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I haven't posted anything in ahwile and that always brings out the "Are you still alive?" people. Not that those folks bother me. I'm flattered they think about me.
Here's the deal. My wife's health took a serious dive last spring because of allergies that almost hospitalized her. So we had to get out of Kansas and go somewhere more allergy friendly. That means we've been on the road here and there (mostly there) looking for a new place to hang our hats.
The good news is we found something and it's going to get all finalized between now and the end of the year.
At that point I might be able to spend more time writing. I've been working on something as time permits but I doubt it will come out until after the new year.
I just wanted you to know I'm still alive and have some of the same problems as many of you have.
Happy Holidays
Bob

I'm starting to get inquires again asking if I'm still alive. This has happened before and the situation is like I have described before, but I'll provide an update to answer all the questions.

First off, I'm fine and I'm writing. What has happened recently was that I was working on multiple books at the same time and finished them all around the same time as well. That means Michelle, my proofreader, has a stack of things to look at. She's got a family and a job and a life to live, so it takes time for her to get around to looking at my stuff.

Then, once she's done her thing, I send it to Andy for editing. He also has other things to do than pore over my stuff. Both of these folks contribute a really astonishing amount of quality to the finished product. That gets noticed and it's one of the things that makes people keep reading my books.

So, there are three or four new books in the pipeline that will come out sometime in 2023, One is an Alpha and Bravo set about a young man who gets hit by a car at age 15 and is in a coma until he's 18. When he wakes up he has epilepsy as a result of the accident and needs a live-in caregiver. Enter a young Asian woman with a brand new degree in physical therapy and... well, you know me. Version Alpha is just her and the boy. In version Bravo his mother helps take care of him.

Those two can't come out together, though, unless I hold Alpha until Bravo is finished. Alpha is almost ready now and there's another book in the lineup before Bravo.

So that's the deal. Things will get done when they get done. I value Michelle and Andy's contribution to much to abuse them.

Thanks for all the interest.
Bob

If you have been reading my stuff, over the years, then you know I write within a relatively defined genre. You might also know that I reach out, now and again, to try something different. I have done that again and this time I reached waaay out.

I'm posting my first BDSM story. Or maybe it's only domination/submission, since (in my opinion) there are no sadists involved. There might be a masochist in the story.

Basically, I have no freaking idea what this is, but I wanted to write it and I did and I never waste anything that came from my muse.

So here's the deal. This is an experiment. It might be good and it might be garbage. Only those who are legitimately in the BDSM community can make that judgement and since I'm not in that community, I'm just going to post it and let them tell me how I did. It's kind of like when I write from a woman's point of view. I'm not a woman but my female readers (who I try hard to understand) tell me I have done all right at that. I want to understand almost everybody in the world of erotica so that's also what this one is about.

The title is Spanking my Secretary and it's eleven chapters long. It does not (necessarily) have cliffhangers in it, which is also something new for me. I plan on posting a chapter a day.

I get mail fairly often from people who say something along the lines of "I'm not into [what this book is about] but I decided to try it because you wrote it and I'm glad I did." This is not an attempt to toot my own horn (or have them toot it) but rather is just a request that you read a few chapters before you decide it's not for you, especially if BDSM really isn't your thing. It's really not my thing, either, which might sound odd, since I wrote about it, but we should all try to understand each other if at all possible.

Stay safe and thanks for reading.
Bob

I don't know what other authors do when they publish a book at zbookstore.com, but when I do that I always republish about two or three weeks later, so that corrections, additions and edits are there. So, if you purchase one of my books (and THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF YOU DO) then be sure to go back and re-download it a month later. I want you to have the best product possible.

Thanks for reading.

Bob

In my previous blog entry I said I wasn't going to post any new stories soon. Then Andy sent me back the story he'd been working on.

That story, called The Summer of '42 "begins" in December, or at least the diary that plays a central role in the story begins in December, so it just seemed like this was an apropos time to post it. I admit I'm rushing it, a little, so it may not be as polished as I like things to be.

But I've never been patient, once something is "finished" and ready to be posted.

It's ten chapters, so a one week posting schedule is in order. For those who are impatient, like me, I'll publish the whole thing at Bookapy.

That may take another day or so.

Happy Holidays to all, and thanks for reading.
Bob