Author Archives: Dave Smeds

About Dave Smeds

The latest work by Dave Smeds is the story collection Raiding the Hoard of Enchantment. More about him can be found at his Book View Café page.

You Really Have No Idea

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Any writer in the creative arts can share a version of this story. It is invariably something that has directly happened to them: They’re at a party, making small talk, meeting people. They are asked, “What do you do?” “I’m … Continue reading →


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WWW Wednesday 5-8-2013

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

It’s WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? • … Continue reading →


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Designing Ebook Covers

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

As soon as people start talking about ebook cover design, someone is bound to say, “First rule: The cover needs to be legible at thumbnail size.” Therein lies the trap. It is a fact that most potential customers for any … Continue reading →


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In Memoriam: Janet Berliner (1939-2012)

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

Word came this morning (Wednesday, October 24th) from Bob Fleck, Janet’s companion of the past twenty years, that she was dead. I had been expecting to lose her. Not just because I was aware she was on a ventilator and … Continue reading →


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A Karate Scrapbook: Old Dogs Do Learn New Tricks

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

I am fifty-seven years old. Six years ago the lowest disc in my spine herniated. My sciatic nerve on the right side was pinched so badly it lost seventy percent of its signal-carrying capacity, or so my spine doctor estimated … Continue reading →


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Citius, Altius, Sapientius: Karate

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

HANGING OUT BY THE DOJO, SAN FRANCISCO, 1981   The headquarters dojo of Goju-Kai Karate-Do USA was for many years located at Eighteenth and Collingwood in San Francisco. It occupied the loft level of a two-story commercial building that had … Continue reading →


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Everything Is Source Material

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Everything is source material. My best friend from college days died a couple of years ago. He was only fifty-three. He wasn’t in top condition, but he wasn’t so battered and frayed that he had acquired the habit of checking … Continue reading →


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