S. D. Smith on The Cultured Bumpkin
Sam was recently a guest on The Cultured Bumpkin podcast with host, Jake Phillips. You’ll hear the two discuss the origins of The Green Ember book, Sam’s personal history with imagination and stories, his writing process, and more.
Jake is also the audiobook reader for Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb and Lost Tales II: The Lost Legend. You’ll get a sneak peek of the Helmer audiobook at the end of this episode. You can find both of these audio versions in our store!
Check out the podcast episode below.
Kelly Keller is the managing editor of Story Warren. She has her BS in Elementary Education from Messiah University and has taught various ages, but her favorite was worldview and literature with high school students. The “gap” in her resume is actually a window of eighteen years of homeschooling, which she recommends as an effective, though demanding, way of expanding one’s home library.
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When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.
She invites you to subscribe to her newsletter, On the Common, or to follow her on Instagram.
Latest posts by Kelly Keller (see all)
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Our Heart for Middle Grade Readers
Beauty Will Win
Introducing the Mended Wood Literary Society
In Praise of Generalists
Making the World More Beautiful (with Miss Rumphius)
Anticipating The Right-Side-Up World Through Imagination
Imaginations Should Be Exercised
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