M. Daniel Smith (mdanielsmith.com)
@mdanielsmith.bsky.social
Author of novels in multiple genres (mdanielsmith.com)
Retired, married, living close to nature
New-Englander, Mid-Coast Maine
Socially active
Poetry, my true writer's passion, and novels.
Retired, married, living close to nature
New-Englander, Mid-Coast Maine
Socially active
Poetry, my true writer's passion, and novels.
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Writing, like sheet music, has the ability to transfer energy over time and distance. With twenty-six symbols and a handful of punctuation or 88 notes on a piano, what the writer or composer created is brought to life again.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Writing, like sheet music, has the ability to transfer energy over time and distance. With twenty-six symbols and a handful of punctuation or 88 notes on a piano, what the writer or composer created is brought to life again.
We drag ourselves into the future, one day placed upon the next to come, with little more then faint promise of another, our willing souls awakening to possibilities in store. To witness life in every shape, texture, and tone is reward enough for being one with hearth and home. With loved ones held.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We drag ourselves into the future, one day placed upon the next to come, with little more then faint promise of another, our willing souls awakening to possibilities in store. To witness life in every shape, texture, and tone is reward enough for being one with hearth and home. With loved ones held.
Never underestimate the neglect caused by those who have so little empathy they ignore people's needs that fall outside their inner circle of sycophants and family.
Never underestimate the power of resistance to the above by people of character who consider any and all part of an extended family.
Never underestimate the power of resistance to the above by people of character who consider any and all part of an extended family.
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Never underestimate the neglect caused by those who have so little empathy they ignore people's needs that fall outside their inner circle of sycophants and family.
Never underestimate the power of resistance to the above by people of character who consider any and all part of an extended family.
Never underestimate the power of resistance to the above by people of character who consider any and all part of an extended family.
They who feed the fire of autocracy with their fear of retribution.... will end up consumed by the inferno they helped create.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
They who feed the fire of autocracy with their fear of retribution.... will end up consumed by the inferno they helped create.
We offer, of ourselves, what we seek in others. Reflections of energy that blend in harmony with our own. As if a collaboration of creativity, whether in art, music, words, or images painted by brushstroke or shutter pressed. Each doing our best to capture beauty in every and all its forms.
June 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We offer, of ourselves, what we seek in others. Reflections of energy that blend in harmony with our own. As if a collaboration of creativity, whether in art, music, words, or images painted by brushstroke or shutter pressed. Each doing our best to capture beauty in every and all its forms.
AI is like caressing a manican. The shape is somewhat true to form, but there is nothing of substance beneath the surface. Like an actor in a movie doing their lines, with the audience thinking they're speaking directly to them.
A false message, missing your heart and soul...
A false message, missing your heart and soul...
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
AI is like caressing a manican. The shape is somewhat true to form, but there is nothing of substance beneath the surface. Like an actor in a movie doing their lines, with the audience thinking they're speaking directly to them.
A false message, missing your heart and soul...
A false message, missing your heart and soul...
To be one with a community of like-minded individuals, open to each other's creative expressions of self-generated views into the world.... is to take in a deep breath of sea-sweet air, feeling it cleanse the pallette of one's soul, heart, and inquiring mind. Divine, this feeling of connectivity.
May 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
To be one with a community of like-minded individuals, open to each other's creative expressions of self-generated views into the world.... is to take in a deep breath of sea-sweet air, feeling it cleanse the pallette of one's soul, heart, and inquiring mind. Divine, this feeling of connectivity.
Shameless plug of new website to promote existing novels, and new ones coming up soon!
Also a few blogs about writing and other subjects to share with other creatives who I follow and am followed by....
Appreciated every one of you. Go Blue!
Also a few blogs about writing and other subjects to share with other creatives who I follow and am followed by....
Appreciated every one of you. Go Blue!
May 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Shameless plug of new website to promote existing novels, and new ones coming up soon!
Also a few blogs about writing and other subjects to share with other creatives who I follow and am followed by....
Appreciated every one of you. Go Blue!
Also a few blogs about writing and other subjects to share with other creatives who I follow and am followed by....
Appreciated every one of you. Go Blue!
To breathe in the scent of others' words, thoughts expressed from their innermost selves.... is to inhale knowledge outside your own. To add it to the garden grown throughout your life, where blossoms of new ideas are formed. Warmed by the unblinking eye of a universal truth, shared in common. Love.
May 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
To breathe in the scent of others' words, thoughts expressed from their innermost selves.... is to inhale knowledge outside your own. To add it to the garden grown throughout your life, where blossoms of new ideas are formed. Warmed by the unblinking eye of a universal truth, shared in common. Love.
How to win. Don't lose. How to succeed. Don't fail. How to love. Don't hate. How to thrive. Do more than survive. How to live.... be open to the people in your life, hearing them, seeing them, helping them, letting them in. Being present in each other's journey. Being human and humane....
May 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How to win. Don't lose. How to succeed. Don't fail. How to love. Don't hate. How to thrive. Do more than survive. How to live.... be open to the people in your life, hearing them, seeing them, helping them, letting them in. Being present in each other's journey. Being human and humane....
Time measures us as we measure time, passing unnoticed like heartbeats while resting. Then, as if from nowhere, rearing up, looking in our eyes, our heatbeats throbbing in response, asking: What the hell are you waiting for? Don't waste another second. Go. Do. Fight for what's right today. Now. Us.
May 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Time measures us as we measure time, passing unnoticed like heartbeats while resting. Then, as if from nowhere, rearing up, looking in our eyes, our heatbeats throbbing in response, asking: What the hell are you waiting for? Don't waste another second. Go. Do. Fight for what's right today. Now. Us.
The truth about writing:
You can't eat words, but you can absorb them. You can't weigh them when spoken, but they can bring you to your knees. You can't taste them, but they can fill your heart with joy or pain. You can't use them to build a house, but they are able to create new worlds to explore.
You can't eat words, but you can absorb them. You can't weigh them when spoken, but they can bring you to your knees. You can't taste them, but they can fill your heart with joy or pain. You can't use them to build a house, but they are able to create new worlds to explore.
May 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The truth about writing:
You can't eat words, but you can absorb them. You can't weigh them when spoken, but they can bring you to your knees. You can't taste them, but they can fill your heart with joy or pain. You can't use them to build a house, but they are able to create new worlds to explore.
You can't eat words, but you can absorb them. You can't weigh them when spoken, but they can bring you to your knees. You can't taste them, but they can fill your heart with joy or pain. You can't use them to build a house, but they are able to create new worlds to explore.
If I only read one book that leads me to a truth unknown.... my life is made richer by the knowledge gained.
But as it is with most things of value touched, we thirst for more, and learn so much from the one that follows, close behind....
But as it is with most things of value touched, we thirst for more, and learn so much from the one that follows, close behind....
May 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If I only read one book that leads me to a truth unknown.... my life is made richer by the knowledge gained.
But as it is with most things of value touched, we thirst for more, and learn so much from the one that follows, close behind....
But as it is with most things of value touched, we thirst for more, and learn so much from the one that follows, close behind....
I would not remove struggle from my life, or worry, fear, or occasional.failure. Each of these add spice to the meals we partake of, every day.
And in the end, if the bitter fades and the sweet remains, we will go through the thin veil with satisfied smiles on our tear lined cheeks....
And in the end, if the bitter fades and the sweet remains, we will go through the thin veil with satisfied smiles on our tear lined cheeks....
May 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I would not remove struggle from my life, or worry, fear, or occasional.failure. Each of these add spice to the meals we partake of, every day.
And in the end, if the bitter fades and the sweet remains, we will go through the thin veil with satisfied smiles on our tear lined cheeks....
And in the end, if the bitter fades and the sweet remains, we will go through the thin veil with satisfied smiles on our tear lined cheeks....
To seek a blend of mutual energies, with those whose hearts sing a similar melody, believe in like values, have traveled familiar paths.... is to join with creative vibrations that permeate our souls, releasing hard won and recognized individual truths.
May 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
To seek a blend of mutual energies, with those whose hearts sing a similar melody, believe in like values, have traveled familiar paths.... is to join with creative vibrations that permeate our souls, releasing hard won and recognized individual truths.
It's not how hard it is to do something, but how easy it is to do nothing. To learn nothing, gain nothing, offer nothing in return for someone else doing.... something.
May 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It's not how hard it is to do something, but how easy it is to do nothing. To learn nothing, gain nothing, offer nothing in return for someone else doing.... something.
When our needs are balanced against sacred trusts,
To protect the world that offers us as friends and lovers,
A place to rest our weary souls.... in spheres of water, sun, and sand,
We find the essence of nature's meaning in these moments,
Near to hand, hearts, and souls....
To protect the world that offers us as friends and lovers,
A place to rest our weary souls.... in spheres of water, sun, and sand,
We find the essence of nature's meaning in these moments,
Near to hand, hearts, and souls....
May 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When our needs are balanced against sacred trusts,
To protect the world that offers us as friends and lovers,
A place to rest our weary souls.... in spheres of water, sun, and sand,
We find the essence of nature's meaning in these moments,
Near to hand, hearts, and souls....
To protect the world that offers us as friends and lovers,
A place to rest our weary souls.... in spheres of water, sun, and sand,
We find the essence of nature's meaning in these moments,
Near to hand, hearts, and souls....
Okay.... to all the wise women in practice of magick.... time to boil, light the wick, commune with green energy, stir the waters of the air. Rise and chant the lore from centuries ago, threaded through unto today, and cast your spells.... today!
Or tonight. Yeah. Tonight would be good....
Or tonight. Yeah. Tonight would be good....
May 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Okay.... to all the wise women in practice of magick.... time to boil, light the wick, commune with green energy, stir the waters of the air. Rise and chant the lore from centuries ago, threaded through unto today, and cast your spells.... today!
Or tonight. Yeah. Tonight would be good....
Or tonight. Yeah. Tonight would be good....
To seek solace alone, bereft of what others can offer, in need of it themselves, is to deny the essence of communal life. We are meant to coexist. To trade ideas, exchange greetings, share the circle of the fire-pit. Tell our stories, learn from others. Ancient ways got us here. To there we must go.
May 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
To seek solace alone, bereft of what others can offer, in need of it themselves, is to deny the essence of communal life. We are meant to coexist. To trade ideas, exchange greetings, share the circle of the fire-pit. Tell our stories, learn from others. Ancient ways got us here. To there we must go.
Energy is drawn to energy.... positive to negative. Opportunity, to doors closed in your face..
Alternate paths, leading you beyond where, alone, you could never have dared to dream reaching.
Seek out fellow creatives, like souls, with open minds. Share, show you care, and soar along with them....
Alternate paths, leading you beyond where, alone, you could never have dared to dream reaching.
Seek out fellow creatives, like souls, with open minds. Share, show you care, and soar along with them....
May 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Energy is drawn to energy.... positive to negative. Opportunity, to doors closed in your face..
Alternate paths, leading you beyond where, alone, you could never have dared to dream reaching.
Seek out fellow creatives, like souls, with open minds. Share, show you care, and soar along with them....
Alternate paths, leading you beyond where, alone, you could never have dared to dream reaching.
Seek out fellow creatives, like souls, with open minds. Share, show you care, and soar along with them....
Sing not to an empty room, but one filled with cupped ears of those who will one day seek to hear your vouce...
Dream the reality to come, and cast away all fears, doubts, and other such foolish things. Close your eyes, tilt back your head.... and sing as loud, as long as you possibly can....
Dream the reality to come, and cast away all fears, doubts, and other such foolish things. Close your eyes, tilt back your head.... and sing as loud, as long as you possibly can....
May 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sing not to an empty room, but one filled with cupped ears of those who will one day seek to hear your vouce...
Dream the reality to come, and cast away all fears, doubts, and other such foolish things. Close your eyes, tilt back your head.... and sing as loud, as long as you possibly can....
Dream the reality to come, and cast away all fears, doubts, and other such foolish things. Close your eyes, tilt back your head.... and sing as loud, as long as you possibly can....
When we choose for ourselves which path to follow and which to bear away from.... denying fate its guiding hand, all is never lost. There is no cost assigned to one's decision to apply free will, as your destination will bend around to where you're meant to. Your future, a story already written.
May 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
When we choose for ourselves which path to follow and which to bear away from.... denying fate its guiding hand, all is never lost. There is no cost assigned to one's decision to apply free will, as your destination will bend around to where you're meant to. Your future, a story already written.