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Sarah Smith

Diary of an AirBnb Host

Phil Collins, hazelnut coffee, and the delightful variousness of strangers

Nov 29, 2021

Diary of an AirBnb Host

Nov 29, 2021

Introducing My Substack: white noise maker

Get ready for all the Frank Black and Pavement references

Nov 18, 2021

Introducing My Substack: white noise maker

Nov 18, 2021

I Hate Being a ‘Content Creator’

I quit

Oct 25, 2021

I Hate Being a ‘Content Creator’

Oct 25, 2021

How To Write a Novel

Writing a first draft? Don’t be afraid to jump

Oct 12, 2021

How To Write a Novel

Oct 12, 2021

Published in
Human Parts

Writing My First Novel Was a Lot Like Getting Sober

‘Marilou Is Everywhere,’ one day at a time

Oct 8, 2021

Writing My First Novel Was a Lot Like Getting Sober

Oct 8, 2021

Published in
Creators Hub

Can’t Finish Writing Your Book? You Need Better Boundaries

You have to say no to others so you can say yes to your work

Sep 27, 2021

Can’t Finish Writing Your Book? You Need Better Boundaries

Sep 27, 2021

Fuck Everyone

Advice for young writers

Sep 16, 2021

Fuck Everyone

Sep 16, 2021

Published in
Forge

That Promotion Might Be a Step in the Wrong Direction

Sure, it’s objectively good to get more money and demonstrate progression, but what is your ultimate goal?

Sep 7, 2021

That Promotion Might Be a Step in the Wrong Direction

Sep 7, 2021

How To Be a Famous Writer

It’s simple (but not exactly easy)

Sep 3, 2021

How To Be a Famous Writer

Sep 3, 2021

The Best Critique? Make Something New

A portrait of the artist as a young crank

Aug 13, 2021

The Best Critique? Make Something New

Aug 13, 2021

Twelve Tips to Quit Smoking

Honestly, it wasn’t as hard as I thought

Aug 10, 2021

Twelve Tips to Quit Smoking

Aug 10, 2021

Published in
Forge

How To Feel Grateful (Even When You Really Don’t Want To)

Hint: Let the world be alive

Jul 29, 2021

How To Feel Grateful (Even When You Really Don’t Want To)

Jul 29, 2021

Published in
Forge

How to Fear a Thing and Do It Anyway

On snakes, resistance, and finding joy on the other side

Jul 15, 2021

How to Fear a Thing and Do It Anyway

Jul 15, 2021

The Super Obvious Sign That It’s Time To Quit Your Job

And why you deserve to be awake

Jul 7, 2021

The Super Obvious Sign That It’s Time To Quit Your Job

Jul 7, 2021

How I Deal With My Bipolar Brain: Listen to the Giant

A Twin Peaks brain hack

Jun 30, 2021

How I Deal With My Bipolar Brain: Listen to the Giant

Jun 30, 2021

I’m Here To Watch You Be Free

A good writer is like a pickpocket

Jun 23, 2021

I’m Here To Watch You Be Free

Jun 23, 2021

What Nobody Tells You About Life After the MFA

I won’t bury the lede: What nobody tells you about life after the writing MFA is that cozying up to the blank page and writing the first…

Jun 15, 2021

What Nobody Tells You About Life After the MFA

Jun 15, 2021

What Barb From ‘Stranger Things’ Can Teach You About Writing

Why empty promises piss off your readers

Jun 10, 2021

What Barb From ‘Stranger Things’ Can Teach You About Writing

Jun 10, 2021

Published in
Human Parts

A Beginner’s Guide to Going on Psych Meds

Five things you need to know in order to help yourself

Jun 2, 2021

A Beginner’s Guide to Going on Psych Meds

Jun 2, 2021

Getting started with tarot cards

Maybe you dimly remember seeing them in high school, always presided over by that crushed-velvet-and-clove-cigarettes girl. Maybe you’ve…

May 21, 2021

Getting started with tarot cards

May 21, 2021

Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith

Novelist. Tarotist, poet, lazy Virgo. Nothing is real; magic is real. Writing is a way to see in the dark. sarahelainesmith.com, @braindoggies

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