# Sherwood Smith on Reddit (u/SherwoodSmith)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/sherwood-smith

Sherwood Smith: Fantasy author, Crown Duel.

- Reddit account: [u/SherwoodSmith](https://www.reddit.com/user/SherwoodSmith/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2015 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3a18lh/hi_im_author_sherwood_smith_ask_me_anything/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/Fantasy (576), r/YAwriters (12)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2020
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Smith

## Moments

### u/SherwoodSmith in r/Fantasy, Nov 29, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hello /r/fantasy. I am M. Todd Gallowglas. I don't know if posting this before coffee is a such a great idea, but here goes... I'm a writer, mostly of fantasy but I occasionally delve into science fiction, horror, and recently I've developed a passion for literary criticism in…

> Prized possession, a letter from JRR Tolkien (not much content--as a brash twenty year old I wrote and asked if I could meet him, he politely declined, but there it is, the famous signature)

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/7gdid4/comment/dqid329/ · 7 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/SherwoodSmith in r/Fantasy, Jun 26, 2017 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> > Krista D. Ball’s SPIRIT CALLER, books 1-3, which I am also loving. Gosh *blush* Well, if you like those, let me know when you're done and I'll send you 4-6 to finish the series. After all, you can't miss out on the Murder Mystery LARP event in Book 4 :D Has 'how you write'…

> But when I finally got it out to type up for possible submission, I discovered that there was no description, except a few overused cliches here and there. None. Nada. All talking heads, and references to "the ruin" and "the burned street" and so on. Whenever I looked over it, the movie flared up in my brain again and I didn't see the actual words.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/6jkul5/comment/djf7xss/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026