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If No Internet or Word Processing

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 9, 2013 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

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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Being a Novelist as Opposed to a Short Story Writer

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 28, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Despite a strong desire from the beginning of my writing days to write novels, for many years I found myself unconsciously kowtowing to what now seems the tyrannical pedagogical assertion that writers “learn by writing short stories” and only then … Continue reading →

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Arboreal Ghosts / Last Stop This Route

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 8, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I think a couple years ago I would have thought “Arboreal Ghosts” another “excellent painting” to add to my “body of work.”  But what the painting really is, and I think I see this with newly-opened eyes, is another “decent … Continue reading →

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Typos, Glitches, and Errors

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 28, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

This past month Double Dragon Publishing generously allowed me to correct an italics formatting problem that came up in The Martian Marauders.  I’d noticed that on the Kindle format, as well as on the paperback version, some paragraphs that are … Continue reading →

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Jack Commer, Supreme Commander

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 9, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, the second of four novels in my Jack Commer science fiction series, has just been published by Double Dragon Publishing as an eBook in a variety of formats, all of which can be downloaded from the … Continue reading →

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The Utterly Meaningful Italicized Flashback, or, What Works and What Doesn’t Work

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 19, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

The following is a partial list of discoveries I’ve made in the last few years that have benefited my own writing, and which I also find myself attuned to as I read others’ writing.  I’m not trying to pose as … Continue reading →

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Some Initial Investigations of Leaking Libido

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on June 2, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

There’s an implied responsibility in being a writer or an artist, fine print in the contract we tend to blow past, so eager we are for the download.  And this responsibility is to get objective about what’s coming up from … Continue reading →

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Jack Commer Book Four: Collapse and Delusion

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on May 17, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The fourth book of the Jack Commer series, Collapse and Delusion, has been accepted for publication by Double Dragon Publishing.  I just finished this novel, which showcases the core characters from the series and begins at the wedding of September … Continue reading →

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Collapse and Delusion and Title Changes

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 10, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Title changes are usually wrenching, but they also offer much relief after you finalize your decision.  In my case I try to decide what an ideal reader would make of my novel title.  If I see that the title is … Continue reading →

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The Martian Marauders in Paperback

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 19, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

The Martian Marauders, the first novel in my Jack Commer science fiction series, is now available in a paperback edition as well as the original eBook version from Double Dragon Publishing.  If you go to The Martian Marauders page at … Continue reading →

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