
The first season of The Witch Who Came in From the Cold was released as a book by Simon & Schuster Lindsay collaborated with Max Gladstone for The Witch Who Came in from the Cold, a serial story released by Serial Box (founder Julian Yap approached Lindsay about developing and writing it). Stucky: the fandom name for Captain America (Steve Rogers) + The Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnum)īritta Lundin, author of Ship It (hear her episode of First Draft with Sarah Enni here) wrote for Riverdale (TV show) and is open about loving fandom in a similar way to Lindsay (who loves The Winter Soldier) Lindsay wrote a short story in the universe of the Blue Rose role playing game YA writer Jessica Spotswood (hear her First Draft episode here) and Tess Sharpe Lindsay has written short stories for A Tyranny of Petticoats and Toil and Trouble, anthologies put together by fellow D.C. Lindsay researched Rasputin for the hot villain in the Saints of Russalka series, including reading books about him and also jamming out to “ Ra Ra Rasputin,” a disco song by German Euro group Boney M. Lindsay was inspired to write A Darkly Beating Heart, after visiting Japan and staying in a historically preserved town meant to preserve the Edo Period

One “What if?” that got Lindsay writing Alchemy of War was, “What if I took Inglourious Basterds (movie) but it was like Stranger Things (TV show)?” train system so she can write while she commutes Lindsay has an AlphaSmart keyboard that she takes on the D.C. Hear Lindsay Smith’s first episode of First Draft with Sarah Enni here Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode


Lindsay Smith, author of the forthcoming Alchemy of War, as well as Sekret, Skandal, Dreamstrider, A Darkly Beating Heart, The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, and the Saints of Russalka series, talks about growing as a writer through D&D, refiguring her writing process after being diagnosed with ADHD, and learning to value more than just productivity.
