I am working on updating and re-publishing all three books in the series starting with UTOPIAS -Book 0, Climate Crisis. I released an updated version in October 2024 that included an audiobook format by Google Play Books. The ebook version is available at 50% off at $1.99 until the end of October. If you like sentient androids and a unique way to solve the climate crisis, this series may interest you. Here is a universal link for this book in the series: books2read.com/b/47JlpL

Please post a review if you like this book and/or series. I plan to update Books 1 & 2 before the end of this year with audiobook versions as well.

My latest book, Alien Times - Book 2, Confrontation is available on preorder at 50% Off for $2.99 until September 14, 2024.

This story takes off where Alien Times - Book 1, Revelation left off. The book description has the basic details when you check it out on Draft2Digital.

Here is the Books2Read website to get the book: Don Viecelli (books2read.com)

​I hope you like it.

​For those who live near Chicago, I will be attending the Chicago Printers Row Lit Fest Book Fair on September 8, 2024. I will be in the Midland Authors exhibit selling my books and handing out bookmarks with a free book offer if you sign up for my Newsletter.

Here is the book fair details link: Exhibitors - Printers Row Lit Fest

I will see you there!

It's been a while since I updated my Blog. So, here goes.

I have been extremely busy with my volunteer work for the past three years, mostly on regenerative agriculture (RA) issues and dealing with the 2024 Farm Bill. After much research and study on the subject, it has become very clear that we need to reduce CO2 greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible in order to stop the extreme weather events caused by climate change. RA practices can do this efficiently and cost-effectively using natures method of photosynthesis. Nothing works better to stop and reverse global warming. We just need the political will to enforce policies to stop using fossil fuels instead of renewable energy sources.

To aid in this effort of public education, I have used the background theme of climate change in several of my novels, beginning with UTOPIAS series of books. That is what got me started on this path. I continued the background theme in my recent books such as Alien Times - Book 1. In Book 2, it comes front and center with aliens trying to help us do what humans have so far failed at, saving the world from climate disaster and possible human extinction.

I have noticed that many other science fiction writers have also used this theme in several of their books. It only makes sense, since the weather has certainly gotten more unpredictable and severe in recent years for all to experience. It is no longer easy for climate deniers to claim it is a hoax from the liberal left. A good tornado, rain bomb, hurricane, heat wave, drought or sea level rise or other event will change their minds in a heartbeat. Blame it on God or nature instead of man will make no difference in the results. It is time to make a change in public policy if we want to stop what is happening to our environment.

If I am successful, my new book, Alien Times - Book 2 will help change a few more minds on what we humans need to do to survive our mistakes and make the future a lot more livable for future generations. I just hope we don't need the help of extraterrestrials to achieve this because time is running out.

Introducing My Latest Novel - Alien Times - Book 1, Revelation!

This novel took over a year to write, not because it was difficult, but because I became involved as a climate activist and spend a great deal of daily time trying to save the planet. Normally, I complete a first draft novel in 5 months or so. This time it took over 13 months. I finally released this novel on February 1, 2023 as a Pre-order on Amazon.com. It is on sale at 57% off for $2.99 until it is officially released on March 1, 2023! The audiobook version is available now on Google Play Books for $6.99. The print book version will become available soon.

The reason for the delay is the volunteer work I do now. It revolves around Regenerative Agriculture (RA), which is a set of farming and land practices that improve or regenerate healthy soil. I have learned that soil contains a living ecosystem that nature uses to grow plants and food without harming our environment. RA also has the benefit of greatly reducing greenhouse gases that are warming our planet too fast for nature to keep in balance. RA does this by sequestering carbon back into the soil through photosynthesis. If more farmers and ranchers practice RA, we can stop and even reverse global warming in one generation. This is scientifically proven. I recommend you visit the Soil Food Web site for confirmation.

I included some of the damage caused by climate change as a backdrop or theme in my new novel. The facts on climate change are for the most part accurate, but I may have embellished the timing of environmental tipping points to fit my storyline.

Even so, I tried not to make climate change of greater importance than first alien contact and the issues we may have to deal with when this occurs for real. I firmly believe aliens are already visiting us and we are just not ready to deal with what they expect of us. They probably are very concerned with what we are doing to our beautiful planet and to ourselves. Unless we become more attuned with nature and stop killing each other, they will not invite us to explore the galazy with them.

My hope is this book will give some insight on alien technology we may have in our possession per some reports using antimatter reactor propulsion systems that use Element 115 to amplify gravity waves to create space-time distortion fields for very fast and long-distance space travel. If any of this is true, we will all be in for a "really big ride."

Let me know what you think of my story once you read it. If everything works out, I will write Book 2 in my Alien Times Series as soon as possible.

It's Christmas Day 2022! One whole year has passed since I posted last. Wow, time flies by faster each year. I realize each story I write could be my last. So, I better make it worth my while, right?

It took over a year to finish my latest draft for my next novel. I was busy keeping up with my volunteer work on Regenerative Agriculture. RA has the potential to stop climate change and get nature back in balance, something most people do not appreciate yet. I hope this year brings this fact to light with passage of the 2023 Farm Bill.

Reading this, you are the first to learn the title of my next book and series. I'm calling it "Alien Times - Book 1, Revelations", first book in the Alien Times Series I plan to write. This is a Speculative Science Fiction story about an alien held captive by a secret black operations group that wants to prevent the alien from meeting our president and going public to finally prove extraterrestrials and UFOs are real. The story is based on reported Area 51 rumors of aliens and UFO sightings since the Roswell crash of 1947. I start with the murder of a reporter who tried to expose the truth to the public, the efforts to prevent the alien from going public and the reasons the alien has for doing so. This all happens during a time of climate crisis threatening our planet and human survival.

It will take me a few weeks to complete the editing and proofreading process, but I plan to publish the ebook, hardcover book and audio book in a month or two. I should have a cover reveal soon and plan a preorder sale at a reduced price on Amazon and Smashwords to kick off book promotions. I hope you like the story. It may be the start of a good series.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

 Hello Readers of Sci-Fi!
It's been a while since I added a new post to my blog. It appears my involvement with the Climate Reality Project has taken up much of my time trying to help save our planet. That and this devastating pandemic with Covid-19 wrecking our lives.

I find the times we are living in the US and other parts of the world have become much too chaotic for my tastes. It seems common sense has been replaced by belief in conspiracy theories that remind me of human history in the middle-ages. You know, when witch hunters burned witches and thought they had justice on their side. I won't even go into discussions of religious fanatics, right-wing militants or autocratic government leaders who think their point of view is okay with everybody else, which of course it is not.

Instead, I will try to spend more time in the new year on my writing of science fiction stories. Afterall, it doesn't hurt anyone and serves as a way to leave the current world behind and focus on the future. My goal is to entertain my readers and make my stories interesting. I try to find scientific topics I can spin a story around. My previous stories involved solar flares, anti-aging drugs, nanomachines, terraforming, antimatter devices, climate change, global warming and other topics. These sub-genres include space opera, military science fiction, dystopian and speculative story lines.

For my next book or series if I can develop one, will be focused on alien visitations and what this may mean to human development. I hope it allows me to speculate what might happen if aliens decide to make themselves known publicly to the world. I think it will cause serious disruptions in current human perceptions of our place in the universe. Sort of like finally realizing the world is round, not flat and God may not look like us everywhere else in the universe. Anyway, I am just speculating.

Since this is the last post for the current year, I will leave you with my best holiday savings on my Sci-Fi books. I am participating in the Smashwords End of Year Sale with many of my stories 50% off! Here is the link:
www.smashwords.com/profile/view/donviecelli

My three Sci-Fi ebook trilogies are also on sale at Amazon.com at 50% Off at $3.49 each.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! Be safe and get vaccinated. It's all based on real science.

I can't believe how fast time goes by. Since February, I have released two new books that completes my goal of writing a Prequel story for each of my three trilogies.

In February, I released UTOPIAS - The Plaque Wars for my UTOPIAS Dystopian Series. 

In March, I released Nanomachine Wars - Nanotech Terror Weapon for my Nanomachine War Series.

In April, I release The Guardians - Threat Of Extinction for my The Guardians Series.

I did this to make available novella length stories that provide back stories to the main characters and plots found in each of my trilogies. I also needed short stories I can can use to promote each series at a low price. So I priced each new story at 99 Cents!

I tried to make each story interesting with new situations that relate directly to main plots found in each series. I hope you like the stories and they make readers want to continue reading the next book in the series.  Let me know what you think as you read each novella.

Please remember to post reviews on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads and Smashwords if you like my stories. Also, follow me on Amazon, Facebook and Twitter.

I just released my latest ebook, UTOPIAS - The Plague Wars. It is a Novella Prequel story to my UTOPIAS Dystopian Series for only 99 Cents. I hope you like it. It's available on Amazon and Smashwords.

This is the first of three novellas I plan to write. I am almost done with number 2 and will release in March. All three ebooks are for promoting my three trilogies.

It would be great if readers would post Reviews on Amazon if you like any of my stories. It's the best way to help us Indie Authors compete in the marketplace.

I plan to run special pricing sales on selected books each month. Most sales will be included in my monthly Newsletters. Sign up if you are not already a subscriber.

I also include special promotions in our Writers of SciFi monthly Newsletters.

I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy from the coronavirus. Get your vaccines as soon as you can. 

Thank you for supporting my writing. Spring is around the corner.

Happy Holidays 2020!
This is my end of year post wishing everyone a happy and safe end to this challenging year. It cannot end any faster as far as I am concerned. I hope everyone enjoys a better and healthy new year in 2021. 

I also wish to thank all my readers who purchased and read my stories this year. A special thanks to those who took the time to post reviews for my books. It helps a great deal to get out the word for Indie Authors like myself.

Instead of writing a new novel for release in 2021, I decided to write three short prequel stories or novellas, one for each of my three book series. This will allow me to promote each of the trilogies using novellas priced at 99 cents each. When I am done I will combine all three novellas into one ebook novel for sale. This will allow me to sell my regular ebooks at a reasonable price on Amazon.

Currently, I have finished the draft for my first novella titled UTOPIAS - The Plague Wars set in 2096 two years before Book 0 begins. I hope you enjoy the story when released in January.

Please continue to support Indie Authors in 2021. Be safe in the new year and get your vaccine to protect everyone from this cruel pandemic. 
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I kicked off my Holiday Sales promotions on Thanksgiving day for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales with reduced prices on several books - up to 50% off in Smashwords! The reduced prices are good for a limited time only.

The selected books are highlighted in several Sci-Fi book Sales Promotions offered by BookFunnel including my own Holiday Sci-Fi Sales Promo good through December. I will keep offering special prices on selected ebooks throughout the holidays. Visit my Smashwords site to check out the discounts.

I have decided to write three short stories over the winter months instead of starting a new series. These books will be around 20,000 words each and serve as prequels to my three separate trilogies. They will act as book magnets for promotion purposes and help build up my Newsletter subscriber list in 2021.

My first short prequel story will be called UTOPIAS - The Plague Wars and hopefully be ready for release in January. 

I hope everyone stays safe and healthy during this pandemic and enjoys the holidays as best as you can. 
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