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Category Archives: Tarot Cards

Asylum and Mirage: A Note on the Cover

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on February 20, 2023 by Michael D. SmithFebruary 20, 2023

The novel’s cover comes from my June 2005 abstract painting show at Dallas Public Library’s Bradshaw Gallery. As the previous posts about the book describe, I’d had the image of Dave’s art warehouse for many years, long before doing this … Continue reading →

Posted in Acrylic, Art Process, Art Shows, Asylum and Mirage, Caspra Coronae, Novels, Painting, Tarot Cards | Leave a reply

Caspra Coronae Draft One Blast-Off

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 3, 2021 by Michael D. SmithJune 17, 2022

What is This Thing? There were no longer any issues blocking the fiction, and I began Caspra Coronae on June 24. I finally realized that although my plans are incomplete, whatever is unresolved is just going to have to come … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Asylum and Mirage, Caspra Coronae, Character Images, Dystopia, Interviews, Literary, Novels, Tarot Cards, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

Collapse and Delusion, The Seven of Cups, and Unexpected Redemption

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 30, 2020 by Michael D. SmithNovember 30, 2020

The ongoing stylistic cleanup of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series continues, with Collapse and Delusion, Book Four, just republished by Sortmind Press: Amazon paperback Amazon eBook (Kindle format) Smashwords eBook (multiple formats) Collapse and Delusion picks up from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, Dystopia, Editing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sortmind Press, Tarot Cards, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Complaints, Fight Songs, and Daily Technology

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 21, 2020 by Michael D. SmithMay 21, 2020

I wrote this piece of satire after perusing some older journals, but to my dismay I realized that if I’d actually run across this passage in a previous journal I might have thought it was a real entry. It’s bugged … Continue reading →

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Shackism v. Sortmind, Part Three

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 25, 2019 by Michael D. SmithNovember 25, 2019

The reader of the previous two blog posts must suspect that I’ve been building to some manifestation of Shackism v. Sortmind in my current life. So I finally acknowledge a buried concept lurking for several years: the idiotic notion that … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Balloon Ship Armageddon, Character Images, Jack Commer, Novels, Publishing, Sortmind, Tarot Cards, The Soul Institute, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Shackism v. Sortmind, Part Two

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 24, 2019 by Michael D. SmithNovember 24, 2019

No reader can possibly be prepared for this blog author to include a snippet from a June 26, 1971 letter to my friend Sabin Russell. I didn’t realize at the time how important this paragraph would be in my life. … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Writing, Excerpts, Novels, Sortmind, Tarot Cards, Writing, Zarreich | Leave a reply

Either the Orange Rhinoceros Tarot or the Sortmind Tarot

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 30, 2015 by Michael D. SmithAugust 31, 2019

A new Tarot Card page on sortmind.com showcases a handful of the seventy-eight cards in my eccentric Tarot deck, which really doesn’t have a name so I guess two rough draft names will do for now. Sometime in 2000 the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Process, Drawing, Novels, Sortmind, Tarot Cards | Leave a reply

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