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The World’s First Nuclear-Powered Dinosaur, by Mickey Smith

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 11, 2020 by Michael D. SmithApril 11, 2020

I’m not sure why my fifth-grade self chose to channel in this morning, but I awoke with this title and I knew I had to write this down. I had no idea what this would be about beyond the first … Continue reading →

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A New Portrait of Jonathan James Commer

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 21, 2019 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

Jonathan James is Jack Commer’s insolent, troubled son, the author of the bestselling Alpha Centaurian novel, A Fragmented Encyclopedia of Recent Self. He was also briefly Emperor of the Alpha Centaurians, later leader of a rebellion against the SolGrid surveillance … Continue reading →

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As Long as We’re on the Subject of Jackie Vespertine

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 15, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

Here’s the final version of Jackie Vespertine, a completely digital version of the original pencil drawing which has its strange flaw as described below. I lack deep image editing skills but used newly discovered GIMP freeware to experiment with the … Continue reading →

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Draft and Final Covers: The SolGrid Rebellion

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 13, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

After Book Five, The Wounded Frontier, came out earlier this year, I had no idea when the The SolGrid Rebellion might be published. But I wondered if one of my images might again be used. I created this draft cover … Continue reading →

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Draft and Final Covers: The Wounded Frontier

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 11, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

Still working on the second draft of The Wounded Frontier in June 2013, I again wanted a fast image to plaster to the beginning of a draft EPUB version.  But this time I knew I could do better than the … Continue reading →

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The Wounded Frontier is Published

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on February 25, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Double Dragon Publishing has just released The Wounded Frontier, Book Five of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series. I was honored to do the cover image of Laurie Lachrer, a minor spaceport technician in Book One, The Martian Marauders, but … Continue reading →

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Uncomplicated Redefinition

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 30, 2017 by Michael D. SmithDecember 30, 2017

I had the idea of painting a 12” x 9” November journal drawing onto a 50” x 32” canvas, but when the morning to paint came and I studied what had been a fun and meditative drawing, I found myself … Continue reading →

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Akard Drearstone – The Blog Post, Part III: How the Songs Came About

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 4, 2017 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

The idea for Akard Drearstone came as I idly examined two sheets of blank square pink paper at my hated insurance job in August 1975. In a burst of inexplicable high energy it occurred to me to make these into … Continue reading →

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Trip to Mars in Paperback

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 16, 2017 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

A few years ago I resurrected my first attempt at a novel, Trip to Mars, fifty-five penciled pages in a small yellow notebook with numerous crude illustrations. The 2,646-word story I produced as a sixth grader in the spring of … Continue reading →

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Trotter is Part of Your Garthah-/yuu? A Dog?

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 31, 2017 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

To keep Jack Commer’s kidnapped son sane aboard Alpha Centaurian flagship N8J’rallifh-hhu42jdnh, Captain Clopt of the Imperial Guard sent time-traveling agents to Sol to obtain first a robot companion, then a puppy, for five-year-old Jonathan James Commer. The mission to … Continue reading →

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