After 45 years in high tech doing things I never did before, I’m retired and writing novels, writing and publishing comic books — things I never did before 😉.https://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lxfnpaedms23While working on my novel “La Maupin, Mistress of the Sword”, I came upon a lovely little tale—what you might call a “transgender love story”, first published in 1695. To oversimplify, in it a physiological male, raised to believe he is a girl falls in love with a boy who cross-dresses as a girl. 1/ https://lamaupin.com/marquise-marquis.html27 Aug 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfnpaedms23https://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lsq5f5rark2uHow real are the sensational stories told about La Maupin? It’s hard to know. Legends grow up around her. But this one is the most likely & her most inglorious. It's La Maupin at her worst! She’s violent, wrathful, even cruel, not the glamorous, exciting, exotic rebel, shattering conventions. But… https://lamaupin.com/the-key.html29 Jun 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsq5f5rark2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lp5typi6ec2sMy latest posting to the website for my forthcoming novel, "La Maupin, Mistress of the Sword" is the first of my "Is It True" series ? centers around the "Convent Incident". Did #lamaupin set fire to a convent and rub off with her lover, a young nun? Come check it out… https://lamaupin.com/iit-convent.html14 May 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5typi6ec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lnynjlkdzs2nThe website of my WIP novel, "La Maupin, Mistress of the Sword", has a new article, mysteriously titled "The Unreal Origin of 'La Rousse Ressuscitée'". It's a glimpse behind the scenes on the creation of a character who…. Well that would be telling. Come see at: lamaupin.com/larousse.html https://lamaupin.com/larousse.html30 Apr 2025 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnynjlkdzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3llf5piopkc2qI’ve posted a new Behind-the-Scenes article, “La Maupin’s Paris” on my lamaupin.com website. It describes, using various maps from the time, several of the locales where the action of the novel take place. Come see it and other BTS articles and snippets excerpted from the novel. https://lamaupin.com/lamaupins-paris.html27 Mar 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf5piopkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3ll2nv5alyk23#writers and #readers: Do you read prologues? My novel, "La Maupin, Mistress of the Sword", opens with a teaser, an action scene between 2 characters, but the next chapter starts out 8 years earlier and it takes 9 chapters to get back here. So "Prologue"? "Chapter 1"? Something else? Here it is: https://lamaupin.com/snippet-1.html23 Mar 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2nv5alyk23https://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3ljpmnfshrc2zLamaupin.com, the website for my WIP novel "La Maupin, Mistress of the Sword" now has an excerpt and a couple of behind the scenes glimpses into the life and times of the notorious, cross-dressing, sword-wielding bisexual opera star. https://lamaupin.com06 Mar 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpmnfshrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3ljcdy4tte22g01 Mar 2025 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcdy4tte22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lcojkmfjas2pHow cool is this? My story “Phone Home”, wine second prize in Kayla Hicks’s short story contest. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Dec 2024 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcojkmfjas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lckbozd3xc2pI’ve reached chapter 8 of my novel, “La Maupin, Mistress of the Sword”, so I’ve started to rebuild a website on the ruins of my old research site and blog. So far, it’s a simple text page, but I’m starting to build momentum and a mailing list. Come, have a look, send me feedback, share it. Thanks. https://Lamaupin.com05 Dec 2024 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckbozd3xc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3laztywikes2uSo, now that people I don’t immediately recognize are following me, I thought say hello. I’m a philosophy major who spent 45 years in high tech doing things I’d never done before, ending with studying Machine Ethics. Since retiring, I’ve been writing novels, short stories & comic books. More in 💬16 Nov 2024 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3laztywikes2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/brons.bsky.social/post/3lasv57dj3k2sMy novel, Aunt Jenny and the Delayed Quest is available on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. A retired librarian falls through a magic mere and learns that she must save a world that fairy queens, mages, sages and demigods have not. Ebook, paperback and hardcover. bit.ly/AuntJenny-AMZ13 Nov 2024 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:yb6nf4tmtxkabxtdunjnszo5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lasv57dj3k2s