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How Do you Deal With Your Backlog?

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on February 29, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I can’t remember, nor does a Google search tell me, which of the great science fiction writers said, more or less: “Keep the manuscripts in motion until they are bought.”  I think it was Heinlein but it doesn’t really matter.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Daily, Double Dragon Publishing, Novels, Publishing, Stories, Writing, Writing Process | 4 Replies

Publication of The Martian Marauders

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 12, 2012 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

The Martian Marauders, the first of three novels in my Jack Commer science fiction series, has just been published by Double Dragon Publishing as an eBook, in a variety of formats including EPUB (for most eReaders including Nook), PDF, Mobi … Continue reading →

Posted in Double Dragon Publishing, Martian Marauders, Novels, Publishing, Writing | 1 Reply

The 2011 Harvest

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 5, 2012 by Michael D. SmithApril 7, 2013

Several years back I began compiling a timeline of what writing projects I was working on.  It’s always interesting to see how much builds up over time, and it’s easy to keep up with–just note the start and stop dates.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Process, Collapse and Delusion, Double Dragon Publishing, Editing, Essays, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Stories, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Take My Word for It

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 15, 2011 by Michael D. SmithJune 13, 2015

No one wants to take the author’s word for it that his or her writing is good–not the slush pile reader, not the editor, not the editorial board, not the marketing staff, not the sales force, not the average reader … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Daily, Novels, Publishing, Query Letters, Trust, Writing, Writing Process | 1 Reply

On the Essential Meaninglessness of the Word “Metaphysical”

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 16, 2011 by Michael D. SmithJune 13, 2015

Come on, really–what DOES it mean? Sending query letters to literary agents was one of my more useless wastes of time and energy, but one submission–and it might have been the last one to an agent, a couple years ago–brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Daily, Novels, Painting, Publishing, Query Letters, Writing, Writing Process | 1 Reply

The Soul Institute

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on October 18, 2011 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I finally returned to this novel and finished it last month.  After an initial two drafts I’d finished what I thought was a final manuscript of The Soul Institute in December 1999, and I was proud of the result.  Yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Novels, Publishing, The Soul Institute, Writing, Writing Process | 2 Replies

Novels Inventory, September 2011

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 18, 2011 by Michael D. SmithAugust 20, 2019

Following is a list of my novels and novellas with terse little elevator pitch summaries and some notes as to their fates.  If there are novel title links, they lead to their detailed info pages on the mothership, www.sortmind.com. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, CommWealth, Double Dragon Publishing, Editing, Jack Commer, Martian Marauders, Novels, Publishing, Query Letters, Sortmind, Stories, The Soul Institute, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

Homage to the Wiess Cracks

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 27, 2011 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

I never thought much about my stint as editor of the Wiess Crack until I began to see it as another piece of lost energy I wanted to reclaim from the beginning of my writing life. In the small enclosed … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Writing, Editing, Novels, Plays, Publishing, Satire, Stories, Wiess Cracks, Writing, Writing Process | 4 Replies

What Does Your Muse Think of Your Writing Career?

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 20, 2011 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

What is Career Art?  Art executed in the pursuit of success and recognition, seeking opportunities, rising, gaining influence and power.  How is this any different at all from rising through an insurance organization? There’s nothing wrong with wanting to make … Continue reading →

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An Archeological Excavation of Akard Drearstone, Draft 1

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 19, 2011 by Michael D. SmithJune 27, 2019

If you’re well known and announce on your blog that you’re “going dark” to work on some major project, your readers may accept this in anticipation of some future gift.  If nobody reads your blog and you announce that you … Continue reading →

Posted in Akard Drearstone, Early Writing, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Process | 11 Replies

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