Archive - For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

We don't have to be literary first responders

Nov 15 •

A Poem for This Day

On dark new beginnings

Nov 8 •

1:29

October 2024

On Writing Place

Using sensory detail to make it new

Oct 29 •

DEAR WRITER Galleys Are Here!

Hardcover out April 1, 2025

Oct 21 •

1:40

Craft Tip: Assembling a Manuscript (part 2)

More on putting a book together

Oct 17 •

One finds its way home

Oct 8 •

September 2024

On Second Chances

Sep 24 •

Sep 16 •

"I was prince of the apple towns"

Sep 13 •

On Your One Wild and Precious Life

Happy Birthday, Mary Oliver

Sep 10 •

Sep 8 •

Craft Tip: Assembling a Manuscript

And yes, I'll be taking on editorial projects again soon

Sep 2 •

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