Craft Talk with Amber Smith: Writing with Strength and Clarity
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In this episode 269, host Landis Wade has a craft talk with New York Times bestselling author, Amber Smith, where she shares what she’s learned from other authors and in her own writing journey about how to write with strength and clarity.
Amber offers 5 tips any author can implement right now that she has learned from other authors, along with 5 personal tips as to how to get emotion on the page. She also shares best craft books she has found helpful in her writing journey. For her bonus tip, Amber encourages us to replace the old adage “write what you know” with “write what you feel.”
About the Author:
Amber Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult and middle grade novels, including The Way I Used to Be, The Last to Let Go, Something Like Gravity, and her forthcoming middle grade debut, Code Name: Serendipity. An advocate for increased awareness of mental health, gendered violence, and LGBTQIA+ equality, she writes in the hope that her books can help to foster change and spark dialogue. She grew up in Buffalo, New York, and now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her wife and their ever-growing family of rescued dogs and cats.
Connect with the Author:
Reviews for her forthcoming book “Code Name: Serendipity”
Tender-hearted and triumphant, this uplifting story shows the many kinds of ways to be lost and found. I couldn’t put it down.”
(Gillian McDunn, acclaimed author of Caterpillar Summer and The Queen Bee and Me)
“Smith hews closely to the perspective of her eleven-year-old protagonist, tenderly portraying her challenges—the shame of having an IEP, possibly losing a friend to a move, and witnessing her grandfather struggle with dementia—as well as her solutions: rescuing and hiding a dog. Code Name: Serendipity is a heartwarming story about the friendships found in unexpected places, family relationships deepened by trials, and animals who ‘speak’ to us.”
(Jenn Bishop, author of The Distance to Home and Where We Used to Roam)
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