Author: Tracey S. Phillips

Tracey S. Phillips is the founder of the Blackbird Writers, as well as the author of thriller Best Kept Secrets, and a series of romantic thrillers under the name of Karissa Knight. You can find out more about her on her website, www.traceysphillips.com, or by clicking here, read her last post here, and buy her books here and here. I recently read a blog post that made my day. The author said he overheard a child say, “Don’t let your dreams give up on you.” This essay is how I’m embracing the essence of that child’s statement. It seems like…

Tracey S. Phillips is the founder of the Blackbird Writers, as well as the author of Best Kept Secrets and other thrillers. You can find out more about her on website, www.traceysphillips.com, or by clicking here, read her last post here, and buy her books here and here. On a perfectly sunny day, waves gently roll onto the sandy shore as soothing music wafts along the breeze. Fragrant pink and white flowers decorate the altar, and all eyes are on the bride and groom. This is not exactly the setup for an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Or is it? A happy couple…

Tracey S. Phillips is the founder of the Blackbird Writers. She is also the author of thriller Best Kept Secrets, and the Mina's Choice series as Karissa Knight. You can find out more about her on her website, www.traceysphillips.com, or by clicking here, see her last post here, and buy her books as Tracey S. Phillps here, and as Karissa Knight here. Account deactivated. Thousands of posts deleted from the stratosphere. Suddenly you’re disconnected from 4000 (or more) followers. Those words could strike terror into an author’s bones. But today, I did it on purpose. I deactivated my 2 largest…

Tracey S. Phillips is the founder of the Blackbirds and is the author of Best Kept Secrets and the Mina Green romanitc suspense series, under the name Karissa Knight. You can find out more about her on her website, www.traceysphillips.com, or by clicking here, see her last post here, and buy her books here. I’m a firm believer that stories written from experience hold more verity and authenticity than stories written from the imagination. “Write what you know,” is a mantra heard all across the writing guru blogs. I’ve had experiences—haven’t we all? –that I tie into the threads of…

Tracey S. Phillips is not only the founder and leader of the Blackbird Writers, she is the author of Best Kept Secrets, and a series of romantic suspense novels under the name Karissa Knight. You can find out more about her on her website, www.traceysphillips.com, or by clicking here, read her last post here, and buy her books here and here. A Picture is Worth 1000 Words. Or is it? Best Kept Secrets by Tracey S. Phillips The winding narrow road that led to Nana’s cottage was tree-lined on the lake side, farmland on the other. Lush greenery and sprouting…

Tracey S. Phillips is the founder of the Blackbird Writers, as well as the author of Thriller Best Kept Secrets. You can find out more about her on her website, www.traceysphillips.com, or by clicking here, read her last post here, and find her books here, and here. Sixteen years after Fay Ramsey was murdered, Morgan Jewell is still obsessed with finding the killer of her high-school best friend. They were supposed to move into the Indiana University dorms together. They were supposed to enjoy the best years of their young adult lives together. Morgan lead the search party right to…

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Tracey S. Phillips is the author of thriller Best Kept Secrets, and the founder of Blackbird Writers. You can find out more about her here, see her book here, and read her last post here. I’m proud to tell you that I’m a failure. Because on the other side of failure, is success. I wasn’t always proud to say it because I didn’t set out to fail. As school children we learned how to read and write while teachers and parents said, “Reach for the stars.” What they never told us was there would be many failures along the way.…

In addition to being the founder and leader of our group, Tracey S. Phillips is the author of Best Kept Secrets, and writes romantic suspense under the pseudonym Karissa Knight. You can find out more about her here, see her books here and read her last post here. Birds are Messengers I recall a summer day, not too long ago, when I was standing on my deck breathing the fresh Wisconsin summer air and watching the breeze flutter leaves in the canopy of maple trees overhead. And in the midst of this peaceful reverie, the distinctive chirt-chirtle of hummingbirds caught…