# For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

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Feed: <https://rssamplifier.com/maggiesmith-substack-com.md>

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## [New Podcast Announcement!](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/new-podcast-announcement)

_2026-08-06 · Maggie Smith_

You Could Make This Beautiful

## [On Asking](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/on-asking)

_2026-08-04 · Maggie Smith_

And staying still long enough to listen for an answer

## [Pep Talk](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/pep-talk-58e)

_2026-06-21 · Maggie Smith_

On Getting Unstuck...Again

## [The Good Stuff](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/the-good-stuff-06d)

_2026-06-18_

Beginning of summer edition

## [Behind-the-Scenes Look: "In Geologic Time, It Happened Just Seconds Ago"](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-look-in-geologic)

_2026-04-21 · Maggie Smith_

Annotation & Author’s Note

## [Pick My Brain](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/pick-my-brain-a8c)

_2026-04-09 · Maggie Smith_

A's to your Q's

## [Pick My Brain](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/pick-my-brain-f57)

_2026-04-06 · Maggie Smith_

AM (almost) A!

## [Guest Pep Talk](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/guest-pep-talk)

_2026-03-06 · Maggie Smith_

Perspective from Eric Zimmer

## [Annotated Playlist](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/annotated-playlist-ea6)

_2026-02-27 · Maggie Smith_

A Suit or a Suitcase

## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EDXWWiHLSEXM)

_2026-02-27 · **Sponsored**_

Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression.

## [Behind-the-Scenes Look](https://maggiesmith.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-look-757)

_2026-02-12 · Maggie Smith_

A poem from the podcast