Tracy Darity was born, raised, and currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is the mother of three daughters, Morgan, Jasmin, and Shaunte, whose names she used to create the title of her company, Teganjaz Books Presents.... Tracy formerly worked in the benefits industry as a Relationship Manager but dreamed of becoming a published...
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Tracy Darity was born, raised, and currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is the mother of three daughters, Morgan, Jasmin, and Shaunte, whose names she used to create the title of her company, Teganjaz Books Presents.... Tracy formerly worked in the benefits industry as a Relationship Manager but dreamed of becoming a published author early in her teenage years.
As a child she had a creative imagination and a love for reading. In her early teens she began writing short stories as a hobby. It was not until she attended the 1997 Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, that she decided she wanted to fulfill her dream of becoming a novelist. The words of Tavis Smiley inspired her. During his speech at one of the forums she jotted down this message, "We all have a God given talent but if you don't have the desire to define, develop, and deliver your talent, you will always be in the audience and never on stage."
Tracy returned home from the festival energized and began penning her first novel. Although the manuscript was completed in late 1998, she became discouraged after receiving rejection letter after rejection letter from the publishing industry. She shelved her manuscript but every now and then she would pull it out and do minor rewrites. The desire to have her work published still simmered deep inside. In 2004 the flame inside of her reignited and she made the decision to pursue self-publishing. As time passed she began to feel discouraged again but refused to give up. She did research, talked with other self-published authors, and continued to believe that her dream would one day become a reality. Today she has two published titles, "He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!" and "Love...Like Snow In Florida On A Hot Summer Day. Tracy is currently at work on her third release, tentatively titles, "The Red Bear Circle."
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