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A Writing Biography, Part VIII: The Exoskeleton, Archiving, Publishing, The Blog, and the Long Novels, 2011-2023

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 16, 2025 by Michael D. SmithJanuary 16, 2025

The period from March 2011, when The Martian Marauders was accepted for publication, to January 2023, retirement from the library, already finds expression in the blog, but I hope to pull together more insight here. It’s tempting to just narrate … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Akard Drearstone, Asylum and Mirage, Balloon Ship Armageddon, Book Covers, Book Daily, Collapse and Delusion, CommWealth, Double Dragon Publishing, Editing, Interviews, Jack Commer, Jump Grenade, Literary, Man Against the Horses, Marketing, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Perpetual Starlit Night, Publishing, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, Sortmind Press, Stories, Supreme Commander Laurie, The Damage Patrol Quartet, The First Twenty Steps, The SolGrid Rebellion, The Soul Institute, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Twisted Tails, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Online Interviews and a Resuscitated CommWealth

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 21, 2023 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

Where are the URLs? Over the past seven years I’ve had the opportunity to be interviewed on various online blogs and websites. Though I’d saved the original webpages as files to my computer, for some reason I neglected to note … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Comedy, Book Covers, CommWealth, Editing, Interviews, Marketing, Novels, Publishing, Sortmind Press, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Stuck in the Elevator with the President of the World

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 22, 2023 by Michael D. SmithJune 19, 2023

Still working on the snappy, one-phrase, brand-defining pitch you’re supposed to have ready when you find yourself riding an elevator with the CEO of Random House. But all I have are concepts culled from various web interviews over the years, … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, CommWealth, Dystopia, Marketing, Novels, Science Fiction, Writing, Writing Process | 1 Reply

New CommWealth Paperbacks

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 4, 2020 by Michael D. SmithJuly 4, 2020

The CommWealth system, introduced just six months ago, has outlawed all private property–including the right to your own body. Two paperback editions are now out for the republished CommWealth: Amazon trade paperback Lulu.com mass market paperback eBook versions are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Comedy, CommWealth, Dystopia, Literary, Novels, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Sortmind Press, Writing | Leave a reply

The Blank Zen Interview

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 27, 2020 by Michael D. SmithJuly 3, 2020

I’ve done about a dozen web interviews and I always found them like writing a midterm exam where, despite all the agonizing left-brained hassle, you felt you’d pulled something valid or interesting together. In response to these interviews I came … Continue reading →

Posted in CommWealth, Interviews, Marketing, Novels, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Writing, Writing Process | 1 Reply

The CommWealth Republication

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 13, 2020 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

A. Property What if anyone could ask for anything you owned and keep it for thirty days until someone else wanted it … your home, your car … even your body? Members of the Forensic Squad theatrical troupe find themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Black Comedy, Book Covers, Character Images, CommWealth, Dystopia, Editing, Jump Grenade, Literary, Novels, Publishing, Query Letters, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, Sortmind Press, The Soul Institute, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

The SolGrid Rebellion in Paperback

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 17, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The SolGrid Rebellion, Book Six of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series, is now out in paperback at Amazon. The novel expands a theme introduced in the previous books, the possibilities of telepathic understanding shared among an entire race, versus … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Balloon Ship Armageddon, Collapse and Delusion, CommWealth, Double Dragon Publishing, Fairs and Festivals, Jack Commer, Marketing, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sortmind Press, The First Twenty Steps, The SolGrid Rebellion, The Soul Institute, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing | Leave a reply

CommWealth and My Stint in the Theater

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 9, 2018 by Michael D. SmithMay 16, 2020

I used some of my amateur theatrical background in CommWealth, which focuses on the Forensic Squad acting troupe as it stages Allan Larson’s mediocre plays and later, during a tense, crazed rehearsal, explodes into bitter accusations of marital infidelity and … Continue reading →

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Allan Larson Talks Back

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 25, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

Class Act Books publicist Toni V. Sweeney recently introduced me to author Beverley Bateman, who kindly interviewed CommWealth’s resident anti-hero Allan Larson on her May 24, 2018 blog along with glorious snippets of my bio, novel excerpts, and buy links.  … Continue reading →

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Amid Work on Three Karmic Novels

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 11, 2017 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

I’ve finished good drafts of the Three Legacy Novels outlined in the June 18 blog post. The question was: could I make the older manuscripts of Jump Grenade, Akard Drearstone, and Sortmind into fully modern, high quality expressions? Was there … Continue reading →

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