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The Soul Institute is Published

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 16, 2015 by Michael D. SmithMay 16, 2020

“Back away from the novel and slowly put your hands on top of the Internet. Keep your mind where I can see it.” Sooner or later you come to this point. The time has finally arrived to push the novel … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, CommWealth, Double Dragon Publishing, Dreams, Editing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Literary, Novels, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, Sortmind Press, The First Twenty Steps, The Soul Institute, The University of Mars, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Homage Part 2: The Zarreich Enigma

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 19, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

As I did with my previous University of Mars post, I culled this essay from its original sortmind.com page. With the advantage of further perspective, I’m editing it considerably from the 2006 musings I made after scanning and editing the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Akard Drearstone, Dreams, Early Writing, Editing, Novels, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process, Zarreich | 4 Replies

On Finishing a First Draft

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 13, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

I just finished Draft 1 of Commer of the Rebellion, Book 6 in the Jack Commer series. It’s too early to judge what sort of novel this is, or even if COTR will remain the final title. I’m already feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Commer of the Rebellion, Editing, Jack Commer, Novels, Science Fiction, Spaceships, The SolGrid Rebellion, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Hopefully Fun Draft Book Covers

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

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 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

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 →

Posted in Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Drawing, Editing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

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 →

Posted in Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Editing, Jack Commer, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Painting, Publishing, Science Fiction, The Wounded Frontier, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

If No Internet or Word Processing

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 9, 2013 by Michael D. SmithMarch 29, 2023

What would my or any current writer’s career have been like if there were no Internet or word processing, no eBooks or online publishers? Even if the invention of digital computing machines was inevitable, consider that there was no guarantee … Continue reading →

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Typos, Glitches, and Errors

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 28, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

This past month Double Dragon Publishing generously allowed me to correct an italics formatting problem that came up in The Martian Marauders.  I’d noticed that on the Kindle format, as well as on the paperback version, some paragraphs that are … Continue reading →

Posted in Double Dragon Publishing, Editing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Writing, Writing Process | 1 Reply

The Utterly Meaningful Italicized Flashback, or, What Works and What Doesn’t Work

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 19, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

The following is a partial list of discoveries I’ve made in the last few years that have benefited my own writing, and which I also find myself attuned to as I read others’ writing.  I’m not trying to pose as … Continue reading →

Posted in Editing, Novels, Publishing, Query Letters, Trust, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

The Martian Marauders in Paperback

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 19, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The Martian Marauders, the first novel in my Jack Commer science fiction series, is now available in a paperback edition as well as the original eBook version from Double Dragon Publishing.  If you go to The Martian Marauders page at … Continue reading →

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