Author: Emily Sara Smucker
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The Cliff and the Staircase: A Writing Journey (Or a sum of every bit of writing advice I know how to give.)
I used to see the prospect of being a “real writer” as a giant cliff, looming before me. Somehow I hoped to get to the top of that cliff, and look down over the not-as-lucky populace, and know that I, Emily Sara Smucker, was a real author. How would I get there? I wasn’t sure.…
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10 Year Blogiversary
Today is my blogiversary. I have been blogging for 10 years. 10 years! That is a long time, especially in Internet years. Besides, it is a full 2/5ths of my life. As I reflected back on that lazy Sunday afternoon when I decided I might as well start a blog, I tried to recall if…
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Thoughts from the Combine: Organization and Defining Yourself
Today as I drove around and around the field, I planned a project. A big collaborative project. I grew more and more excited, scribbling ideas into my little notebook. “But how could I possibly do that?” I thought to myself. “I’m terrible at organization.” “Wait.” The notebook was set aside for the moment as I…
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Birthday Giveaway Winner
Woah, what an amazing outpouring of interesting comments for my birthday giveaway! I’ll admit, I LOVED seeing longtime blog stalkers pop out of the woodwork. It makes blogging a little less weird if you know a little something about your readers. Last night I wrote all the names on little slips of paper and stuck…
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Harvest
Okay, first things first. My birthday giveaway is still live, and you can enter here! It’s running until midnight Sunday evening. So get your comment in if you haven’t already. While you’re there, don’t forget to read the comments. Oh my bunnyslippers. The most brilliant hilarious comments ever. I promise you will be inspired. Unfortunately,…
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Birthday Giveaway
Edit: This giveaway is now closed. I will announce the winner tomorrow morning! Today I turned 25 years old. I knew I would be working all day, so I decided to celebrate by hosting my first ever blog giveaway. Welcome! I tried especially hard to craft a package that would be interesting to everyone who…
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The Multnomah Falls Expedition
Oregon is a beautiful but lonely state. It’s rare that the friends you meet in the east will just happen to stumble through. When it does happen you must not let the opportunity slip past. That is why, when I saw on Instagram that my friends Heidi and Kristi Mast were in Portland, I drove…
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In Defense of Re-Reading Books
“What books have you been reading lately?” I considered. “I’ve been re-reading a bunch of books. Anne of Green Gables. The Secret Garden. The Chronicles of Narnia. A lot of children’s classics, I guess.” Micah and Sarah Beth stared at me across the table. “Why would you re-read books?” Micah asked. “Some books are just…
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The Portland Expedition
“How would you feel about going and exploring Portland tomorrow?” my friend Sarah Beth asked me. “Okay,” I said. A month or so ago, in my finding beauty post, I wrote that “This summer, I’d like to visit various pretty/awesome spots in Oregon and blog about them.” Portland seemed like a logical place to begin.…
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“Do you think you’ll write any other book in the future?” And other questions, answered.
Today I just wanted to post about something non-controversial that wouldn’t require pictures. I was going to look up one of those “15 Random Facts About Me!” tags we used to do in Xanga days, but they were all so silly/narcissistic that I decided instead to answer questions that real readers have asked me on…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 