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!
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: The Myth of Giving Away 15% Ownership in Your Work.
Oh, oh, I’m doing another Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing post. Stay tuned, I have a hunch there will be more. And it’s time for me to redo some of the old ones as well. Things have changed. Why … Continue reading
Fiction River is Funded
I want to thank everyone who has supported Fiction River on our adventure into Kickstarter. It’s been fantastic. We ended up with over $14,000 in pledges, so that will allow us to fund almost three full issues of the anthology … Continue reading
What’s Happened in August At WMG Publishing
Kris has decided to do a monthly report on the happenings around WMG Publishing and all the people coming and going. It’s fun. It’s short, it’s silly. Sort of the way things are around here.
The Writing of Challenge Two Story #2: “Call Me UnFixable.”
I kept track of this one a little better in the writing. And I’m not going back to the stories I finished in July at this point. Just going to leave them in holding for a short time. As promised … Continue reading
Free Fiction: Call Me Unfixable
Call Me Unfixable A Bryant Street Story Dean Wesley Smith Copyright © 2012 by Dean Wesley Smith Published by WMG Publishing Cover Design copyright © 2012 WMG Publishing Cover art copyright © Lamica/Dreamstime Act One I sat in my brand-new … Continue reading
My Article in Kirkus
Well, the world has tilted and I have an article this morning in KirkusReviews. They wanted me to write about how I made the shift from traditional and how I got started, so I did. Bluntly, of course. If interested … Continue reading
5 Days And Counting on Kickstarter
Our Fiction River Kickstarter project has five days left. Kris and I will be doing a countdown here and on Facebook and Twitter and her site toward the end. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to get … Continue reading
The New World of Publishing: The Myths Are Still Strong
Sometimes, those of us playing out on the new edge of fiction, striding out for ourselves in the indie landscape trying to connect personally with readers, flat forget that the traditional side of this industry is still full of “the … Continue reading
The Writing of Challenge Two Story #1: “For the Balance of a Heart.”
Challenge #2, story #1. (CT#1) For the Balance of a Heart A Poker Boy Story Finally getting some of the new challenge stories through the process and up here. It’s been a very strange first month plus for the challenge. … Continue reading
Fun New Fiction River Bonus Books
We are getting close to our stretch goal and there are eleven days left, so we felt it was time to add in a few really special items that Kris is offering to help Fiction River get a really good … Continue reading
