On March 13, 2016, my first erotica story, titled “A Dream for Papa”, was published at Literotica, under the login “leenysman”. I meant that to represent “Leeny’s Man”, as a remembrance of my late wife, whose nickname was Leeny, even though she would have disapproved of what I was writing.
When I decided later that year to self-publish my stories as ebooks, I simply expanded that handle into the pseudonym M.R. Leenysman. The initials don’t really mean anything, but were suggested by the word “mister”.
“A Dream for Papa” became the title of a short story collection containing that story. When I opened this blog, I chose the tagline “It all started with a Dream” to also refer to it.
Today is the fourth birthday of that story, as well as my anniversary as an author. Since then, I’ve published 39 erotica ebooks, from short stories, collections, to novellas and novels.
Year: 2020
Beyond the Door – Paranormal/Sci-Fi Anthology
I was invited to participate in this Paranormal/Sci-Fi Anthology.
11 authors, all working from the common theme of the title: “Beyond the Door.” It was available for sale at Amazon from March 24, 2020 until the end of September, when it was taken down following a final print order.
My contribution was a ten thousand word sci-fi erotica piece entitled “Into Another World”, which I’ve now published separately. Note that most stories in this anthology are not erotica.
College student Ted Jackson is walking home from a frat party, when he encounters a strange phenomenon in the park between campus and his rental house. When he unlocks the front door and finds that none of the furniture is the same and there are two women making love in his bedroom, he soon learns he has walked… Into Another World.
Paperback edition: While no longer available for sale at Amazon, there might still be paperback copies available for sale by some of the authors, who purchased their copies before this was taken down by Amazon. If you are interested, let me know and I’ll try to put you in contact with one of the authors who has them.
If you did buy either the ebook or print versions, we thank you!
Back to the Work World
I’ll be returning to the same job I had a couple of years ago, starting either this coming Monday or the first Monday in March. As before, I’ll either be traveling or telecommuting.
The curious thing is that I originally started writing (4 years ago) while I had this job before, to relieve boredom of nights spent in hotels and on long flights, and wrote more words then than I have since I was laid off from that job. I know that beginning to sell my work as ebooks and then spending time promoting them cut into my productivity even before then, but my word counts did not go up after the layoff, despite supposedly having more free time. Spending a lot of it with my grandkids has been great, but hasn’t helped me write more and social media and promotion has also occupied a lot of time. I’ll see whether returning to long plane flights and nights in hotels restores some of that productivity. I intend to focus more on that than maintaining my promotional activities.
In any case, if you notice less of a presence from me on social media during daylight hours, that will be why.
Double Milestone!
This blog broke through the 30,000 Hits milestone today. It also reached 100 followers at the end of last month, but I only recently noticed it and waited to combine announcements.
Thanks to all of you who have contributed to those numbers. Onward and upward!
January 2020 Blog Report
A significant drop in blog traffic for January, which I suppose could be blamed on not making many posts during the month and not having a new book released during the month, either. My writing in January was for an upcoming sci-fi erotica anthology that won’t go on sale until next month.
I’m also preparing to begin a new job that will cut into my writing time. So, we’ll see what my output is once I start it.
Smashwords Sale!
It’s time for Smashwords’ Read an Ebook Week Sale — March 1-7!
32 of my erotica ebooks are 25% off during this sale. 6 others are already at the low price of $0.99 and one more is FREE.
My Smashwords Profile with list of books.
December 2019 Blog Status Report
There was a slight reduction in views compared to November (less than 1%), with a larger dip in the number of visitors counter-balanced by more views per visitor.
I had one book released during the month, plus the Smashwords sale, so I was hoping to see an increase in traffic. Oh, well. Let’s hope 2020 returns to a growth pattern.
