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..
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Tag Archives: Think Like A Publisher
Think Like a Publisher 2013: Chapter 6: Sales Plans
This chapter is a pretty extensive revision of an early version of Think Like a Publisher. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to put this chapter and the next few here on the web site. I didn’t in the 2012 version, … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher 2013: Chapter 5: Return on Investment
This chapter is brand new to any version of Think Like a Publisher. I’ve honestly been afraid to tackle this issue for some time, but think I might have a handle on it. Keep something clearly in mind as I … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher 2013: Chapter 3: Projected Income
Here we go again. It’s been over two years since I wrote the first version of Think Like a Publisher. And a year since I updated it into a 2012 edition. Stunning how time goes by. Since I wrote those … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher 2013: Chapter Two: Expected Costs
Here we go again. It’s been over two years since I wrote the first version of Think Like a Publisher. And a year since I updated it into a 2012 edition. Stunning how time goes by. Since I wrote those … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher 2013: Chapter One: The Early Decisions
Here we go again. It’s been over two years since I wrote the first version of Think Like a Publisher. And a year since I updated it into a 2012 edition. Stunning how time goes by. Since I wrote those … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher 2012: Chapter 2: Expected Costs
Here we go with Chapter Two. 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 I have taught three workshops by the same name, … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher 2012. Chapter 1: The Early Decisions
Here we go. 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 I have taught three workshops by the same name, plus an advanced … Continue reading
Think Like a Publisher #12: The Time It Takes
I had a hunch this series was going to take time as I learned new stuff. So now for some new stuff and some more numbers. Any new business just doesn’t have a clue how long each task will take … Continue reading
Think Like A Publisher #11… Electronic Sales to Bookstores
Just over a year ago now, Kris was standing at the end of an aisle in a Safeway grocery store as I came around the corner from the deli section. She was staring at one of those huge end-caps of … Continue reading
Think Like A Publisher #10…. The Returns System
I can’t even believe I’m writing this post in this series. A number of people suggested it and I just looked at them like they were nuts. No indie publisher should ever allow returns or even think about them. Duh. … Continue reading
