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CommWealth Paperbacks–and Nancy’s Review

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 3, 2015 by Michael D. SmithMay 16, 2020

CommWealth is now available from Amazon in paperback format, in addition to Kindle eBook format. In addition, the paperback and a variety of eBook formats are available from the publisher, Class Act Books. I received some initial copies Tuesday morning, … Continue reading →

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Warning: You Will Want to Read the Entire Series!

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on February 22, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

Author Linda Nightingale’s review of The Martian Marauders, Book One of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series: Various reviews here have summarized the story. I won’t repeat the details here. I’ll just say that there is much more to this … Continue reading →

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

It’s about Time … and about Space …

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on February 11, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Another review by author Toni V. Sweeney, this time for the third volume in the Jack Commer series, Nonprofit Chronowar. Nonprofit Chronowar by Michael D. Smith 5 Stars One minute it’s the year 2036 and Joe Commer is about to … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Jack Commer, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Reviews, Science Fiction, Writing | Leave a reply

New Jack Commer Reviews Energize the Author

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 24, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Author Toni Sweeney just posted the following reviews of the first two books in the Jack Commer series, The Martian Marauders and Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, and she’s nailed the dynamics of both novels in a way that I don’t … Continue reading →

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Character-Driven Boasting

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 2, 2014 by Michael D. SmithDecember 20, 2016

I need to keep reminding myself about characters. Because I almost fell into this trap working on the notes for the sixth Jack Commer novel, Commer of the Rebellion. Boy, I really was straining for a dazzling plot, but it … Continue reading →

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

Sinner’s Opera by Linda Nightingale (or, I Can’t Believe I’ve Read a Vampire Novel!)

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 4, 2014 by Michael D. SmithSeptember 2, 2014

I found Sinner’s Opera a psychologically astute page-turner. The characters from the protagonist vampire Morgan D’Arcy and his love Isabeau down to minor supporting cast all work well, propelling the reader through a mesmerizing plot with twists up to the … Continue reading →

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Righting an Ancient Injustice – Review of Ascarion by F. T. McKinstry

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

A deep psychic imbalance manifests itself on the island of Tromb in the Gray Isles, where the inhabitants play by their own rules and practice ancient and unapproved magic.  Each of its four castle towers was to be commanded by … Continue reading →

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On Achieving a Slice of the Dream

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 24, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJune 12, 2015

Novel publication by a royalty-paying publisher is a major milestone, and feels a hundred times better than self-publishing.  It means a lot that Double Dragon Publishing has acknowledged my potential.  I’ve also enjoyed learning much more about this entire process … Continue reading →

Posted in Double Dragon Publishing, Dreams, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Novels, Publishing, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

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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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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