Kristie Smeltzer is a writer, writing coach, and teacher. Her fiction has been published by Scribes*MICRO*Fiction, MonkeyBicycle, Atticus Review, and other literary magazines. She’s currently working on several novels, a screenplay, and lots of short stories. Smeltzer earned her MFA in creative writing at the University of Central Florida. She loves helping others tell their stories and collaborates one-on-one with writers through her consulting business. She also teaches creative writing classes for WriterHouse and other local organizations. Learn more at kristiesmeltzer.com.
The glorious goat of improv
One of my favorite things to do is laugh. A hearty laugh makes a bad day a little less bleak and a good one golden. Live comedy has always been something I enjoy and have often fantasized about trying. As a small child, I enjoyed performing—ballet, school plays, living room magic shows. Then adolescence crash-landed […]