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Michael D. Smith

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in Sayre, PA, The United States

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https://sortmind.com

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary

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September 2011

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Michael D. Smith was raised in the Northeast and the Chicago area, then moved to Texas to attend Rice University, where he began developing as a writer and visual artist. His Jack Commer, Supreme Commander science fiction series is available from Sortmind Press.

Sortmind Press also publishes his literary novels Asylum and Mirage, Sortmind, CommWealth, The Soul Institute, Akard Drearstone, The University of Mars, and Zarreich, as well as his picture book, Trip to Mars. At blog.sortmind.com, Smith explores art and writing processes, and his web site, sortmind.com, contains further examples of his writing and art.

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A Blog Post from February 13, 1976

I came across this entry in the 1976 journal and it seems as if it would’ve been a perfect blog post at the time. Short and to the point, it describes the beginning, after six months of notes and outlines, of the 1,587-page typewritten rough draft of my first real novel, 1976-1978, which I only titled Akard Drearstone sometime afterward. We had just moved from a cramped apartment to a rented house

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	The Martian Marauders (Jack Commer #1) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Commer: Supreme Commander (Jack Commer #2) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nonprofit Chronowar (Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collapse and Delusion (Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trip to Mars - The Picture Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wounded Frontier (Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, #5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CommWealth 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Twenty Steps really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akard Drearstone it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jump Grenade it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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