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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

A Writing Biography, Part III: Unhappy Kid Interlude, Yet Two Novels, Sort Of

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on October 14, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

Or: Wandering in the Wilderness with New Discipline, the Consciousness Expansion of Adolescence, and Many To-Do Lists This is an odd period to write about, and only this year, after I made plans to write about first The Gore Book … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Drawing, Early Writing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Novels, Science Fiction, Stories, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | Tagged A Writing Biography | 4 Replies

A Writing Biography, Part II: The Blue Notebook

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 28, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

A previous post, The First Childhood Appearance of Jack Commer, covered the origin of my space hero Jack in the fall of 1962 and my elation at writing the story “Voyage to Venus” for a fifth grade spelling assignment. That … Continue reading →

Posted in A Writing Biography, Drawing, Early Writing, Jack Commer, Science Fiction, Stories, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | 4 Replies

Who is Jack Commer, Supreme Commander?

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 8, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

With the shocking suicide of the Typhoon I, the most powerful military spaceship ever built, the four Commer brothers are reduced to two.  After the horrors of the Final War, the evacuation of Earth, and an unexpected conflict with native … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Images, Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing | 2 Replies

Trip to Mars, the Picture Book, or, How the Ship Became a Fantastical Theater Stage

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 28, 2014 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

My first “novel,” Trip to Mars, was fifty-five penciled pages in a small yellow notebook, starring Jack Commer and outlining the horrors of a 2033 World War IV and the evacuation of Earth’s surviving population to Mars.  Was the sixth … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Process, Drawing, Early Writing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, Stories, Trip to Mars, Videos, Writing, Writing Process | 4 Replies

The First Childhood Appearance of Jack Commer, September 19, 1962

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 30, 2013 by Michael D. SmithSeptember 24, 2014

Although I began writing at age seven in July 1960, I stopped after the demise of The Gore Book in the spring or summer of 1961.  (More musing is forthcoming on the unholy Götterdämmerung of The Gore Book collaboration with … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse and Delusion, Drawing, Early Writing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Science Fiction, Stories, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | 7 Replies

Hopefully Fun Draft Book Covers

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 22, 2023

I’ve been making my own EPUB versions of various working novels (using the Calibre program, which has gotten good reviews and which I recommend highly) to see how a novel comes across in that format, and to do yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Covers, Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Drawing, Editing, Jack Commer, Marketing, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Self-Publishing, The First Twenty Steps, The Wounded Frontier, Trip to Mars, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

Jack Commer Series Images

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 17, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I finally pulled together various Jack Commer images I’ve done over the past couple decades onto one web page. The impetus came from finding what I’d remembered as a mediocre, crudely done black and white sketch for the original Nonprofit Ladies … Continue reading →

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Nonprofit Chronowar, Book Three of the Jack Commer Series

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 28, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The third book of the Jack Commer series, Nonprofit Chronowar, is now available from Double Dragon Publishing in numerous eBook formats including EPUB, MOBI (Kindle format), PDF, and HTML, as well as in a paperback edition. The Overview Ranna Kikken … Continue reading →

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