Launching August 1!
Welcome to The Green Writer with Brett Harris and S. D. Smith—Writing Advice from Friends You Trust. Coming soon to Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you find podcasts!
The Green Writer is a show where we give young writers the green light to go—and help you grow, like a green, living thing.
You are becoming a writer who creates and shares excellent work, and we’re here to help.
Brett is the bestselling author of Do Hard Things and has been teaching young writers how to succeed for many years. Sam is the bestselling author of the beloved Green Ember Series and has turned his writing into a full-time career. We love sharing helpful advice and a few laughs with young writers.
So we decided to launch The Green Writer, a show just for young writers and the people who care about them. Being passionate about writing as a young person can be isolating, and there aren’t a lot of resources designed for you.
We’re going to talk about things like the best way to practice writing, how to balance discipline and rest, dealing with comparison and self-doubt, and non-writing habits that help us become better writers.
About Brett:
Brett Harris is the bestselling co-author of Do Hard Things and co-founder of The Young Writer’s Workshop and The Author Conservatory, which have trained thousands of writers since 2017. For the past 17 years he has served as a personal mentor and coach for many of the world’s top young writers and authors. His mission is to raise up the next C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Brett considers strong business skills to be the missing ingredient for many writers. He’s passionate about how entrepreneurship can make anyone more resilient, resourceful, and successful in life. Starting his own business has given him the freedom, flexibility, and financial provision necessary to serve as a full-time caregiver for his wife, while also providing life-giving jobs for the incredible people on his team.
Brett and his wife, Ana, are passionate about building profitable businesses that further God’s Kingdom, and then giving generously to important causes. They’ve been overjoyed to fund everything from medical expenses for needy families to Bible translation for people groups who have never read the Bible in their heart language.
About Sam:
S. D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a million+ selling adventure saga featuring heroic #RabbitsWithSwords. The Green Ember spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. He is also the author of the madcap Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read as well as the touching throwback adventure, The Found Boys. Finally, he has co-authored two fantasy adventure novels with his son (J. C. Smith), Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key and Jack Zulu and the Girl with Golden Wings. Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.”
Though packed with old school virtue and moral imagination, Smith doesn’t merely create “safe” stories, but bold, daring, truthful tales of light that help shape children who become dangerous—dangerous to the darkness.
S. D. Smith lives in Grandview, West Virginia with his wife, Gina, and their four kids.