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.
Tag Archives: business
Great Article on Making “The” Choice
As I have been saying over and over, the decision to indie publish or traditional publish is a book-by-book, author-by-author choice and there is no right answer that fits everyone or every book. For another very clear and clean perspective … Continue reading
Another Agent Post
When I was down in Las Vegas last week being a guest speaker at the SuperStars writing Seminar, they put me on a panel about agents. They expected me to bash agents, as it seems is my reputation. I didn’t. … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher: Chapter 3: Projected Income
Here we go with Chapter Three, the last of the “Early Decisions” set up chapters. It’s been some time since I wrote the first version of Think Like a Publisher. Since I wrote those first chapters, Scott William Carter and … 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
Very Clear Agent Discussion by Laura Resnick
Laura Resnick posted a blog on the Novelist’s Inc web site that is very clear about agents and agents becoming publishers. Worth the read, folks. http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/literary-agents-self-publishing Great post, Laura, and thanks for the great comments and discussion here as well. … Continue reading
Chapter One: Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Only One Way
Series Note: I am now working on updating each chapter and putting together this book, finally, after over 100,000 words that started back in 2009. So I am updating each chapter and putting it up here now for those who … Continue reading
A Clear Mission Statement
In comments on Kris’s blog this morning after her newest “Business Rusch” column, she gave a very, very clear mission statement of what she and I and Mike Stackpole and others are trying to do on these blogs. So I … Continue reading
Kris Explains What Is Happening in Publishing
In her new article this week called “Writing Like it’s 1999″ Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about how things are changing in publishing and why so many writers are being left behind. Go read it, folks. Trust me. http://kriswrites.com/2011/05/11/the-business-rusch-writing-like-its-1999/
Think Like A Publisher #4…Production and Scheduling
The first three posts in this series were designed to be a unit and help you get set up as an indie publisher. You should have a business name picked out with a web site domain reserved, understand your upfront … Continue reading
A Conversation: Barry Eisler, Joe Konrath, and Me
Paying For Self-Publishing Help Thoughts on Sunk Costs and Commissions with Barry Eisler, Joe Konrath, and Dean Wesley Smith Joe: Before Barry and I went live with our 13,000 word ebook dialog, we reached out to a few folks we … Continue reading
