474 ratings | 54 reviews | avg rating:3.84

Smoky's Bookshelves

read (501)
currently-reading (1)
to-read (7)
didn-t-finish (3)
don-t-want-to-finish (3)
i-own-ebook (27)
i-own-it (182)
i-wrote-it (23)

Smoky’s Friends (475)

Emlyn Chand

667 books | 5,623 friends

BookTweetingService

41 books | 5,145 friends

Claude Bouchard

377 books | 4,104 friends

Jessica Kristie

21 books | 1,342 friends

Tori

237 books | 175 friends

Megan (magan bagan)

1,285 books | 780 friends

Ednah Walters

240 books | 4,168 friends

Shanon Grey

160 books | 993 friends

More friends…

Smoky is following 7 people

Smoky Zeidel

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/SmokyZeidel

born

in Chicago, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.smokyzeidel.wordpress.com

twitter username

SmokyZeidel

genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

influences

Willa Cather, Flannery O'Connor Doris Lessing

member since

July 2011

About this author

edit data

Smoky Trudeau Zeidel is the author of three novels, Redeeming GraceThe Cabin, and The Storyteller's Bracelet ; Short Story Collection Vol.1 ; and two nonfiction books: Smoky's Writer's Workshop Combo Set, based on her popular writing workshops, and Observations of an Earth Mage, an enchanting collection of prose, poetry, and photographs celebrating the beauty and splendor of the natural world. She and her husband, Scott Zeidel, recently co-authored a book, Trails . All her books are published by Vanilla Heart Publishing.

She is author of numerous short stories that are available in eBook format, as well as her recent biographical In a Flash, where she recounts the story of how she was struck by lightning and how the experience has affected...more

198 posts
Smoky Zeidel's Blog

Marching for My Children, Marching for Our Future

Today we trek back up the mountain, along the Angeles Crest Highway. The road is now open from La Canada Flintridge all the way to Wrightwood, beyond the alpine meadow with the tiny lupine cap, beyond the “Bighorn Sheep Area” sign without a sheep in sight, beyond the elusive Pacific Crest Trail egress.

Last month, we took this trek; if you missed the post, you can read about it here. We took it...

combine editions
Smoky Zeidel's Books

Average rating: 4.83 · 75 ratings · 28 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Cabin 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Choptank Shores 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In A Flash, A Short Story 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Storyteller's Bracelet 4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redeeming Grace 4.86 of 5 stars 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature's Gifts Anthology by Smoky Zeidel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Hays (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Donna Henes (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Front-Word, Back-Word, Insight-Out 4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jock Talks...Lightning Safety by Smoky Zeidel (Goodreads Author), Malcolm R. Campbell (Goodreads Author) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good-Bye, Emily Dickinson 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Observations of an Earth Mage 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Smoky Zeidel…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Smoky’s Writing

The Storyteller's Bracelet (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Sep 14, 2012 02:00pm

Description: Novel excerpt

The Cabin (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Jul 12, 2012 11:25am

Description: Novel excerpt

On the Choptank Shores (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Sep 15, 2011 01:17pm

Description: Novel Excerpt

Smoky is Currently Reading

Smoky Zeidel is currently reading

A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

by Donald Worster

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

19 minutes ago

rss
Smoky's Recent Updates

Smoky Zeidel is currently reading A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by Donald Worster	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19 minutes ago
Smoky Zeidel rated a book 2 of 5 stars A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Perhaps it is unfair for me to read only 25 percent of a book and then give it only 2 stars. After all, a lot can happen in the other 75 percent of the text. But I hated this book! Hated, hated, hated it. I didn't like the protagonist, and I use that...more
21 minutes ago · see review
Smoky Zeidel made a comment on her review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen "8-)"
10 hours, 51 min ago · see review
Smoky Zeidel recommended Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen to Mary Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 22, 2013 04:32pm · like
Smoky Zeidel rated a book 5 of 5 stars Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I'm a big fan of Hildegard von Bingen. I cannot fathom how difficult it must have been to survive being given to the Catholic church as a child of eight, cut off from your family and all you loved and forced into servitude to the church. But Hildegar...more
May 22, 2013 04:31pm · see review
Smoky Zeidel and 1 other person liked Melinda Clayton's blog post: Book Clubs and More "Book Club Reading List is a relatively new site that brings book clubs and authors together: https://bookclubreading.com/appalachian-justice/ It's a cool idea. I've actually been a guest at three book clubs (one in person and two by phone) to pa..." Read more of this blog post »
May 19, 2013 03:39pm
Smoky Zeidel rated a book 5 of 5 stars Penelope's Daughter by Laurel Corona read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I confess: I'm a junky for books that retell the story of the Trojan War, the Odyssey, and/or Helen of Troy. My favorites? Margaret George's Helen of Troy, Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad,and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Firebrand. Now, I'm adding La...more
May 15, 2013 07:51am · see review
Smoky Zeidel wants to read The Wind Is My Mother by Bear Heart	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 14, 2013 12:41pm

More of Smoky's books…

Quotes Smoky Likes

“When I get a little money I buy books, and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, The Colloquies of Erasmus Volume I

tags: books, erasmus, humor-inspirational, inspirational

14 people liked it