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: March 2012
Richard Alan Dickson Guest Blog
Richard Alan Dickson is a friend that I often turn to to check out my calculations on any business deal, or to talk with about the business of publishing. The reason is because he’s been in business, at the top … Continue reading
Wow! Are Things Changing
Tonight was the start of the Character Voice workshop here on the Oregon Coast. It’s a great group of professional writers attending and it’s going to be a really fun week. Zero doubt about that. But a couple things stunned … Continue reading
Teaching in Vegas
Kris and I will be down with our good friend Kevin J. Anderson in Las Vegas the last of April for the SuperStars Writing Seminars. Kevin put up a schedule of the three days and I would imagine there are … Continue reading
How To Read A Book Contract
Passive Guy at his wonderful blog www.thepassivevoice.com has a great article called “How to Read a Book Contract–Contempt.” A must read for anyone thinking of going into a contract with a traditional publisher. After a hundred plus book contracts for … Continue reading
Who Are The “Big Six” in…?
I am so sick of the term “The Big Six” that I want to try something here, just for fun. Feel free if you have some knowledge of publishing to try to answer these questions, because, to be honest, I … Continue reading
How To Deal With Writers
Professional fiction writer Ray Garton just did a wonderful article about how to deal with writers. And I agree completely. Fun and worth the read at Ray Garton’s blog.
Scott Turow
I used to respect Scott Turow, but after this last year of his ranting and “leadership” of the Author’s Guild, I have lost all respect for the man. He has zero clue how most of his members make a living, … Continue reading
Scarcity and Abundance
My wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, did an article today about the old world of publishing and the scarcity model and the new world of electronic publishing under the abundance model of business. My opinion, a must read article for anyone … Continue reading
Personal Post: Estate Done
I am so crazy busy right now, I shouldn’t even be spending a few minutes on my iPad to add some words to this and get it up and posted. (I’ve been adding to this post for three months.) I’m … Continue reading
Answering Some Agent Questions
The Peter Lampack Agency sued Martha Grimes after she left his agency (read fired him) claiming that he was due money from sales by another agent years down the road. (A nightmare for any author to even think about.) Today … Continue reading
