Sarah J. Schmitt

Okay, people. It’s about to get real. My second Tuesday post of every month is going to to focus on some of the not great stuff about writing. Not because there’s a lot of bad stuff to say about the industry, but because, when I started writing, I thought an agent meant everything was going to go smoothly. When I got a book contract, I thought nothing could go wrong. When my first publisher closed, I thought my dream was dead. When I signed with my second house, I thought, “H

Welcome to the first Friday Five! Let’s be honest, by the end of the week, you aren’t looking for me to ramble on in a random blog post. You want the meat and potatoes and ditch the broccoli… am I right? So let’s do this. Today’s Friday Five are the 2017 sophomore books I can’t wait to get my hands on. (Great, Sarah. Couldn’t pick a nice, wrapped in a package five could you. No. You had to go for one of the hardest choices imaginable.The only thing harder would be the one whe

In some ways, 2016 was amazing. In other ways, it re-awakened old fears I thought long put to rest. So in the spirit of the New Year, let me reflect on the past and find hope for the future. I started going through my calendar to review where I went and what I did. And it turns out, it was a lot so I’m going to break things down in number and highlight the hits of 2016. 2016 by the Numbers Number of retreats: 3 Number of school visits: 8 (5 of those in 9 days) Number of st

Let me start by saying no, this is not the 155+ time I have rebooted my blog. I mean, it might be, but I stopped counting after the fifth time. 155.232 is the call number for all things related to procrastination. (If you are curious how to overcome procrastination, check out 640.43.) Procrastination is an epidemic that plagues a lot of the people I know. But thank goodness I have friends who are up and at ‘em and checking things off their to-do list left and right. I need t