Homage to the Wiess Cracks
I never thought much about my stint as editor of the Wiess Crack until I began to see it as another piece of lost energy I wanted to reclaim from the beginning of my writing life. In the small enclosed … Continue reading →
Michael D. Smith
What Does Your Muse Think of Your Writing Career?
What is Career Art? Art executed in the pursuit of success and recognition, seeking opportunities, rising, gaining influence and power. How is this any different at all from rising through an insurance organization? There’s nothing wrong with wanting to make … Continue reading →
What Passes for an Artist Statement
I don’t find artist statements useful. In fact, most of the numerous ones I’ve read strike me as obligatory but unintelligible fluff. But, as I begin to wallow into yet another reassessment of my visual art, I resurrect an older … Continue reading →
Large Paintings Show at the Renner Frankford Library, August 3-30
In August 2011 I’ll have four large paintings showing at the Renner Frankford library auditorium in Dallas. The link–URL also shown at the end of the post–takes you to the Renner page with hours and location. The show runs August … Continue reading →
An Archeological Excavation of Akard Drearstone, Draft 1
If you’re well known and announce on your blog that you’re “going dark” to work on some major project, your readers may accept this in anticipation of some future gift. If nobody reads your blog and you announce that you … Continue reading →
Back to The First Twenty Steps For a Moment
I was able to place my heartwarming novella about a motorcycle gang on amazon.com, via their Kindle Direct Publishing program. So The First Twenty Steps can now be downloaded to either a Kindle or a Nook. The price is still $1.00, … Continue reading →
The Martian Marauders, Book One of the Jack Commer Series
My novel The Martian Marauders is scheduled for publication with Double Dragon eBooks in January 2012. The Martian Marauders is the first in my Jack Commer science fiction series, which includes Jack Commer, Supreme Commander and Nonprofit Chronowar. I’m halfway through … Continue reading →
My Visual Art is Somehow Literary
I’ve long had a history of straddling the two horses of writing and painting, and there have been a few times where I seriously thought I should ditch writing in favor of art. Yet what has always felt best is … Continue reading →
Dystopias—And I’ve Written My Share
Try on the idea that concern about, interest in, or desire for Apocalypse is really an ego trip. That you can’t imagine future generations superseding your mortal, contemporary consciousness. If I die, it all must die with me. Whether you … Continue reading →
Activity | Cleanup | Foundations | New Work
Where I’ve been the last two and a half months–not really offering excuses for so few blog posts, but that was one of the outcomes. The Sculptures Exhibit In January I set up my exhibit of twelve sculptures at Park Forest … Continue reading →