more tween books please) The camaraderie of Never Have I Ever with the ghostly resonance of City of Ghosts & grit & resilience of Fighting Words💪👻📚🍓🌻🐎 ✨️publisher interest ✨️winner MG 2025 I AM IN PRINT #Questpit #MG #Q #My

HEREDITARY X HAZELTHORN X THE BOG WIFE MAGNOLIA ROT 75k words Adult Southern Gothic Horror (NA/ YA c/o) It's about the pursuit of perfection and the mental unraveling required to preserve it.😱 "May your roots never rot, and your garden never hunger" #Posterpit #A #H #W

BOOKS, BONES, AND BLACK FEATHERS-MG Southern Gothic The walls remember. The trees listen. The dead keep their promises. 👻Ghosts/folklore 📚Sisterhood/friendship 🦄Found family 🌸Cultural charm 🍓First crush 😭Loss & grief #Posterpit #MG #LYA #C #Q #literaryAgent

MAGNOLIA ROT, 70K words Adult Southern Gothic Horror (NA/ YA crossover) "SOME FAMILY TREES GROW FRUIT OTHERS GROW FLESH." Hereditary X Hazelthorn X The Bog Wife 🌿Plant Horror 🍓Unrequited/Predatory lust ☠️Unhinged women 🌑DK humor 🌩Generational curse 60+y/o FMC 🎠Innocence lost #PosterPit #W #H #A

Glide high spirit in the sky! Stunning! Animals are AMAZING!🙌🫶

Wildlife@worldwildlife.bsky.social

Red Kite (Milvus milvus): This European, Asian & north African bird of prey utilises its wingspan of up to 179cm (70in) to great affect soaring, drifting & when necessary acrobatically diving. In-flight photo taken by David Newman in the UK #kite #redkite #hawk #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

Who's your go to Boo? "As writers, your book feels like your baby, and so is follows that it takes a village to raise it. " ~ Penn & Paper I'm grateful for my village! You know who you are! Picture praise for my Albert & Dario...thick as thieves!❤️🫶🙌

Writing at its best is a bridge of empathy that mirrors a reader's hidden struggles, giving them comfort to know they are not alone. When honest words validate pain pointing toward a new horizon, they transform into a lifeline. Turning a simple story into a powerful source of resilience. #Firehorse

The way I see it: To write with true emotion is to sit atop a thundering heart feeling the raw, unbridled power of a horse that wants to run. It is a delicate, breathless balance-trusting the weight of your feelings to carry the words so they can be felt by another. ❤️

Tracy Detz, Children’s Book Author reposted

I have an 8 & 10 year old. My heart is sick, broken, & screaming in grief about today. If you are still hesitant about basic #guncontrol, want to solely blame mental health, or get the urge to send thoughts & prayers but not change, read Paul Crenshaw first: theamericanscholar.org/jeremy-spoke...

theamericanscholar.orgJeremy Spoke in Class Today - The American ScholarOn guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake

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