Dean’s Short Bio
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith published traditionally more than one hundred popular novels and well over two hundred 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 co-wrote The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and ghosts for a number of top bestselling writers.
Dean wrote books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and wrote scripts for Hollywood. One movie actually saw film.
Dean also worked as an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He now plays a role as 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 Volumes #1and #2 Are Available!
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Talent is a Myth
The word “talent” has been used for a very long time to destroy writers. I have always believed that the word is the worst myth of them all in publishing, so here goes a chapter I’m sure will be annoying … Continue reading
Finally Some Sense on Piracy
J. A. Konrath finally spoke in a blog what I have been thinking about internet piracy of books and stories for a long time. Thank you, J. A. Konrath for making sense in a world of writers running around screaming … Continue reading
What is a Publisher?
WHAT IS A PUBLISHER? I thought I would put this question as a post here, on the main page, because of an interesting discussion that went on in the comments of another post. I have always known there is a … Continue reading
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Only 300 Writers Make a Living
This myth is so solid, I hear it repeated over and over again. And just today, a person I follow on Twitter repeated it yet again, sending all her followers to a web site that had some writer say simply … Continue reading
My Agent Position Clearly Stated
I got the following question from a top writer who knows the answer, but I am sure he wanted me to make this very clear. So here I go. Question: Are there good agents who perform according to the guidelines … Continue reading
Great Agent Comments
Folks, on the first Agent chapter that you can find right here, Laura and Nathan, two established professional writers, have added in some great comments about agents and the state of the industry right now, started mostly from a post … Continue reading
Coming Soon
A new chapter in Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing is coming soon. I’ve almost managed to pound it into shape. It’s about the myth everyone hears so often that only 200 people make a living writing fiction. Why isn’t … Continue reading
Fantastic Post on Publishing
Nice guy and long time editor and freelancer in publishing, Tom Dupree puts in a single post a very, very concise and clear history of why publishing is the way it is today, with women in control. Brilliant post. A … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Hey, Mom, happy Mother’s Day. And the same for all the mothers out there reading this. Hope you are all having a great day.
Writers of the Future and Power of a Press Release
I got an interesting lesson on the power of the simple press release this last week. Not sure if you have heard or not but Kris (Kristine Kathryn Rusch) and I have been asked to be judges in the Writers … Continue reading
