From Adults:

“...Wonderful presentation at our recent Leadership Seminar. The subject of 'Mining Your Memories' fit in perfectly with our theme for the day and we received a lot of positive feedback from our members after the event.”
Julene Donnay, Educational Chairperson, Minnesota Epsilon Sigma Alpha

"You did a great job adapting the presentation to the audience. Very informative!"

Melissa F., teacher, Minnesota Virtual Academy

"We could sense that you were excited about writing and that you wanted to be here."

Kara W., teacher, Minnesota Virtual Academy

“I liked the description of the pre-writing process (research, organization, drafts, etc.). I liked the sentence activity when you changed a passive sentence to an active one.”
Kaari R., 2nd grade teacher, Lakes International Language Academy

“Thanks so much for coming to our school! I loved for the kids to hear about the importance of writing in so many different facets of our lives.”
Chris L., Specialist, Ashland Elementary School

“Thank you so much for the great day of presentations. Hope you will consider coming back next year!”
Rosemary D., Specialist, Northwood School

“The topic seemed to cover all age groups. It is nice to have people like Tracy come and talk to our children. My daughter loves to write and this makes her more excited about reading and writing.”
Sherri G., Parent

“…Very organized…not too long to allow the kids to lose interest.”
Joan W., Parent

“I liked the informal yet informative [way] she talked about writing and putting a book together.”
Shari L., Parent

“[I liked] the interaction with the audience, demonstrations and the way she presented the material or incorporated into the message she’s putting out… Well-presented with lots of information of great value to all age groups along with subject matters to all.”
John W., Parent

From Kids:

“Your presentation was exciting, especially for me because I might be a writer when I grow up.  P.S. And I liked your outfit.”
Keariea B., age 11

“Thank you so much for teaching us about being a author. I learned from you that just because some books have fewer words that doesn’t mean that it’s easier to write. You really got me excited to write! Now since you came here I want to write a story about animals.”
Deanna S.

“I had a lot of fun when you showed us the books and you told us what you do before it's a book."
Paige B., age 12

“I really liked putting the different parts of a book in the correct order.”
Michelle F., age 11

“Thank you for letting me hold up the books for you to tell them what age of children would read it. I’m glad you came because you got me in to writing a book.”
Jenna M.

“I liked the student participation.”
Kaitlin B., age 10

“I thought that Tracy’s presentation was very good. It was very cool to meet an author!!! Being an author sounds fun!!!!!”
Kaila L, age 10

"It was pretty good. I liked seeing new books. [The presentation] could be less soporific."
Evan O., 5th grade, Blaine, MN

-- Soporific? Really?

“Your books are fantastic!”
Thomas R., age 11