Author of SEKRET, a YA historical thriller coming from Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Kids in April 2014. Russophile, foreign affairs junkie, nerd.Tumblr (3.0; @lindsaysmithdc)http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/62b25fd008b921ac9cd8e7aceb2bc4a3/tumblr_mmwkhho2zy1qkn0y5o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>April Reads</big></p><blockquote> <p>So much reading in April! And so much more to come!</p> <p><br/> 1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765333104/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0765333104&linkCode=as2&tag=spectrecles-20">Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone</a> (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539191-three-parts-dead">GoodReads</a></p> </blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/05/april-reads/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/50588081190http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/50588081190Thu, 16 May 2013 13:56:05 -04002013torched<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fec7ebb384e29383c0a23f7fb7f2c2b1/tumblr_mlvayuLV1k1qkn0y5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>YA Trend: Nerdlove</big></p><blockquote><p>There’s a recent and <em>awesome</em>trend in YA contemporary: the revenge of the nerds. Nerds in love,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/04/ya-trend-nerdlove/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/48931382500http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/48931382500Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:59:16 -0400fangirlnerderystar warsthe big lebowskiya<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e1562352d576f3a49a8fcf6dcb74529/tumblr_ml09termld1qkn0y5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Let’s Start a SKANDAL!</big></p><blockquote><p>Last June, my little YA historical paranormal espionage thriller, SEKRET, <a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2012/06/psst-wanna-know-a-sekret/">sold to Roaring Brook…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/04/lets-start-a-skandal/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/47562001218http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/47562001218Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:48:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2ceb3275a613572912691a86bca3840/tumblr_mkyiuxby701qkn0y5o1_100.gif"/><br/><br/><p><big>Transcript of Our Conversation About That Thing You Wanted to Ask Me About</big></p><blockquote><p>Recently I have been forced to have “the talk” with my parents. And my grandparents. And my…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/04/transcript-of-our-conversation-about-that-thing-you-wanted-to-ask-me-about/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/47486250092http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/47486250092Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:08:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b72d61b6d2d089a85791f8e904a958a1/tumblr_mks8ux4iBb1qkn0y5o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>March Reads</big></p><blockquote><p>April posting will be spare–I’m cranking out the rough draft of an exciting new story as part of…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/04/march-reads/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/47187905897http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/47187905897Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:47:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a1207f4d5692e8631a3b63066a0d6b2/tumblr_mk7tj29LmF1qkn0y5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Fringe, the Underworld, and Red Licorice</big></p><blockquote><p>I only started <em>Fringe</em> a few months ago; I was too bitter and burnt on everything <em>LOST</em>could have…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/03/fringe-the-underworld-and-red-licorice/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/46245462974http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/46245462974Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:04:14 -0400<blockquote><p>Two recent conversations and an interlude.</p> <p>In college, I spent a whole summer in Russia. It wasn’t my first trip there, but it was the longest, and the most formative in terms of the amount of freedom and responsibility I had. I stayed with a host family,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://lindsaysmith.net/2013/03/what-going-mad-feels-like/">View Post</a></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/45500155783http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/45500155783Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:59:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnbbd7q5Wu1qkn0y5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sampaints.com">Sam Weber</a>, apparently, has illustrated all my favorite book covers ever. This is his vision of Rand al’Thor from <em>The Wheel of Time </em>series. Drool!</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6877282565http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6877282565Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:53:32 -0400<a href="http://offcentre.net/blog/2011/6/24/the-man-they-call-jayne.html">The Man They Call Jayne</a>: <p><img src="http://bohemienne.squarespace.com/storage/jayne.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1308917573575"/> The unfired gun.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6863468719http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6863468719Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:03:26 -0400fireflyalignmentjayne cobbvillainscharacterization<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/huskyjackaltheater/terminator-the-second">Terminator the Second</a>: <p>Terminator 2, staged entirely with dialogue from Shakespeare’s works. Like I need to tell you anything more.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6519209570http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6519209570Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:03:23 -0400<a href="http://offcentre.net/blog/2011/6/10/avoid-the-boulder.html">Avoid the Boulder</a>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6383479820http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6383479820Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:27:25 -0400<a href="http://offcentre.net/blog/2011/6/7/summer-book-giveaway.html">SUMMER BOOK GIVEAWAY!</a>: <p>I have too many books! I’m giving them away! HELP!</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6283117053http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6283117053Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:53:21 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmdxyxpKwS1qkn0y5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The colors on the screen are harsh; pastel in that Western way. Hot green grass, pink dress, a car so black it radiates with blue. The American president holds one hand in greeting while his wife gapes at us. She is perpetually frozen in that fake, wide-mouthed laugh you make for people you have to impress.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>And then his head whips back. Her laugh morphs to a soundless scream. The picture freezes. It’s fuzzy, but on the side of his face is this glimmer of gore—like a wink, a promise. The air around us thins as we all suck in our breath.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><em>from today’s writing on work in progress</em></span></p></p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6258316270http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/6258316270Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:23:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llngiycQyf1qkn0y5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I LOVE <a href="http://arrestedwesteros.tumblr.com">ARRESTED WESTEROS</a> SO MUCH.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5766036463http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5766036463Mon, 23 May 2011 09:09:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llhzaxglWo1qkn0y5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img width="900" src="http://irishbreakfasttime.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/metrodrinks2.jpg?w=900&h=1156" height="1156"/></p> <p>Also, the Foggy Bottom: served in a paper cup, and the bottom falls out before you can finish.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5674011975http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5674011975Fri, 20 May 2011 16:10:06 -0400<a href="http://www.gencon.com/2011/indy/default.aspx">GenCon 2011</a>: <p>Sadly we won’t be able to attend this year, but I must say—for people-watching alone, GenCon is tough to beat.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5667020300http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5667020300Fri, 20 May 2011 10:05:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llg21lCA541qkn0y5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An obvious must for that day when I can finally buy an 1890s stained-glass-accented townhouse in Capitol Hill.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5645166186http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5645166186Thu, 19 May 2011 16:05:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lle4lpZlmi1qkn0y5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Going to play this with some co-workers at our office picnic on Friday! Check it out at <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71837/the-hunger-games-training-days">Board Games Geek</a>.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5613943238http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5613943238Wed, 18 May 2011 16:11:06 -0400yahunger gamesboard gamesgeeky<a href="http://www.j-cg.co.uk/">Jon Courtenay Grimwood</a>: <p>What a gorgeous author site. Envy.</p>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5604785157http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5604785157Wed, 18 May 2011 08:04:00 -0400booksauthorsjon courtenay grimwoodweb designfantasy<a href="http:///blog/2011/5/17/death-by-a-thousand-papercuts.html">Death by a Thousand Papercuts</a>: <p>New blog post:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal">You know those little obnoxious things that—when you remember them—drive you batty, but the effort it would take to resolve them is so much greater than that single moment of irritation. But then they keep happening. And keep happening. …</p> </blockquote>http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5575464749http://lindsaysmithdc.tumblr.com/post/5575464749Tue, 17 May 2011 09:31:00 -0400blogwritingmotivationeditinglindsay smith