Dean’s Short Bio
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith published traditionally more than one hundred popular novels and well over two hundred 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 co-wrote The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and ghosts for a number of top bestselling writers.
Dean wrote books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and wrote scripts for Hollywood. One movie actually saw film.
Dean also worked as an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He now plays a role as 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 Volumes #1and #2 Are Available!
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Tag Archives: contracts
Another Bad Publishing Contract
I have died and gone to heaven today. John Scalzi got a hold of yet another contract from yet another imprint of Random House called Alibi. For two years now, as this shifted in New York, Kris and I started … Continue reading
Publishing Tip: Avoid Random House Hydra Imprint
Folks, if you don’t believe me sometimes about how bad it is getting in New York, read John Scalzi’s new post about the new imprint at Random House. John admits he is pro-traditional publishing for himself, but even he is … Continue reading
Advances Are Loans
As Kris and I have been trying to teach writers for two decades now, advances on a book deal from a traditional publisher are LOANS. Loans from the publisher. And for two decades writers have been telling us we are … Continue reading
Konrath on Traditional Publishing Contracts
In a similar way many of you here have heard me talk about before, and heard Kris talk about in varied articles, and heard The Passive Guy outline clearly, Joe Konrath is now also talking about publishing contracts and the … 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
Competition Restraint In Contracts
Those of you who are writing, or ever dreamed of writing, go read my wife’s blog today about one of the very, very nasty problems of contracts these days. Even if you have no intention of every going with a … Continue reading
Author Sues Publisher Over Restraint of Trade
The Passive Guy in his great blog The Passive Voice talked this morning about how an author is taking on one of the worst clauses in any author’s contract. And the one that Kris and I warn all authors to … Continue reading
The Passive Voice Can Be Hired
I’ve just returned from traveling and will do more blogs soon on numbers of topics, but first I wanted to make sure that you all knew that the man behind “The Passive Voice” blog that we all follow is now … Continue reading
IP Lawyers
First off, this from Laura Resnick. Thanks, Laura!! —– Hi Dean, I was getting so many requests for referrals via private email, I decided to put a directory of literary lawyers on my website. Just posted. These five lawyers can … Continue reading
How To Read A Contract
Folks, a former attorney going by the handle The Passive Guy is doing what is basically an online course for writers on how to read book contracts. Trust me, this is worth every moment you spend reading this series. And … Continue reading
