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: November 2011
Reset! The Ups and Downs of Writing Challenges
During the month of December I’m going to be talking about how writers can motivate and keep writing during a long, long year. How to set goals, how to keep expectations and such in a healthy place. So stay tuned. … Continue reading
Balanced Post On Writing Speed by Zoe Winters
Zoe Winters just today did a very balanced and clear post about writing and speed of writing. Well worth the read for writers and anyone interested in the writing process. http://zoewinters.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/the-10000-word-day/ And note for those of you still confused how … Continue reading
Great post on Joe Konrath’s Blog by Stephen Leather
Worth the read for the discussion and Joe’s comments. Both have great points, but I lean more toward Joe’s position. http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6ZwlNH/jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-post-by-stephen-leather.html
An Indie Writer’s Great Story
I figured I would, for the moment, give a very positive example here of how this new world of publishing can work out. My best friend, Jim Kiser, is married to a wonderful person named Judy Joyce. This last August … Continue reading
RIP Anne McCaffrey
Over the past thirty years I had some wonderful times hanging around with Anne at conventions. Didn’t really know her that well besides all the fun parties and a few dinners I got to share with her over the decades. … Continue reading
Compendium of Conflict of Interest Posts
Passive Guy, an attorney, on his fantastic blog ThePassiveVoice did me a favor and put in one place all the links to the different posts about the conflict of interest with agents being publishers. Both pro and con. If you … Continue reading
Lee Goldberg on “Sucker Country”
Great post by Lee on Book Country scam. http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2011/11/sucker-country.html
But Why Would You… Ever Need an Agent in this New World?
Sixth installment in this new series. This series will be made up of short, sometimes long questions and puzzlements about publishing. For the longest time, about twenty-two years, actually, I had a series of wonderful agents. In the old world … Continue reading
The New World of Publishing: There Are Suckers Born Every Minute and They Are Writers
Yup, I said that. THERE ARE SUCKERS BORN EVERY MINUTE AND THEY ARE WRITERS. And I am coming to believe it more and more as this transition in publishing goes onward. As those of you who have followed these blog … Continue reading
How Traditional Publishers Will Get Rich
I’ve been saying for some time now that very few, if any traditional publishers will go down in this transition. I have been saying that the traditional publishers will get rich because the writers and their idiot agents caved in … Continue reading
