The Archer’s Cup is here! Book THREE of the Green Ember Archer trilogy is much longer, and takes a turn never explored before in my Green Ember adventures! I am so excited to share it with you. Preorder yours today! The first 1,000 will be signed! … [Read more...] about The Archer’s Cup Preorder is Open!
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New Green Ember Archer Adventure Announced! Cover Reveal!
Available for preorder only at SDSmith.com/store beginning on September 22, 2020. Do you like the cover? Can you or your kids name the characters who are with Jo Shanks? Pop over to Facebook and/or Instagram and tell me. I'm going to pick some folks who get it right to win something! We'll announce winners at our Facebook Live Online Author Event. Get in here. And … [Read more...] about New Green Ember Archer Adventure Announced! Cover Reveal!
Slumping Sunflowers
Slumping sunflowers in our victory garden,I understand. How well?I hope you never know. Like them I will fade away and take,The memory of all my pain,Safely away from you. And all will someday be,Peaceful and unafraid and,Flourishing forever. … [Read more...] about Slumping Sunflowers
Crying at Stories
Did I write something that made you cry? Good. If, while crying, you dreamed of becoming more than you were before you were reading, very good. If it’s a spark in your heart and then tears come, good. If it’s laughter, I am glad too. Tonight I cried after receiving, in a film, the work of a man’s art. It worked itself into my heart. I made commitments then, jotting them down through … [Read more...] about Crying at Stories
A Crooked Tree
I like this common, crooked tree. It’s already poetry. Doesn’t need a thing from me. It shows and tells us,Everything. But writers make words,I guess,Because we cannot bend,And rise,And bloom,And die inside the fire,Of a family making s’mores. Still, for us, storytellers all,The sparks fly up,And bends will come,And sadness seeps,Into all our songs. Until both we and trees,And Everything,Are … [Read more...] about A Crooked Tree
A Tapestry Behind
The conspiracy of goodness that has been my life,I recollect in silence.For once my frustrated sighs are quieted,In holy reverence.Gardens grow on graves. The true New World is my home and hope,This shadow I have seen,And loved and hated all my life will,Only be a place I’ve been.When beneath my vine, I fear not. So the terror that now threatens me,Is only another day, I find,Another chapter … [Read more...] about A Tapestry Behind
Seeds and Harvest and Minimum Wage Writing
The words from the screen grab and the picture are many years apart. During the time of that post, I was working very hard (battling discouragement constantly) and planting seeds. The picture below is a little evidence of the harvest that God provided later. I’m happy to say that I now make more than minimum wage writing. Seriously, that is a gift. I still can’t spell very well. (Perhpas … [Read more...] about Seeds and Harvest and Minimum Wage Writing
#GreenEmberKidArt winners for Q2 of 2020
Our Randomly Selected Kid Artist Winner for Q2! And Now.... Our Best #GreenEmberKidArt Winner for Q2 is... Congratulations to the winners! Follow this tag: #GreenEmberKidArt to see the wonderful art by the kids (posted by parents) on Instagram. And here for the same tag on Facebook. #GreenEmberKidArt 2020 Official Rules Official Rules: To enter, … [Read more...] about #GreenEmberKidArt winners for Q2 of 2020