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The Irregular Origin of The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on October 19, 2013 by Michael D. SmithDecember 25, 2024

My science fiction novel The Martian Marauders was published in 2012 by Double Dragon Publishing.  I really didn’t write it in the eighth grade! Well, okay, it’s true that the somewhat dysfunctional Commer family and the history of the evacuation … Continue reading →

Posted in Double Dragon Publishing, Early Writing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Writing, Writing Process | 9 Replies

Harri McNarri from The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on October 11, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Brilliant, argumentative Typhoon I Physician/Engineer who set the standard for all subsequent United System Space Force engineers.  From The Martian Marauders: Harri was aware of the other Typhoon crewmen coming up to view the body. A hundred yards past them, … Continue reading →

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Samuel Jay Hergs, an Excerpt from The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 17, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

“Well, all this brings us back to Hergs,” Jack said, “which was the main reason I called this meeting. We received the CogniSort summary on him and I’ve printed it out.” Jack held up what looked like fifty pages of … Continue reading →

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A Trailer for Nonprofit Chronowar

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 25, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

When I got a starter camcorder last year I found myself inexplicably unwilling to use it much, despite a long standing desire to make videos and some previous tentative experiments with the video function of my digital camera. I think … Continue reading →

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Hopefully Fun Draft Book Covers

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

I’ve been making my own EPUB versions of various working novels (using the Calibre program, which has gotten good reviews and which I recommend highly) to see how a novel comes across in that format, and to do yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Covers, Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Drawing, Editing, Jack Commer, Marketing, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, The First Twenty Steps, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

Jack Commer Series Images

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 17, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I finally pulled together various Jack Commer images I’ve done over the past couple decades onto one web page. The impetus came from finding what I’d remembered as a mediocre, crudely done black and white sketch for the original Nonprofit Ladies … Continue reading →

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Nonprofit Chronowar, Book Three of the Jack Commer Series

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 28, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The third book of the Jack Commer series, Nonprofit Chronowar, is now available from Double Dragon Publishing in numerous eBook formats including EPUB, MOBI (Kindle format), PDF, and HTML, as well as in a paperback edition. The Overview Ranna Kikken … Continue reading →

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Introduction to The Wounded Frontier

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 6, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Who would ever have thought that the fascist Alpha Centaurian Grid, linking twenty trillion citizens of the seventeen suns of the Alpha Centaurian Empire to their psychopathic Emperor, would turn out to have an important benefit to humanity?  I’m working … Continue reading →

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Perpetual Starlit Night in Twisted Tails VII

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 7, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

My science fiction story, “Perpetual Starlit Night” has been published in the anthology Twisted Tails VII: Irreverence, edited by J. Richard Jacobs and available from Double Dragon Publishing in eBook and paperback formats. The stories in this ongoing anthology all … Continue reading →

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First Experiments in Strange Video Book Trailers

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 5, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Here are two video trailers I’ve made for the first two books in my Jack Commer series, published by Double Dragon Publishing (and also available from retailers such as amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com): The Martian Marauders Video The Jack Commer, Supreme … Continue reading →

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