Lubrican: Blog

It is possible by now that you have noticed changes at SOL. I'm assuming that these changes resulted from some person or group threatening to sue SOL if the changes were not made. If it actually went to court, SOL would win, because neither SOL nor the authors there have done anything illegal in the United States. Winning a frivolous lawsuit still means you have to hire a lawyer, and after you win the same person or group will happily sue you again. They will do that until you are bankrupt. Hence the changes.

Now, I have to be careful, here, because D2D, the company that bought smashwords.com, recently banned me for life from publishing anything at smashwords. They de-listed all my books and informed me I can never publish there again, under any pen name at all. Their stated reason for this was because, in my author profile, I talked about freedom of speech and censorship and said that if a customer sent me a copy of the receipt for the book, I'd send them an uncensored version of the book for free. This apparently announced to the world that books containing underage sex exist in the world, and that I was using their platform to advertise that. This violated their standards so violently they took the described action.

The loss of that income stings, and I don't want any other publishers to ban me, too, so that's why I'm being careful about what I'm saying.

In the past I tried to post two free things for every book I put up for sale. With the new requirements I knew Laz would have to delete most of what I've posted over the years. So I downloaded everything to preserve it on my computer. In the future I'll continue to write as I always have, but I'll edit the material so it can be posted at SOL. I am already in the process of editing everything I have for sale at bookapy.com and in the future everything I publish there will conform to the new standards. I'll keep the original for myself, which is fine, because I write mostly for myself. I know some others enjoy it, too, which is why I posted it.

When I post something on SOL I'll probably publish it for sale on bookapy.com, too. If you buy a book that seems a little off, in places, and would like to discuss that with me, you can sent me mail through SOL or write to me directly at merely.bob at gmail dot com. Because I'm so busy, I'd ask you to send me proof of purchase because I only have time to chat with actual customers. I'm not going to send you anything. We'll just chat, maybe about the process of editing books or whatever.

To the moral police, I'll say this. I do not believe that persons under the age of 18 engage in sexual behavior. I believe that as much as you do. I do not condone underage sex, even if it's legal. I understand that the age of consent, which is below 18 in many states, is an aberration and an abomination. Even if I accidentally write something that has an age of consent under 18 in it, I will certainly never send that to any human being. Everything I post at SOL or publish at bookapy.com will comply strictly with the new standards. There will be no underage sex in anything I post or publish. I'm not offering to send anybody anything that contains perfectly legal underage sex. Anything I write is my opinion only and neither SOL nor bookapy.com is responsible for anything I produce.

To the rest of you, I wish you happy reading. Thank you for doing that. I hope I get to chat with some of you. We've been friends a long time and I hope that friendship can continue.

Life demands to be lived, sometimes, and it can prioritize publishing at the low end of the totem pole. I've been writing and there are three or four books ready for editing, so there will be some stuff coming down the pike this spring and summer.

I'm posting one right now called The Two Year Itch, about a young couple who want to experiment a little. It would involve another partner for her, but there were specifications which must be met. One of those was that they wanted a man who was large in the penis department. But how does one advertise for that?

The story will be fully posted this week, but if you're impatient you can get the whole book at Bookapy.

Thank you to all the nice people who wrote to me saying they hoped everything was okay. It is. I now have three vertebrae fused in my neck and they're trying to figure out what to do about three more in my lumbar area. It's not an excuse. It's just information to help you excuse me.

Thanks for reading.
Bob

I want to thank everybody who read and voted for my Halloween story in the contest.
I write for two reasons. The first is I just like doing it. The second is that you have told me again and again that you enjoy reading what I like writing.

It's a symbiosis, of sorts, and I am very appreciative of your part in it.

So thanks for reading and voting.

Bob

just had five issues with my left shoulder operated on. will be in a sling for 6 wks. everything being typed with on hand so no caps for a while unless the machine fixes that.
the good news is that doc says i won't make more mistakes when it's healed.
i'll make the same amount
bob

Okay, here we go. I'm posting a new story and this one came to me in a dream. It is not like anything I've ever written or posted before. It is extremely dark in the beginning but it is, in the end, a Lubrican story. It gave me very sour lemons and I've tried to make it into lemonade.

The Extortion of Heather Mercer is eight chapters long and the whole thing will get published this week if all goes well.

Read the foreword. Look at the codes. I have included any possible code that somebody could think should be included, but the story isn't about the codes. What I mean is the codes don't tell the story. When you see "rape" in the codes, and that's not your bag, I get it. I don't normally write about rape. In this case, though, it had to be done for the plot to work. It's the same with any other code.

I'll turn comments on so you can vent if that will make you feel better.

I get mail all the time from people who say things like, "I was going to pass this one by because of [imagine a reason here] but because it was written by Lubrican I decided to give it a chance. I'm glad I did."

That comment means a lot to me because it tells me the reader trusts me to deliver a "Lubrican" story. I think you can trust this one, too.

I'll be interest to see the feedback
Bob