Lydia Mesedahl

Lydia Mesedahl asked S.D. Smith:

How do you add detail and make your books interesting and suspenseful to draw in readers to the story?

S.D. Smith I think you have to know the world you are creating and sharing very well, then tell honest, entertaining stories inside that world. It has to be coherent and believable. Then there needs to be a causal connection between scenes. This happened and then that happened because that happened. Not then another thing happened and then another thing happened, BUT BECAUSE this, then that. And so on.

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Gabriel Kokenzie

Gabriel Kokenzie asked S.D. Smith:

In the epilogue of Ember's End you mention how your writings were very much influenced by those of J. R. R. Tolkien. As an avid Tolkien fan myself, I was wondering what stories of Tolkien's influenced you the most and which was your favorite?

Josh Morrison

Josh Morrison asked S.D. Smith:

I loved the books! How many are going to be in the series?

Rick Dobrowolski

Rick Dobrowolski asked S.D. Smith:

How do you organize all your writing? Are you a pen and paper guy? Microsoft Word? Scrivener?

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