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Category Archives: Spaceships

Supreme Commander Laurie: Manuscript Status and Spaceships

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 18, 2023 by Michael D. SmithMarch 15, 2024

Sometimes this novel still feels like a rough draft, sometimes a finished work close to publication. But I finally decided that Draft 2 is done and that I’m working on successive edits of a final manuscript of Supreme Commander Laurie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Balloon Ship Armageddon, Drawing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Novels, Science Fiction, Spaceships, Supreme Commander Laurie, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Supreme Commander Laurie, Draft 1: Completed

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 19, 2023 by Michael D. SmithMarch 17, 2024

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 →

Posted in Character Images, Jack Commer, Novels, Science Fiction, Spaceships, Supreme Commander Laurie, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Draft and Final Covers: Collapse and Delusion

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 9, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

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 →

Posted in Book Covers, Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Jack Commer, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Spaceships, Writing | Leave a reply

Draft and Final Covers: Nonprofit Chronowar

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 6, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

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 →

Posted in Book Covers, Character Images, Double Dragon Publishing, Jack Commer, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Spaceships, Trip to Mars, Writing | Leave a reply

Draft and Final Covers: Jack Commer, Supreme Commander

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 1, 2018 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

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 →

Posted in Book Covers, Character Images, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Spaceships, Writing | Leave a reply

Jack Commer Book Seven Interviews, 9: Joe Commer

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 15, 2018 by Michael D. SmithApril 3, 2021

Mike: Next up is Joe Commer, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United System Space Force, and Jack’s younger brother. Joe: Hi. Great to be here. I know from what the other characters have been telling me that my role in … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, Interviews, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Science Fiction, Spaceships, The SolGrid Rebellion, The Wounded Frontier, Writing, Writing Process | 1 Reply

Trip to Mars in Paperback

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 16, 2017 by Michael D. SmithApril 16, 2025

A few years ago I resurrected my first attempt at a novel, Trip to Mars, fifty-five penciled pages in a small yellow notebook with numerous crude illustrations. The 2,646-word story I produced as a sixth grader in the spring of … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawing, Early Writing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, Sortmind Press, Spaceships, Trip to Mars, Writing | 2 Replies

On Finishing a First Draft

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 13, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

I just finished Draft 1 of Commer of the Rebellion, Book 6 in the Jack Commer series. It’s too early to judge what sort of novel this is, or even if COTR will remain the final title. I’m already feeling … Continue reading →

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

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

Spaceships

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 14, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

I recently realized that I keep blowing up expensive spaceships, and that there’s a new Typhoon spaceship (I, II, III, IV, V, VI) for every book in the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series. Though I skipped a Typhoon in Book … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse and Delusion, Commer of the Rebellion, Drawing, Early Writing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Science Fiction, Spaceships, The SolGrid Rebellion, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing | Leave a reply

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  • Introducing The Benign Incursion – Sortmind Blog – Michael D. Smith on The Unknown Ending for The Martian Marauders
  • Jack Commer, Supreme Commander – The Complete Series Omnibus – Sortmind Blog – Michael D. Smith on Trip to Mars in Paperback
  • Jack Commer, Supreme Commander – The Complete Series Omnibus – Sortmind Blog – Michael D. Smith on The First Childhood Appearance of Jack Commer, September 19, 1962
  • Jack Commer, Supreme Commander – The Complete Series Omnibus – Sortmind Blog – Michael D. Smith on The Irregular Origin of The Martian Marauders
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