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The Karma of Fancy One-Line Blog Posts

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 14, 2018 by Michael D. SmithAugust 14, 2018

I don’t pay much attention to my list of ideas for blog posts, because new ideas keep arising and, when I do peruse my notes, I see many I’ve retained out of obligation and which I know I’ll never write.  … 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 →

Posted in Character Images, Drawing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Painting, Publishing, Science Fiction, The SolGrid Rebellion, Writing | Leave a reply

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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Draft and Final Covers: Collapse and Delusion

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 9, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

In tossing off this image of Martian Star General Greeney Gooney–real name G’rea’nyaigu’nye, which humans have naturally come to mispronounce–I wasn’t originally thinking of making a cover for Jack Commer Book Four. But somewhere along the line I scanned and … Continue reading →

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Draft and Final Covers: Nonprofit Chronowar

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 6, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

The first time it occurred to me to make an alternate Jack Commer series cover was a year before Nonprofit Chronowar’s 2013 publication, when I wanted to proof a late stage of the novel for errors. Colorized from one of … Continue reading →

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Draft and Final Covers: Jack Commer, Supreme Commander

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 1, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

I finally finished the long-abandoned childhood rough draft of The Martian Marauders in early 1986, liberating heroes Jack and Joe Commer from their Venusian prison and updating the characters with adult concerns, including romantic lives. Or in Jack’s case, the … Continue reading →

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Draft and Final Covers: The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 27, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJune 25, 2019

A few days ago I realized that of the six published Jack Commer, Supreme Commander novels, I’d made draft covers of the last four when working on early versions. Often I’ll make an EPUB or MOBI version of a draft, … Continue reading →

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Publication of The SolGrid Rebellion

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 19, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The SolGrid Rebellion, Book Six of my Jack Commer, Supreme Commander science fiction series, has just been released by Double Dragon Publishing, with my colored pencil drawing of Jackie Vespertine, one of the rebels and a main character, as the … Continue reading →

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Jack Commer Book Seven Interviews, 12: Laurie Lachrer

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 21, 2018 by Michael D. SmithApril 3, 2021

Mike: And now we’re interviewing Colonel Laurie Lachrer, one of our most successful series characters, noted for her amazing work in Book Five, The Wounded Frontier, as well as Book Six, The SolGrid Rebellion. A minor character in the first … Continue reading →

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