And all this time I was convinced I was getting smoked out because "Smoke Follows Beauty"

A good friend says that chanting "I hate fuzzy white rabbits" will chase the smoke away. My experience is that it seems to works sometimes, but generally not for very long, which helped convince me I must be too beautiful to resist (at least it did until Dryer just told about the stupid "Bernoulli Effect" ).

Gathering your wood from old deadfall that still has branches sitting up off the ground is always good because those will be dryer.

Stacking your firewood close to your fire so it can dry out a bit before you add it will help too.

Using a "Super Shelter" type campfire tent works real good. The front clear plastic panel will keep the smoke out and the heat in. Here's some photos of one I made. YouTube has some videos of others.