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 sport of queens
A delightful side effect of writing this column is that people in my life now give me ideas based on their bucket lists and more obscure interests. When a friend said she’d always wanted to try falconry and asked if I would join her, “Heck yeah!” was my nigh-instant response. Like many wheezy, middle-aged folks, […]
