I have greatly enjoyed my time on FA and the responses I have gotten on my submissions have encouraged me to break out of the confines of the fandom with my writing and photography in particular.

Since it is very difficult to sell to a publisher a story that is readily available on the web, I have had to pull the vast majority of mine. I will be moving my better photos over to my Deviant Art account, banwynn.deviantart.com and most likely closing up shop here.

Even though I am medically retired and have more free time than most, I would rather use that time creating new stories, completing my novel and selling my works so that when I look up on the bookshelf, it is bowing with volumes I appear in.

I thank all of you who were so kind and welcoming to me and who supported me when I got down on myself.

Don't worry, I won't go away altogether, but even the limited responses lately take time and effort to keep up with that I would rather put into the actual creation of my stories, poems and photos.

Uncle Oakie