Archive - For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

You know I have a thing for clouds

Jul 8 •

(Ok, not really)

Jul 3 •

June 2025

more A's to your Q's

Jun 4 •

May 2025

5 Rules for Living a More Creative Life

Timeless principles on attention, wonder, and the quiet power of making something from nothing.

Published on Book of the Day from The Next Big Idea Club • May 26

some answers to your questions

May 9 •

April 2025

Open to everyone for the first time!

Apr 19 •

An utterly beautiful conversation with Maggie Smith on the nature of how we write and share

Watch now | And the one thing she said that hit me hardest

Published on The Creative Shift by Dan Blank • Apr 18

56:18

An excerpt from "Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life" PLUS a brief video interview with Maggie Smith about the book.

Published on Memoir Land • Apr 2

March 2025

Your Art is a Tool and Beauty is an Emergency

Maggie Smith on creating during upheaval, how not to kill pleasure, and the emergency of a sunrise.

Published on Who We Are To Each Other • Mar 20

Pep Talk: On Hanging in There

(And I don't even like cats)

Mar 2 •

February 2025

Behind-the-Scenes Look: “A Suit or a Suitcase"

Annotation & Author’s Note

Feb 16 •

January 2025

Look who's in the guest host chair!

Jan 30 •

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