Tracie is a visual and performing artist and has been throughout the country and overseas working in the arts. She currently lives in New York City and is originally from the small town of Wintersville, Ohio near the border of the state, which she describes as Steeler Country.
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She is a Congressional Arts Caucus Award recipient, and had one of her paintings displayed in the US Capitol Building as part of a one-year collection. She is a graduate of Chatham University, where she studied Arts Management with a concentration in Visual Art and Art History. She is also a veteran of the United States Navy, where she was a mechanic on the flight line based in Northern Japan.
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Her professional visual art credits include murals and décor for many restaurants throughout the country including in Rainforest Cafés, Landry’s, Joes Crab Shack, and along the Keemah Boardwalk near Galveston, Texas. She has been part of the team at Spaeth Design, where she helped create and build the Christmas windows for Macy’s in New York City as well as those for Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. She also worked for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission helping to restore artifacts for the museums of Pennsylvania. As a performer she has appeared on television and the silver screen as well tours entertaining the troops overseas in Korea, Kuwait and Iraq.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What services will you provide as my publisher?At AcuteByDesign we offer minor editing (grammar only - we expect our authors to come to us with a fully edited book), proof-reading, formatting, cover layout, illustrations (if needed) as well as the publishing. Your submission should be professionally edited prior to submission.
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What will my royalty rate be and how often or when will I get paid?While AcuteByDesign fronts the cost to publish the book. We always try to maintain a good royalty for authors. Royalties vary based on the amount of work and effort put in by the publisher and author. For example, authors that provide their own illustrations will receive a higher royalty. That is because illustrations can range from $3,000-$6,000 and AcuteByDesign covers this cost. We only recoup costs based on books sold; so we are take a serious gamble that it will pay off in the end. When authors provide their own illustrations they will receive a larger royalty. However, each contract is negotiated and there is always room to discuss AcuteByDesign offers a yearly royalty paid out in Dec. Side note – author copies do not go towards your royalties.
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Will I get book sales reports?Absolutely, along with sending out the yearly royalty report anytime you want to see your sales report we will send one over to you!