In today’s episode we’re going to hear from a young adult fiction writer whose creative work is fueled by the inspiration of family and who gains tremendous creative energy both from his children and by writing for children.
Our guest is S.D. Smith, author of The Green Ember Series, a bestselling middle-grade adventure saga. The Green Ember has reached hundreds of thousands of readers and spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.” Enthusiastic families can’t get enough of these tales.
In our conversation, S.D. (Sam) shares why family and community are important to him as a writer.
This conversation continues the season 12 theme of Art & Identity, offering a meditation on how family and community shape the people we become and the art we make.
We will be talking in greater detail about this relationship between art and family in the Makers and Mystics Creative Collective. If you’d love to go deeper with us in these conversations, I want to invite you to visit
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And since this episode features the work of a children’s book writer, it seems appropriate to tell you here that starting the first Wednesday in October, our collective will begin reading through The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
S13 E12: Hospitality As Revolution with John Heers
S13 E11: A Brutal Love with Kimberly Phinney
S13 E10: Comedy and Context with Andi Marie Tillman
S13 E09: To Mend The World with Charlie Peacock and Andi Ashworth
S13 E08: Come And Save Me with Danielson and Chris White
S13 E07: Mastery & The Flow State with composer Christen Lien
S13 E06: Creativity And Community Live at Square Halo Conference
S13 E05: Why Community Matters with Stephen Roach
S13 E04: The Art of Lament with Amanda Held Opelt
REPLAY: An Ethos of Healing with Elephant Heart
S13 E03: The Social Instinct with Christa Hardin
S13 E02: The Vocabulary of Encounter with Kaleb Moten
S13 E01: An Introduction to Community and Culture with Stephen Roach
S13 Trailer: Community and Culture Introduction
S12 Finale: Detachment and Desire with Stephen Roach
S12 E15: Returning To Eden with Heather Hamilton
S12 E14: Our Virtual Reflection with Sam Rad
S12 E13: Healing Our Provisional Personalities with Jay Stringer
S12 Bonus: Artist's Roundtable: Live at Loom
S12 Bonus: Abundance & Scarcity: Live at The Guild
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