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I have posted The Earthbound Series, a set of five novel-length science fiction stories that I wrote 25 years ago. I am about to start re-posting Lise, which is a spin-off of that series. I am posting these under a different pen name -- my own name. In doing so I am revealing Unca D's true identity and at this stage of my life I am OK with that.
2026 is a year of anniversaries. Not only is it the 250th of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence on July 4 1776 (a date an English colleague of mine refers to as Good Riddance Day), it is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. (SPOILER ALERT: that event plays a pivotal role in one of the Earthbound books.) 2026 is also the year I turn 75.
A bit of history: Earthbound is the story of a man from another planet, Nykkyo Kyhana, who hails from a world 200 light-years from Earth, a world whose history is inexorably entwined with Earth's future. Nykkyo is sent to Earth in the final days of the 20th Century on a mission to gather genetic samples of Earth plants.
As I mentioned I wrote Earthbound 25 years ago. I attempted to get it published, and although it did attract the attention of a literary agent or two, I was unsuccessful. Firmly believing that the primary purpose of publishing is to connect an author with readers, I turned to electronic publishing and set up a website to distribute the Earthbound as an ebook. That effort was modestly successful. Eventually Earthbound garnered over 50,000 downloads and reached readers in over a hundred countries.
This was back in the day when Google's motto was "Don't be evil" and when a Google search returned results instead of clutter and advertising. Then, a search like "Free sci-fi novel" would return my site in the top 10 results, and frequently the top two.
Now, twenty-five years later I have created 25th Anniversary Editions of these books and am offering them on SOL. I'm also anticipating offering them as ebooks on the ZBook store site.
These novels are a departure from what I've posted under my Unca D pen name. Sexuality in these books is deliberately oblique -- I would consider it to be PG-13 if these were films. Lise is a bit more risque but still not graphic. It would be R-rated I think.
I'm proud of these works. I hope Unca D's readers will enjoy them.
I have requested SOL admins to delete my long-form story Lise. For readers who had included Lise in their libraries, please accept my apologies. Lise will return.
This was one of several novel-length works I wrote a quarter century ago. The stories posted by Unca D are for the most part short-form erotica. Lise and the others are different -- long-form science fiction.
I am preparing 25th Anniversary editions of these early works with the ultimate goal of monetizing the by offering them as ebooks on ZBook. I posted Lise on SOL to see how it would be received by the readers here. It was received well, attaining the second-highest score of all my SOL submissions.
I will start posting these works under a different pen name as I have them revised and prepped for submission.
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My rewrite of Jeff and Chelsea is complete, or will be once it makes it through the submission queue. See my prior blog posts for details.
I'm going to start posting the revised story today. As I said in my prior blog post, this is a full re-write that minimizes the enema aspects of the original in order to further explore Chelsea's character growth from a shy and deeply closeted trans girl into an openly outed trans woman. For those readers who would prefer the original story you may find free copies at the following URL: www.virtualimprint.com/uncad
I first posted Jeff and Chelsea in 2013. Hard to fathom that was ten years ago. A lot has happened in ten years. Rights of folks in the LGBTQ community are under fire with trans people particularly in the cross-hairs. I have decided that Jeff and Chelsea deserve a top-to-bottom rewrite. I have always been fond of the characters. The new version will focus more on Chelsea's character development from a shy, introverted and deeply closeted trans woman to one openly outed and engaged in the LGBTQ community. I have increasingly felt the original story's emphasis on enema erotica was inappropriate and a distraction and I have completely eliminated this element in the re-write. Expect to see the new story post sometime in the next week or so. For anyone who would like a copy of the original version, send me feedback and I will provide a URL from which you may download a free ebook copy in.epub format.
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