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Tracy C. Gold

AUTHOR, EDITOR, TEACHER

School Visits, Signings, and Workshops

All visits can be customized. Visits often include a focus on ecology, wildlife, and research due to Tracy’s books about bats and squirrels. Tracy’s readings are interactive and kinetic. Tracy also loves building long-term relationships with schools. Read about her 3-visit author residency with a K-8 school here. Reach out at tracycgold@gmail.com to schedule your school’s visit.

School Visits/Workshops (First Grade Up to Adults)

  • Where Ideas Come From: Tracy shares where her ideas come from, reads one or more of her books, and leads students in an ideation session of their own.
  • The Drafting Process: Tracy shares her drafting process, reads one or more of her books, and leads students in a freewriting exercise.
  • The Revision Process: Tracy shares her revision process, reads one or more of her books, and leads students in a revision exercise.
  • Why Bats Matter: Tracy reads “Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat” and discusses why bats matter to the ecosystem and why it’s important to protect them. Visits can include the installation of a bat box on school property. Students may even make the bat boxes with the help of a shop teacher.

School Visits For PreK, Kindergarten, and First

  • Where Ideas Come From: Tracy shares where her ideas come from and inspires students to look for ideas in their own lives. Tracy  reads one or more of her books and leads students in a fun book-related craft that will help students build pre-writing and fine motor skills.
  • Why Bats Matter: Tracy reads “Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat” and discusses why bats matter to the ecosystem and why it’s important to protect them. Visits can include the installation of a bat box on school property. Students may even make the bat boxes with the help of a shop teacher.

School Visits For Toddlers And Preschoolers

  • Interactive Storytime and Craft: Tracy leads a fun, kinetic storytime for one or more of her books and a book-related craft.

Creative Writing Workshops

I offer workshops about creative writing and publishing for any age range, drawing on my experience teaching at The University of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University’s continuing education program. In addition to writing for children, I also coach novelists and memoirists. I have personally published short stories, essays, and poems, and worked for a literary agent. I am happy to create custom workshops. Popular topics include plotting novels, querying agents, submitting short stories and essays to publications, and the revision process. Join my newsletter to be notified when registration for future courses go live.

Please contact me at tracycgold@gmail.com to start planning a workshop or visit!

Student Evaluation Highlights

“Tracy Gold created the perfect atmosphere and sense of community to nurture the class members as writers. The class was incredibly useful, practical, and inspiring.”

“Tracy was an amazing instructor and I looked forward to class every week.”

“Tracy was amazing, would love to have her teach this course again!”

“I just wanted to write a sincere thank you for teaching a fantastic course – online, no less. You were organized, thoughtful, had a good balance of weighing in and stepping back in conversation, shared an abundant amount of resources, and I think what I most appreciated was your honest approach to all things writing-related…I also appreciate the emphasis on the importance of marketing (which I never think about when writing poems), contracting, querying, social media, and the overall publishing landscape for authors.” 

On-Demand Classes

How to Write Rhyming Picture Books

How to Write Rhyming Picture Books
Photo by Sean Scheidt

Join this on-demand class to learn how to write rhyming picture books. The course includes video, text, and discussions.

Find more details and enroll on Thinkific.

The class is also available on Skillshare, though the discussion is more lively on Thinkific so far. If you are interested in taking classes from a variety of instructors (and maybe future classes for me, tbd), a subscription could be worthwhile. You should be able to search for your interests and see what’s available before deciding. A subscription is more expensive than the Thinkific class.

Use my referral link to sign up for a discount!

Through both methods, you can access a free preview video!

Beginner’s Guide to Writing and Publishing Picture Books

Writing and Publishing Picture Books: A Quick and Fun Beginner's Guide

This class goes through all the FAQs I get from new picture book writers, and then some!

Find more details and enroll on Thinkific.

Join Skillshare to access both classes, minus the community attached to them.

Free Videos and Webinars

Here are a few videos and webinars I have recorded.

“5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Writing,” recorded for Authority Magazine

“Professional Editors Fix and Polish Writing Extracts Submitted by Authors,” recorded with Reedsy

“How to Write Multiple POVs the ‘Game of Thrones Way” recorded with Reedsy

(Note, includes examples of violence found in “Game of Thrones,” not for small children)

Select Past Classes

“Writing a Brilliant First Page” Mini Virtual Class with Johns Hopkins Odyssey, April 2021, four sessions on Tuesday nights

“The Basics of Writing Picture Books” via Orange County Library System, Spring 2021

“Writing Your Novel,” 10-week online course, Fall 2020, via Johns Hopkins Odyssey program