Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, with more than 30 million books sold, writer Dean Wesley Smith published far more than a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres.

At the moment he produces novels in several major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the Old West, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, a superhero series starring Poker Boy, a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang, and the Mary Jo Assassin series.

His monthly magazine, Smith's Monthly, which consists of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and offers readers more than 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month.

During his career, Dean also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, he wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.

He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of almost a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.

Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing, where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as series editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series.

For more information about Dean's books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com.

WMG Publishing Presents: Writer’s Block and Procrastination? by Dean Wesley Smith

USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith talks about how to get past that evil term "Writer's Block." And never have to deal with it again.

And then he goes on talking about ways to get around procrastination with your writing.

This lecture is often blunt, but has real-world methods of helping you get past writer's block and procrastination with your writing.

CURATOR'S NOTE

WMG Publishing's online lectures on writing provide solutions to a variety of problems. One of the biggest problems for writers is something labeled "writer's block." In this video, Dean Wesley Smith offers a way around writer's block. He also has tips for avoiding procrastination. Usually a $50 lecture, you can get it here with a $15 investment. – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

 
 

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