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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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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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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 →

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Jack Commer, Supreme Commander

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 9, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, the second of four novels in my Jack Commer science fiction series, has just been published by Double Dragon Publishing as an eBook in a variety of formats, all of which can be downloaded from the … Continue reading →

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A New Review of The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 28, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

F. T. McKinstry, Double Dragon author of The Hunter’s Rede and The Gray Isles, has posted a review of The Martian Marauders, which begins: This story opens up with a startling image of men in a spacecraft looking down on … Continue reading →

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Some Initial Investigations of Leaking Libido

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 2, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

There’s an implied responsibility in being a writer or an artist, fine print in the contract we tend to blow past, so eager we are for the download.  And this responsibility is to get objective about what’s coming up from … Continue reading →

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Jack Commer Book Four: Collapse and Delusion

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 17, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The fourth book of the Jack Commer series, Collapse and Delusion, has been accepted for publication by Double Dragon Publishing.  I just finished this novel, which showcases the core characters from the series and begins at the wedding of September … Continue reading →

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Four Tyrannosaurus Rex Claw Prints

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 29, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The Martian Marauders has just gotten a review from a new review site, The Nerdasaurus Rex. Review at “The Nerdasaurus Rex” (Mark Turner), April 26, 2012 I downloaded an eCopy (is that a word yet? If not, I am totally … Continue reading →

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Collapse and Delusion and Title Changes

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 10, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Title changes are usually wrenching, but they also offer much relief after you finalize your decision.  In my case I try to decide what an ideal reader would make of my novel title.  If I see that the title is … Continue reading →

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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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