I can’t believe it has been so long since my last post. As expected, my site stats have taken a hit with nothing new to read. However, life isn’t about visitor statistics to a blog site. With Covid taking a bit of a break [it is gathering up steam again] and with my wife and I and all of our children and grandchildren over the age of twelve, our time has been fruitfully spent . Truth be told, I enjoyed my time away from the keyboard.
Now, with a space of time than has opened up, the pull to write here has surfaced. Other than short visits in the near future with two sets of extended family, there is nothing on my agenda for the next two weeks. From that point on, it looks like an extended five weeks of activity might once again limit my presence here. It is amazing how much Covid has become an agent for having a person spend more time in the face-to-face world when opportunities for gathering come to the surface.
It seems that now I have finished the revisions requested by Ted Bun and Will Forest for the Holiday in the Nudist Colony Anthology. The story is one of many included in the anthology that will be available later this autumn. I am using my pseudonym, René Beauchemin, for the story. It is part of my shifting all of my naturist works to the authorship of René Beauchemin. For example, A Small Company of Pilgrims has been retitled The Half Naked Pilgrim. This will create needed separation between the naturist and non-naturist works that exist, and any future works that I create.
Most naturist fiction authors use pseudonyms for a variety of reasons. This is my one and only reason – a clear separation that keeps my readers foremost in my mind. My family knows I write naturist fiction, so that isn’t a factor. They also know I am a naturist, so there is nothing there to hide as well. Of course there is a cost to this – I can’t import all the ratings and reviews for the new versions based on author’s name and book title. But then again, perhaps that doesn’t matter. After all, there are so many more readers out there who might weigh in with their words and opinions.