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about sarah s smorgasbord sarah s smorgasbord subscribe sign in home notes website courses archive about welcome to the smorgasbord i hope you find it delicious and nourishing why smorgasbord because here we have a plethora of creative inspiration and resources behind the writing scenes and regular book and movie recommendations all flavored with my own particular weirdness and predeliction for getting excited about things what will this buffet include this monthly newsletter will include thoughts on creativity and publishing curated resources book and movie recommendations and other goodies here are a few of the most popular examples for you to sample let s see what kid lit booksellers are actually looking for with melissa lasalle inside out and the time pete docter wrote me back can white space untrap your middle grade voice low energy habits that improved my writing practice how has turner syndrome and nld impacted my writing jason alexander and why i m optimistic about publishing i realized what middle grade and british detective shows have in common about those subscriptions this monthly newsletter will always be free free subscribers get my editing checklist that breaks down the editing process into big medium and small tasks a list of 105 story poetry and journaling prompts subscribe so what about paid subscriptions right now a paid subscription is the top bestest and infinitely appreciated way to support my work plus paid subscribers get my editing checklist top 9 marketing and platform strategies for kid lit authors straight to your inbox when you subscribe access to writing courses the complete query letter that got me 4 agent offers more goodies to come subscribe a lil about me i m an award winning author that loves humor and heart and i write for kids and grownups my kids books are called what stars are made of breathing underwater the nightmare house and monster tree i m often drawn to quirky earnest and disabled neurodiverse characters and often stem topics too i also write kids poetry and picture books my adult writing usually features a speculative twist of some kind and always features quirky odd mid life characters falling in love because every type of person deserves a love story i live in orlando florida fifteen minutes from the magic kingdom i have two cats called morticia and timicin anybody know what that s from i just think the world is really cool and love sharing stories real and otherwise in creating for kids my idols are steve irwin shel silverstein weird al gary larson cs lewis gary schmidt and beverly cleary for grown up kids my idols are fredrik bachman richard curtis eli brown nora ephron dave barry helen simonson and connie willis join me scooch on over to my website if you want more info stoked to have you here subscribe to sarah s smorgasbord hi i m sarah award winning author and poet rom com lover and cat snuzzler the menu here is monthly behind the writing scenes creative whimsy and resources for classrooms and creatives all leavened with joy subscribe for 105 writing prompts subscribe people 2026 sarah allen privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts