Hi, I’m Ida Smith,
A wife, mom, fiction writer, story lover, scrap-booker, snow skier, and dabbler in everything from photography, hiking, kayaking, and one of my newest interests, archery.
You guessed it, I find almost everything interesting—travel, culture, chocolate, science, gardening, psychology, history, photography…really, we could be here all day.
One of the good things about writing, is that I can “research” many of these interests for my stories. The trick, is lacing a story with this fun new knowledge and not strangling it.
In addition to research, I also love animals, especially my assistant, Taz, (see below picture).
I grew up listening to my parents and their friends tell stories of WWII and the wilds of Idaho and Alaska. These stories tilled the soil of my mind and became the seeds of inspiration for writing fiction.
I live in the Pacific Northwest which has only fueled my love and enjoyment of God’s beautiful creation. I’m also happily married to a wonderful man and have two children who keep my life anything but dull.
I have a Bachelor in English with a creative writing emphasis from Lewis-Clark State College. I had the privilege to study fiction under Claire Davis, Winter Range, Season of the Snake, and Labors of the Heart. Creative non-fiction and poetry with Mark Sanders, Conditions of Grace: New and Selected Poems, Before We Lost Our Ways, Here in the Big Empty. I also studied poetry under William Johnson, Out of the Ruins and Idaho State Poet Laureate (1999-2000).
Unfortunately, I don’t get to read nearly as much as I’d like. That said, a “few” of my favorite authors are: Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee, Lisa See, and Charles Dickens.
I hope this gives you a glimpse of who I am and piques your curiosity about the variety of subject matter in my stories.
Happy Reading,
Ida Smith
p.s. I hope you’ll join me and my characters on our adventures, be they historical or thrillers.
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Am positive that we were placed with our jagged edges together as friends for a purpose. I love your insights and perspective on things and am excited to read your stories. Am proud to call you friend. Thankx for inviting me along.
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Kathy,
I love your correlation to our “jagged edges.” We walk jagged paths but are also cut and roughed up along the way. But good friends sharpen those rough edges. I’m grateful for friends like you. 🙂 to travel this jagged journey with.