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Category Archives: Perpetual Starlit Night

Writable Novel Notes

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 11, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

Cribbed and slightly expanded from a 2013 blog post, where it got lost in the middle. But as I start looking over my notes for a sixth Jack Commer novel, all this rumination applies anew! Notes for a novel have … Continue reading →

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Perpetual Starlit Night in Twisted Tails VII

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 7, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

My science fiction story, “Perpetual Starlit Night” has been published in the anthology Twisted Tails VII: Irreverence, edited by J. Richard Jacobs and available from Double Dragon Publishing in eBook and paperback formats. The stories in this ongoing anthology all … Continue reading →

Posted in Double Dragon Publishing, Novels, Perpetual Starlit Night, Publishing, Science Fiction, Stories, Twisted Tails, Wiess Cracks, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

Being a Novelist as Opposed to a Short Story Writer

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

Despite a strong desire from the beginning of my writing days to write novels, for many years I found myself unconsciously kowtowing to what now seems the tyrannical pedagogical assertion that writers “learn by writing short stories” and only then … Continue reading →

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