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“There began to be wisps of mist along the ground”: The Excellence of Leigh Brackett’s Prose

  By Dave Smith | October 9, 2013 - 9:26 pm | Miscellaneous
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Whenever I hit a rut in my writing and need to be reminded why I am at the keyboard, I pull out one or another story or novel by Leigh Brackett to get me back on track, to remind me why I wanted to learn how to tell stories in … Continue reading →

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Website Reboot

  By Dave Smith | October 7, 2013 - 6:37 pm | Miscellaneous
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Friends, the website has a great new look courtesy of my friend Mike Johnson, and I’m taking the new look seriously by promising to blog frequently and faithfully. Used to be that I’d blog maybe two or three times a year because I got it in my head that I … Continue reading →

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Old Dogs and New Paradigms, Part 4

  By Dave Smith | March 26, 2013 - 9:10 pm | Publishing and writing
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While having breakfast with my daughter, Lily, the other morning, I made note of a commercial that came on as we were watching Nickelodeon. (Nickelodeon is pretty much the only channel we do watch these days, and that’s not a bad thing. The writing on I Carly—now canceled, alas—and Victorious, … Continue reading →

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For Glenn, with Thanks

  By Dave Smith | June 3, 2012 - 10:12 am | Miscellaneous
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I completed the following appreciation in January 2011 for a book of testimonials to be published in connection with honoring Glenn at the annual Robert E. Howard Days celebration in Cross Plains, Texas, in June 2011. That particular volume of tributes to Glenn did not materialize; therefore, this is the … Continue reading →

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Old Dogs and New Paradigms, Part 3

  By Dave Smith | September 4, 2011 - 10:14 am | Miscellaneous, Publishing and writing
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Last summer, I got back the rights to 10 of the 18 paperback novels I saw published in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These 10 are copyrighted in my name and are about my original characters, so . . . they’re mine. (The other eight novels—seven of them coauthored … Continue reading →

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