Stephanie Smith

Sep 20, 2024 | lithub.com | Stephanie Smith

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisementI’ve spent my career investigating what makes an angle work—first as a publicist pitching media, then as a magazine editor screening such pitches, and finally as an editor working with nonfiction authors to craft their book concepts. My favorite question to ask authors is: what is the boldest statement you have to make?

Jul 22, 2024 | reformedjournal.com | Stephanie Smith

The past two years I have adopted a new title: “Pastor’s Wife.” Now, this declaration is a bit odd, because technically I’ve been a pastor’s wife for eleven years. But here’s the kicker: the day my husband was ordained, so was I. I’m a pastor, too. I’ve now lived in both worlds: pastor and pastor’s wife. Let me tell you, the experience has been drastically different. To all the pastors’ spouses out there, I want to say: I see you. Let me give some quick background before this gets too confusing.

Mar 30, 2024 | idealhome.co.uk | Stephanie Smith |Lisa Fazzani

Faced with a small, poky kitchen, a mish-mash of rooms and a chaotic layout, a kitchen re-design was top of the list for this homeowner. ‘We bought this house six years ago, knowing that it had plenty of potential, but also that we were going to spend several years renovating it,’ she explains. ‘The downstairs was a real issue and it just didn’t suit us as a family with young children.’Extended layout‘The living room just needed a bit of renovating, but the rest of the downstairs was a mess.

Mar 26, 2024 | ysi.com | Stephanie Smith

Stephanie: Thank you so much for that introduction, Brandon. And I'm very, very pleased to be talking to all of you today. And I want to thank you for your interest in this topic and in participating. And you are welcome to enter questions at any time. We want this to be an interactive dialogue. And we might stop in the middle of what we're doing to pick up some of those questions if we think they're going to be really useful for the wider audience.

Mar 19, 2024 | psychologytoday.com | A Memoir |Stephanie Smith

E. Jean Carroll was highly criticized for waiting more than 20 years to bring charges against Donald Trump for sexual assault. Her defense: fear. She was also criticized for not screaming and calling for help. Her reply: Some women scream, some don’t; but, either way, the threat of further violence on the part of the attacker, or the ordeal a woman often faces bringing charges against a physically or politically powerful man, keeps women silent.