D. C. CHESTER 11-9-2013
Recently I posted a blog entry on the pen name changes I’d be making over time. Those changes made the previous discussion on this bio page obsolete.
This new bio is an update on my (fake) writing name. (I’ll leave the old discussion intact for awhile.)
D. C. Chester is a multi-amalgam. (I just made up the term multi-amalgam.) The pseudonym D. C. Chester is blended together with Toma Lee, Danny Essex, Dani Chi, Jonathan Daniels, and Dillon Case. Each of those noms de plume were directed at different genres. As I’ve stated before, Danny Essex was crime drama, Toma Lee, romance and chic lit. Dillon Case wrote YA thrillers. And so on.
But D. C. Chester is also an amalgam in its construction.
The ‘D’ in D. C. Chester stands for Dan. It’s my real given name. The ‘C’ and ‘Chester’ derive from the surname, Chichester. (Also, the D. C. part of my pen name might be a subliminally generated nod to the great writings of D. C. Fontana, introduced to me by the original Star Trek series.)
Chichester represents a worm hole in my family history dating back to the 1800s. Seems that Mr. So and So, and a woman named Mary Chichester had a son out of wedlock. As Mr. So and So was married during this dalliance with Mary, the awkward documents of the era list the child’s name as Chichester. Sometime later that child’s name began appearing on ‘official’ documents as So and So. Since record keeping that long ago in rural America was scatter-shot, the trail is somewhat byzantine. Oh, how they could have used the NSA snooping into everyone’s business way back then.
Moving forward to 1974, I was home on leave from the United States Air Force. I got a visit from a high school friend who’d discovered I’d been back a few days. Now, I’d had a crush on this girl since, hell, I don’t know, 8th grade. She stayed for dinner and I distinctly remember her saying, “I had to come over and see you because you’ve been home for two days and you won’t come over to see me.” Yikes.
During that dinner my parents related the story of our Chichester name. The young woman found it interesting and afterwards I figured if she liked the story I should incorporate it into my writing, somehow. My first ever edition of “Writer’s Market ’75” has a notation from April 12, 1975, with the title and projected market of the first story I ever plotted out under my new pen name, D. C. Chester.
So D. C. Chester has been part of me since 1975. And that’s the pen name I’ll use from now on. For everything…for now. Until I change my mind. Again. Maybe.
For the time being, or maybe until the end of time you can reach me at chester@1008productions.com. If you want to contact those other names use the same e-mail address.
- Chester
The following is the left over biographies before Hugh Howie convinced me to take action.
Everything below is a dirty rotten lie and should be ignored. Except the "toe-mah" part of course.
About D. C. Chester
Dan Chester writes science and speculative fiction, fantasy, supernatural thrillers, and garden variety ‘sideways’ stories. Since boyhood he’s wanted to re-create the talent of Rod Serling. (He’s still working on that Rod Serling thing.)
He writes under various pen names including:
Toma Lee – chic lit (a term of endearment), romance, and romcom.
Danny Essex – crime drama.
Dillon Chase – a works in progress YA adventure pen name.
Dan and his wife, Toma, live in northern Illinois, an hours drive from Chicago – the hand gun murder capital of the United States. They have two grown daughters, and a sissy American Bull Terrier, with one eye.
Contrary to popular belief, Toma does not write the chic lit stories. She just criticizes the chic stories Dan writes.
As an interesting side bit, Toma hates her name because everyone calls her ‘toe mah’, instead of the correct, ‘tah mah’. If you ever meet Toma remember to pronounce her name Toooooe ma. Explain that Dan suggested you do that and everyone will laugh hysterically…except Toma.
Contact Dan at www.1008productions.com.
Recently I posted a blog entry on the pen name changes I’d be making over time. Those changes made the previous discussion on this bio page obsolete.
This new bio is an update on my (fake) writing name. (I’ll leave the old discussion intact for awhile.)
D. C. Chester is a multi-amalgam. (I just made up the term multi-amalgam.) The pseudonym D. C. Chester is blended together with Toma Lee, Danny Essex, Dani Chi, Jonathan Daniels, and Dillon Case. Each of those noms de plume were directed at different genres. As I’ve stated before, Danny Essex was crime drama, Toma Lee, romance and chic lit. Dillon Case wrote YA thrillers. And so on.
But D. C. Chester is also an amalgam in its construction.
The ‘D’ in D. C. Chester stands for Dan. It’s my real given name. The ‘C’ and ‘Chester’ derive from the surname, Chichester. (Also, the D. C. part of my pen name might be a subliminally generated nod to the great writings of D. C. Fontana, introduced to me by the original Star Trek series.)
Chichester represents a worm hole in my family history dating back to the 1800s. Seems that Mr. So and So, and a woman named Mary Chichester had a son out of wedlock. As Mr. So and So was married during this dalliance with Mary, the awkward documents of the era list the child’s name as Chichester. Sometime later that child’s name began appearing on ‘official’ documents as So and So. Since record keeping that long ago in rural America was scatter-shot, the trail is somewhat byzantine. Oh, how they could have used the NSA snooping into everyone’s business way back then.
Moving forward to 1974, I was home on leave from the United States Air Force. I got a visit from a high school friend who’d discovered I’d been back a few days. Now, I’d had a crush on this girl since, hell, I don’t know, 8th grade. She stayed for dinner and I distinctly remember her saying, “I had to come over and see you because you’ve been home for two days and you won’t come over to see me.” Yikes.
During that dinner my parents related the story of our Chichester name. The young woman found it interesting and afterwards I figured if she liked the story I should incorporate it into my writing, somehow. My first ever edition of “Writer’s Market ’75” has a notation from April 12, 1975, with the title and projected market of the first story I ever plotted out under my new pen name, D. C. Chester.
So D. C. Chester has been part of me since 1975. And that’s the pen name I’ll use from now on. For everything…for now. Until I change my mind. Again. Maybe.
For the time being, or maybe until the end of time you can reach me at chester@1008productions.com. If you want to contact those other names use the same e-mail address.
- Chester
The following is the left over biographies before Hugh Howie convinced me to take action.
Everything below is a dirty rotten lie and should be ignored. Except the "toe-mah" part of course.
About D. C. Chester
Dan Chester writes science and speculative fiction, fantasy, supernatural thrillers, and garden variety ‘sideways’ stories. Since boyhood he’s wanted to re-create the talent of Rod Serling. (He’s still working on that Rod Serling thing.)
He writes under various pen names including:
Toma Lee – chic lit (a term of endearment), romance, and romcom.
Danny Essex – crime drama.
Dillon Chase – a works in progress YA adventure pen name.
Dan and his wife, Toma, live in northern Illinois, an hours drive from Chicago – the hand gun murder capital of the United States. They have two grown daughters, and a sissy American Bull Terrier, with one eye.
Contrary to popular belief, Toma does not write the chic lit stories. She just criticizes the chic stories Dan writes.
As an interesting side bit, Toma hates her name because everyone calls her ‘toe mah’, instead of the correct, ‘tah mah’. If you ever meet Toma remember to pronounce her name Toooooe ma. Explain that Dan suggested you do that and everyone will laugh hysterically…except Toma.
Contact Dan at www.1008productions.com.
About Toma Lee
Toma Lee is the romance genre pen name of D. C. Chester.
While the Toma Lee pen name is reserved for straight romance, romcom, and chic lit, it was attached, as author, to the eBook “Timed Exposure”. Future librarians will debate Dan’s decision to credit the Toma Lee pen name for that story as it revolved around a science fiction slant.
Toma Lee lives with his wife, Toma, an hour outside of Chicago. (Confused yet?)
The story of Toma hating her name and Dan loving it is highlighted in D. C. Chester’s bio at www1008productions.com. He likes it so much he even stole it for one of his pen names.
Their sissy American Bull Terrier is really her dog, and their two grown daughters belong to either Dan or (the real) Toma depending on the kids’ mood.
Contact Toma Lee (the fake one) at www.1008productions.com.
Toma Lee is the romance genre pen name of D. C. Chester.
While the Toma Lee pen name is reserved for straight romance, romcom, and chic lit, it was attached, as author, to the eBook “Timed Exposure”. Future librarians will debate Dan’s decision to credit the Toma Lee pen name for that story as it revolved around a science fiction slant.
Toma Lee lives with his wife, Toma, an hour outside of Chicago. (Confused yet?)
The story of Toma hating her name and Dan loving it is highlighted in D. C. Chester’s bio at www1008productions.com. He likes it so much he even stole it for one of his pen names.
Their sissy American Bull Terrier is really her dog, and their two grown daughters belong to either Dan or (the real) Toma depending on the kids’ mood.
Contact Toma Lee (the fake one) at www.1008productions.com.
About Danny Essex
Danny Essex is the crime drama pen name of D. C. Chester.
The Danny Essex persona has published “Everything We Wanted”, a bonus story included with the eBook “False Bravado”, and “Hostages”.
Danny Essex is currently working on a trilogy about an Elgin, IL police detective.
For information on the incorrect pronunciation of Danny’s wife, Toma, please see the D. C. Chester bio at www.1008productions.com.
Contact Danny Essex at www.1008productions.com.
Danny Essex is the crime drama pen name of D. C. Chester.
The Danny Essex persona has published “Everything We Wanted”, a bonus story included with the eBook “False Bravado”, and “Hostages”.
Danny Essex is currently working on a trilogy about an Elgin, IL police detective.
For information on the incorrect pronunciation of Danny’s wife, Toma, please see the D. C. Chester bio at www.1008productions.com.
Contact Danny Essex at www.1008productions.com.
About Dillon Chase
Dillon Chase is the YA adventure / dystopian / melodrama genres pen name of D. C. Chester.
Dillon Chase has published absolutely nothing but has four novels in process. Unfortunately, D. C. Chester, Toma Lee, and Danny Essex have so much material in the backed up, log jam, work file that it will take longer than their respective lives to complete it all.
But just in case, Dillon Chase was chosen to keep the potential pen name as gender ambiguous as possible.
Time permitting; Dillon Chase intends to publish a ‘humans against the animal kingdom’ weird way thriller in early 2014. (He, she, it has completed the story summary and just needs to pull away from the other time bandits on this bio page to finish the book.)
And even though Dillon Chase doesn’t yet exist in published form, nor does the pen name appear on the web site, you can contact him, her or whatever at www.1008productions.com.
Dillon Chase is the YA adventure / dystopian / melodrama genres pen name of D. C. Chester.
Dillon Chase has published absolutely nothing but has four novels in process. Unfortunately, D. C. Chester, Toma Lee, and Danny Essex have so much material in the backed up, log jam, work file that it will take longer than their respective lives to complete it all.
But just in case, Dillon Chase was chosen to keep the potential pen name as gender ambiguous as possible.
Time permitting; Dillon Chase intends to publish a ‘humans against the animal kingdom’ weird way thriller in early 2014. (He, she, it has completed the story summary and just needs to pull away from the other time bandits on this bio page to finish the book.)
And even though Dillon Chase doesn’t yet exist in published form, nor does the pen name appear on the web site, you can contact him, her or whatever at www.1008productions.com.