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Author: Maggie Smith

In a career that’s included work as a journalist, a psychologist, and the founder of a national art consulting company, Maggie Smith added novelist to her resume with the publication of her debut, Truth and Other Lies, a women’s fiction novel set in Chicago and released in March 2022 by Ten16 Press. It won NIEA’s Juror Grand Prize, the Star Award for Debut Fiction from Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and the Foreword INDIES Gold Metal for General Fiction, and was selected for the Women’s Book Association Great Group Reads. Her second novel, a psychological suspense called Blindspot will release in May 2024. In addition to her writing, Maggie hosts the weekly podcast Hear Us Roar (215+ episodes), blogs monthly for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is Managing Editor for Chicago Writer’s Association Write City E-Zine. She resides in Milwaukee, WI, with her husband and her aging but still adorable sheltie.

Engage, Convince, Inspire: What We Can Learn from Politicians

Posted on July 16, 2024July 15, 2024 by Maggie Smith

This week the Republican National Convention is being held in my hometown. While I will be staying physically far away in the suburbs, it’s impossible to really avoid – from packed restaurants to clogged freeways to featurettes about the city of Milwaukee on every news channel. So rather than ignoring the hullabaloo, I’ve decided to…

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Moving Beyond “Write What You Know”

Posted on June 18, 2024June 17, 2024 by Maggie Smith

The adage “write what you know” has been a cornerstone of writing advice for decades. It encourages writers to draw from their own experiences, lending authenticity and depth to their work. But this approach can also be limiting. Confining yourself to only what you know can stifle your creativity and lead to repetitive themes and…

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Ditch the Fear and Embrace Book Marketing

Posted on May 21, 2024May 20, 2024 by Maggie Smith

My second novel, Blindspot, releases today so I’ve spent much of the last month getting ready for the launch, which includes podcasts, interviews, social media posts, giveaways, media pitches, and sending out advanced reader copies (ARCs) for review. And as many writers know, the marketing of a book is oftentimes far harder than writing the…

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From Subtle Unease to Heart-Pounding Thrills: Using Tension in Fiction

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024 by Maggie Smith

For my second novel, Blindspot, I ventured into a new genre, that of psychological suspense. It’s the type of book I gravitate to as a reader and I’m a long-term fan of anything in the mystery realm (I devoured the entire Agatha Christie oeuvre when I was sixteen) How hard could it be? Insert hubris…

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Truths My Podcast Guests Have Taught Me

Posted on March 19, 2024March 18, 2024 by Maggie Smith

Hear Us Roar, the weekly podcast I host for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, has been going since May 2018. The show has been downloaded over 27,000 times and the guests have ranged from authors who later hit the best-seller lists (Julie Clark, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai), won prestigious awards (Barbara Linn Probst, Jeannee Sacken),…

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