"Breaking New"
Author Richard Nurse to take Big Step
Walking the Plank
The Antique Poet, aka Richard Nurse, has decided to take a
major step in his career as an indie author and publisher. While I have written in excess of 30 novels,
novelettes, short stories and books of poetry, only five exist under my own
name. I am proud of each and every piece
that I have ever published, and my reasons for using a pen-name, was the genre
that many of my books fall into, and none of my family or friends had ever read
any of them.
That issue has changed, especially since my professor and
lecturer wife, now acts as my primary editor for me, along with the fact that I
am writing in a different genre presently. There is one other major reason for
this change. I have always possessed the ability and emotional capability to
write my stories and poetry from a women's point of view. Over the last year and a half, I have become
very comfortable with the aspect of my life. Maybe you can give credit to
Katelyn Jenner, or from a number of reviews that I have received that have
praised my ability to write from a woman's point of view, or having my wife of
48 years accept the fact, but the main reason is that I am comfortable with
myself.
So what is the major
step that I am planning to take, one that would prompt me to entitle this piece
as "Walking the Plank" I am
planning to bring my five novel series home, give it a re-write to make the
sex, softer and more suggestive, and re-issue the series as a revised series,
under my own name. This will not be a
minor or quick project, as the five novel series contains close to 700,000
words. I am hoping to re-issue one to
two a year at present.
To start the ball rolling though, I am planning to
re-publish under my own name, a very special poem that I wrote, and that I have
always made a free item through Smashwords along with another poem, which while
never published as a stand-alone piece, is included in a book of poetry in a
very different form. Both of the pieces should be released quite soon through
Smashwords, as I plan to keep them booth at no charge.
I imagine that you have noticed that I have chosen not to
reveal my pen-name within this piece. My reason is simple; I plan to publish a
similar statement this weekend on the blog for my pen-name. For me it is only
common courtesy to inform my many readers of my decision, and the upcoming
changes.
Richard Nurse
The Antique Poet
