jodi lew-smith
historical fiction for a modern reader
My Posts Over the Years
Last few years
A Library Opens for BusinessThe Calm Before the StormAsa James has Found a HOME!A Library Is BornFive Reasons Not To Build a Library During a PandemicMissing My Grand DelusionWe’re Getting Our Library Folks!I Won't Go Down as a ChickenOlder posts
The Snowiest Winter in YearsRelearning to LeadKeeping Plots Simple, So Characters Can Be ComplexThe Other Side of EnvyOn Deadlines: Muse or MushWhen Overeducated City Girls Move to Small Towns, Determined to StayHow Living in a Small Town Builds Character—and CharactersWhy Rural Libraries MatterWhat Screenwriters Can Teach NovelistsWhat I Learned from Eleanor RooseveltWear Your Rejections with PrideManaging Hope Within FailureFailure Within Real Time