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Supreme Commander Laurie, Draft 1: Completed

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 19, 2023 by Michael D. SmithSeptember 19, 2023

Rough Draft Synopsis of a Rough Draft Colonel Laurie Lachrer, just appointed Supreme Commander of the USSF, inexplicably transports to the new Typhoon VIII spaceship where former SCUSSF Jack Commer leads a no-return mission to the Unknown Anomaly at the … Continue reading →

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A Writing Biography, Part V: Space, Time, and Tania through The University of Mars, 1974-1982

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 7, 2023 by Michael D. SmithAugust 16, 2023

It’s time I brought this series further up to date; ideas for it have been kicking around since 2014. Though it’s seemed unnatural to try to split my life up into these various parts, which I keep rearranging as I … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Ending for The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 31, 2023 by Michael D. SmithJuly 31, 2023

This post is incredibly introspective and self-absorbed, but at least one of us is finding it interesting. I won’t say the final page of the incomplete, handwritten eighth-grade draft of The Martian Marauders ever deeply fascinated me, but in looking … Continue reading →

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Supreme Commander Laurie Gets Underway

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

I finished the seven books of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander science fiction series in 2021, and on what I felt was a strong note. I didn’t want to keep writing Jack Commer just because I was comfortable with it, … Continue reading →

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The Exoskeleton

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 3, 2023 by Michael D. SmithJuly 3, 2023

Mindful of one of my favorite saws probably picked up from The Internet, “There are two kinds of people: those who place people in categories, and those who don’t,” I nevertheless postulate that there may be three kinds of artist … Continue reading →

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Stay in Your Science Fiction Lane

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 17, 2023 by Michael D. SmithMay 18, 2023

At Last, a Generic Warning Easily Inserted After Any SF Title Page Author’s Note I am so terribly, shamefacedly sorry for having written this book from the vantage point of future space pilots, and for describing their reactions to aliens, … Continue reading →

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The Collapse and Delusion Trailer

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 15, 2023 by Michael D. SmithMay 15, 2023

Collapse and Delusion, Book Four of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander Series available from Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, and other online booksellers Trailer created on canva.com Jack Commer trailers on YouTube Collapse and Delusion background

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The Balloon Ship Interviews: Arrogant, Desperate Characters Audition for the Role of a Lifetime

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 6, 2021 by Michael D. SmithApril 6, 2021

In developing Balloon Ship Armageddon, the seventh and final Jack Commer, Supreme Commander adventure, I interviewed twelve characters from the previous six books, wanting to know what motivations and energies they could bring to the project. Each character got a … Continue reading →

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The UR Jack Commer: A Look at the Childhood Beginnings of the Commer Saga

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 4, 2021 by Michael D. SmithApril 4, 2021

Okay, why revisit this early stuff???? After publishing seven Jack Commer novels I felt a need to pull together Jack’s entire history starting from my first fifth-grade story about him. That was the story that electrified my nine-year-old self. Although … Continue reading →

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Presenting Balloon Ship Armageddon, or, Nine Astronauts Were Walking to a USSF Meeting, or, Jack Commer Shot his Spaceship Directly into the Sun

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 3, 2021 by Michael D. SmithApril 4, 2021

To the Astute Reader of This Blog Certainly the reader will recognize in the “nine astronauts” phrase the fifth-grade, September 19, 1962 first line of “Voyage to Venus,” introducing space pilot Jack Commer. It’s elegantly followed, of course, by Jack’s … Continue reading →

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