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ABOUT ME |
Hi, I'm Tracy Wainwright, The Christian Writing Coach, and I love everything about writing!
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Having earned my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Virginia and my Master's Degree in School Counseling from the College of William and Mary, I never expected to become a stay-at-home, homeschooling mama or an author. However, after having my second child and following God's call to quit my job as a family counselor and stay home full time, my path changed forever.
As a teenager I once had an idea of writing a book, but it flew away quickly, and I didn't think about writing again for years. After all, I didn't even like writing research papers or answers to essay questions on tests. I was a math girl, not a language girl. However, a few months after being home full time and having very little time with adults, I had a lot of things going on in my head and began to spill them onto paper to process. A few years later, I wrote my first novel, and it was awful! But I had taken that first step and ignited a passion for writing stories. |
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Knowing I had a lot to learn, I started attending writers' conferences, workshops, and seminars and reading books, blogs, and other websites on the art and business of writing. I educated myself on every aspect of writing and publishing. I felt like I earned another master's degree!
Over the years, I kept writing fiction, but also wrote for several national Christian magazines, a local newspaper, a local women's magazine, and blogs for an online Christian ministry. In the last 20 years, I've self-published 15 books, had 1 traditionally published, and have a 9-book series due to start releasing in 2025.
I have children's books, a YA book, a mystery, several cozy mysteries, and some nonfiction books.
Over the last five years, I've worked as a freelance editor. I realized instead of just making suggestions for improving my clients' books, I was teaching how to write well. This is where my dream to become the Christian Writing Coach was born. I love helping people who are dreaming of writing a book, who God has placed a message on their heart, turn that dream into a reality. From blank page to first draft and beyond, I love walking people through the creative process, helping them master their message, learn to write with excellence, and produce books that will flood the market with well-written, Kingdom-building, God-glorifying books.
Knowing I had a lot to learn, I started attending writers' conferences, workshops, and seminars and reading books, blogs, and other websites on the art and business of writing. I educated myself on every aspect of writing and publishing. I felt like I earned another master's degree!
Over the years, I kept writing fiction, but also wrote for several national Christian magazines, a local newspaper, a local women's magazine, and blogs for an online Christian ministry. In the last 20 years, I've self-published 15 books, had 1 traditionally published, and have a 9-book series due to start releasing in 2025.
I have children's books, a YA book, a mystery, several cozy mysteries, and some nonfiction books.
Over the last five years, I've worked as a freelance editor. I realized instead of just making suggestions for improving my clients' books, I was teaching how to write well. This is where my dream to become the Christian Writing Coach was born. I love helping people who are dreaming of writing a book, who God has placed a message on their heart, turn that dream into a reality. From blank page to first draft and beyond, I love walking people through the creative process, helping them master their message, learn to write with excellence, and produce books that will flood the market with well-written, Kingdom-building, God-glorifying books.
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