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A Writing Biography, Part I: First Efforts in The Gore Book

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 24, 2014 by Michael D. SmithNovember 5, 2014

I wrote my first stories in July 1960 in Fair Haven, New Jersey, around the time of my second operation for a head injury in a car accident earlier that year. I was seven years old. My friend Sabin RussellĀ and … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Early Writing, Stories, Writing, Writing Process | 5 Replies

Homage to the Wiess Cracks

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 27, 2011 by Michael D. SmithMarch 18, 2023

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 →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Early Writing, Editing, Novels, Plays, Publishing, Satire, Stories, Wiess Cracks, Writing, Writing Process | 4 Replies

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