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"Your brain is a Supercomputer...."
... is a common statement. It's meant, I think, as a compliment. But it's beyond me why people think that this is praise. Likewise, in...

Tracy Eire
Jan 21, 20203 min read


Artwork from the Folded Earth series.
So I've never really done this before, but thanks to my handy-dandy Schmincke watercolour set and Arches paper (holiday gifts both), and...

Tracy Eire
Jan 18, 20201 min read


Q: How do you say Scinan / Fata?
I don't know, rightly, if I can upload an MP3 here. My guess is... no. But I've shared the sound file here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah9EK2tUI...

Tracy Eire
Jan 11, 20201 min read


Ora Buckmaster's ring.
Just found it! This is an excellent example, if you ask me, of how I picture general Scinan metal work to look. It closely reflects...

Tracy Eire
Jan 9, 20201 min read


Folded Earth map draft is drafty!
Just a quick drop-in with you to let you know that I'm creating a little map of the local areas that Ora's crew, and the King travelled...

Tracy Eire
Jan 8, 20202 min read


Folded Earth 2 progress...
Well. When you start out with a project like this one, you wonder how much work it's going to be. The answer to that question, for me, is...

Tracy Eire
Jan 5, 20202 min read


Afraid to Go.
I do every step of publishing myself. But I’ve become aware of a host of people telling new writers that it will cost appox. 1000 dollars...

Tracy Eire
Jan 4, 20203 min read


Kelly Fraser, Inuit-Canadian Singer, Dies at 26
Welp. This is awful. What terrible news. I couldn't have more hope for a people than I do for the Inuit. But setbacks never rest. Still...

Tracy Eire
Dec 30, 20191 min read


Merry Christmas and big hugs!
Super grateful, this morning, for readers like you! For your faith in my works, and for your charitable spirits as second-readers! Thank...

Tracy Eire
Dec 25, 20191 min read


Music, writing... and Christmas Eve!
Why is it this song reminding me of Ruel and Ora? (Or maybe it's the ending lines, which sound, really, like what Ora thought for so long...

Tracy Eire
Dec 25, 20191 min read


Figuring out Booksprout ARCs
Oh... my gosh. So, it's not as though I'm dim, but I'm having a difficult time not with the mechanics of Booksprout and it's Advanced...

Tracy Eire
Dec 23, 20191 min read


I took a break to art today...
Apparently, I have a 1-track mind though! So, it's a bit unusual for me, seeing as I haven't done any digital artwork in years! However,...

Tracy Eire
Dec 21, 20191 min read


Things that keep me going!
One of them has to be, in my opinion, when I get emails from the 'Street Team' that helped prove the Folded Earth novel (also members of...

Tracy Eire
Dec 19, 20191 min read


Paperback in the house!
The delivery man ran up to me today with this package in his hands. He was pretty excited! I was the one who was anxious. This is the...

Tracy Eire
Dec 19, 20191 min read


Working on Folded Earth 2.
Fig. From the InuitPortal (on Instagram) at the Arctic Museum, and fit for a queen. While I'm working on Folded Earth 2, I'm very aware...

Tracy Eire
Dec 17, 20191 min read


Is Lusis Buckmaster on the cover of the ‘Folded Earth’ book?
(If you follow me on tumblr, this post will be familiar/is a cross-post!) http://bit.ly/FoldedEarthKDP, Hi there! Some of you may know...

Tracy Eire
Dec 16, 20192 min read


On talking to copyright lawyers
Fig 1. Piñata in Roman times was much more stabby than today.... Well, if you ever need a quick way to clear your bank account, this is...

Tracy Eire
Dec 13, 20192 min read


When it happens overnight....
Outrageous success? I wish! But that's still only possible through long, hard work! So what did happen? After a lot of toil, including...

Tracy Eire
Dec 13, 20191 min read


What does King Ruel Mirariaf's ring look like?
When a human goes to kiss his hand he gets a quick warning from Ruel to mind the ring, which is as sharp and cutting as she meant it to...

Tracy Eire
Dec 9, 20191 min read


'Folded Earth' cover complete!
Some of you have already seen the Folded Earth cover with Ora Buckmaster resting on a cairn of stones, somewhere in the snowy patches...

Tracy Eire
Dec 9, 20191 min read
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