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Category Archives: The University of Mars

The CommWealth Republication

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 13, 2020 by Michael D. SmithJune 13, 2020

A. Property What if anyone could ask for anything you owned and keep it for thirty days until someone else wanted it … your home, your car … even your body? Members of the Forensic Squad theatrical troupe find themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Black Comedy, Character Images, CommWealth, Dystopia, Editing, Jump Grenade, Literary, Novels, Publishing, Query Letters, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, Sortmind Press, The Soul Institute, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Amid Work on Three Karmic Novels

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 11, 2017 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

I’ve finished good drafts of the Three Legacy Novels outlined in the June 18 blog post. The question was: could I make the older manuscripts of Jump Grenade, Akard Drearstone, and Sortmind into fully modern, high quality expressions? Was there … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Black Comedy, CommWealth, Jump Grenade, Literary, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, Sortmind Press, The First Twenty Steps, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process, Zarreich | Leave a reply

Three Legacy Novels

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 18, 2017 by Michael D. SmithAugust 20, 2019

Why should writers’ blogs, including my own, continue to spout, in glorious marketing-ese dialect, a sort of Chamber of Commerce civic boosterism about our stunning writing careers and our usually boring buy-my-book blurbs? Why should I post as if everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Jump Grenade, Marketing, Novels, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

Reviewing Reviews

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 13, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

Recently an episode of relentless plowing through a novel I didn’t really want to read sparked a happy realization.  I’m always open to abandoning a book I’m not enjoying–after all, there are millions of great books out there, so why … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketing, Novels, Reviews, The University of Mars, Writing | Leave a reply

The Soul Institute is Published

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

“Back away from the novel and slowly put your hands on top of the Internet. Keep your mind where I can see it.” Sooner or later you come to this point. The time has finally arrived to push the novel … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, CommWealth, Double Dragon Publishing, Dreams, Editing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Literary, Novels, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Sortmind, Sortmind Press, The First Twenty Steps, The Soul Institute, The University of Mars, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Homage Part 2: The Zarreich Enigma

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 19, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

As I did with my previous University of Mars post, I culled this essay from its original sortmind.com page. With the advantage of further perspective, I’m editing it considerably from the 2006 musings I made after scanning and editing the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Akard Drearstone, Dreams, Early Writing, Editing, Novels, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process, Zarreich | 3 Replies

Homage Part 1: Farewell to The University of Mars

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 4, 2015 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I culled this post from the sortmind.com University of Mars page. I’ve always enjoyed this essay as a solid analysis of an unpublishable old novel, but it’s really a blog post, lost on a bazillion pages on sortmind.com, so I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Double Dragon Publishing, Dreams, Dystopia, Early Writing, Martian Marauders, Novels, Publishing, Query Letters, Science Fiction, The University of Mars, Writing, Writing Process | 9 Replies

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