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..
Or subscribe to future issues now.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
A Great Week!!
In case anyone noticed I hadn’t been here as regularly as normal this week, if you call my posts here regular at all. (grin). I got sort of busy. From Monday to Thursday morning I worked with ten writers to … Continue reading
New Post by Kris on Writer Survival
Folks, don’t miss Kris’s new post on what it takes for a writer to survive in this new publishing world. www.kristinekathrynrusch.com
Kris on Modern Writer Survival Skills
Folks, you want to read this article by Kris. It’s part of a series she’s doing that you all should be following. And honestly, I have no idea what she’s going to write about before she does and she doesn’t … Continue reading
The New World of Publishing: Accounting
Warning: This will be a general post designed to help regular folk understand some real basics in indie publishing accounting, so publishing experts and accountants, please give me a break. This is very, very general. Thanks! Also, this is a … Continue reading
C.E. Petit Blog on Borders Immediate Impact on Authors
Okay, folks, this blog will explain a lot of things to you about your next royalty statement. C.E. talks about the impact of the Borders’ bankruptcy on authors. Basically, we’re screwed. Authors working with traditional publishers, read it carefully. If … Continue reading
Zoe Winters On Indie Publishing Gold Rush
Zoe Winters did a great post today about how this new world of indie publishing seems like a gold rush, and some people are treating indie publishing as a gold rush that will pan out, but it’s not. This is … Continue reading
Tobias Buckell Take on Amazon/Apple App Fight
I have a hunch many of you have not been following what this article is about. Tobias describes it fairly well. And I wasn’t completely agreeing with his conclusions until I got to the last two paragraphs, which is how … Continue reading
The Writing of Challenge Story #10: Hand and Space
After finishing and putting up the last challenge story, I took a couple of days away from the challenge, just working on other projects. So on the night of the 10th (3;30 in the morning of the 11th), I happened … Continue reading
Another Great Comparison on POD
Zoe Winters did a response to Robin’s post about liking CreateSpace. Zoe likes LighteningSource. Here are her reasons why. I suggest that everyone read both articles when looking at POD. http://zoewinters.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/why-i-still-recommend-using-lightning-source-over-createspace/ That said, I use CreateSpace. I use a fantastically … Continue reading
Editor Tom Dupree Continues His Series
Folks, Tom Dupree has written the second in his series about editing back when editing was editing and publishing was very different from right now. The series is called Adventures in Editing. It’s a great series and I suggest you … Continue reading
