Michael D. Smith's Blog

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 →

The Martian Marauders has just gotten a review from a new review site, The Nerdasaurus Rex.  Here’s the link to the post: http://www.thenerdasaurusrex.blogspot... I’m delighted by this review, and not just because The Martian Marauders earned four out of a … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

Being overly busy and overly inclined to slap projects together and ship them out the door, declaring victory after victory, I have not been much inclined to slow down to zero and come to grips with my crisis in abstract … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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, PDF, Mobi Pocket, and Rocket eBook.  In … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →