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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I hope you’ll consider sharing your gifts with our readers here at Story Warren. See our submissions page here.

Our managing editor, James Witmer, will review each submission and determine if it’s a fit. You can read about the kind of thing we’re looking for, but there’s no substitute for spending some time at the site, getting a feel for the place.

In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like a night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see.”

C. S. Lewis

Our fundamental concern is to serve as allies for families fostering holy imagination.

We’re on your side.

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S. D. Smith

S. D. Smith is an author, a lover of chocolate chip cookies, and a founder of Story Warren. Sam was born and raised in West Virginia, lived in South Africa as a teenager, and returned to West Virginia for his (so-far) extensive adulthood. Sam and his beloved wife, Gina, have four children, two of whom have embarked on adulthood themselves. It was at their home in the Appalachian hills where he told his children many stories, including some featuring heroic rabbits with swords. These later became the Green Ember Series, a now-popular work of moral imagination that has delighted millions around the globe. Sam is a devoted Christian, a lifelong Mountaineer fan, and an enthusiast of sports, books, and humorous things.

Latest posts by S. D. Smith (see all)

• Why Imagination Matters—and You Need Allies - October 13, 2025
• Explain Up, Don’t Dumb Down: Why Little Kids Need Big Words - July 23, 2025
• Make Believe Makes Believers - July 19, 2021