Dean’s Short Bio
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than one hundred popular novels and well over two hundred published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.
Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.
Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He is now an executive editor for Fiction River.
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WMG Publishing Inc. is now my major publisher of all my coming novels, collections, and short stories.
Fiction River Volume #1 Is Available!
Fiction River, an original fiction anthology magazine edited by me and Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available for subscriptions. Unnatural Worlds, the first volume, shiped on April 23rd.
$6.99 electronic and $15.99 trade paper editions of Fiction River: Unnatural Worlds are available at your favorite bookseller..
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Mind Meld and Aliens
I got invited to play in the Mind Meld question this time around. I was asked what I thought was my all time favorite alien in science fiction. Think about that. It’s a darned tough question. See how a bunch … Continue reading
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Follow the Rules to Get Published.
Yup, the myth is that following rules will really help you get published or stay published. Actually, following rules might actually stop you in this current world. Also let me start this by flat out by saying that editors and … Continue reading
Bad Agent Sydney
Bestselling writer J. Steven York does a wonderful series of posts pretending his cat Sydney is an agent. Today on his own blog he talks about how he gets the ideas for what Sydney says. If you aren’t following Bad … Continue reading
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing. Your Agent Sells Your Book Overseas
I hear over and over and over again how a writer must have an agent to sell books overseas. I even used it as one of the reasons in an earlier post about why a writer might want to have … Continue reading
Taking Risks
I’ve been trying to get writers to act in a business-like fashion with agents and other aspects of publishing. And to do so takes overcoming fear at times. It means taking risks. My wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is doing a … Continue reading
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Agents Take Care Of Your Money
Would you e-mail a perfect stranger and offer to give them control over your money? Sound like an internet scam? Sure it does, yet this is what fiction writers do all the time. I have touched on this in a … Continue reading
CLIFFHANGER WORKSHOP
One more post on workshops before the next chapter in Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing. We have added a new workshop in the place of the agent workshop. Cliffhangers are a critical craft part of novels and in lesser … Continue reading
Short Story Workshop
The second workshop this last week was a short story focused workshop lead by me and Tekno Books editor Denise Little. Thirty professional writers attended and it was great fun. And a lot of work. And I learned a bunch … Continue reading
