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Only four days left to win . . .

With just four days left to the end of my Kindle Scout campaign—and a chance for you to win of free copy of  Time Is Irreverent—I’m fearturing some of the new liberal Ten Commandments Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon present to the people of Galilee in AD 31 when they crash the Sermon on the Mount.

 Can Marty and Nellie change the timeline and make the 2016 election disappear? If you vote, and my book wins, you’ll find out with your free copy, one week before it goes on sale to the general public. See below for more information and the link to vote:


 


When Donald Trump got elected, my way of dealing with it was to create my own world, where time travel became an option for giving “President Handley” a career change and dealing with a futuristic United States that had become a strict theocracy. For roughly 3,500 hours, I got to hide in my manuscript with Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon as they crossed the United States on an epic road trip in a 1959 Thunderbird convertible, and travel from 2056 to the time of Christ. I’ve never had so much fun as an author! And now it’s time for my labor of love to leave my laptop and help my readers escape reality, in a delightful adventure.


 


With traditional publishers, a finished manuscript can take a year or more to become a book. Because of the timeliness of my subject, I didn’t want to wait that long. Therefore I’ve entered it in the Kindle Scout program. If I win an Amazon publishing contract, the book will be out in early 2018. Most importantly, I will have the incredible marketing muscle of Amazon behind my book. That can mean the difference between a book that does just okay and one that shoots up the charts.


 


Winners of Kindle Scout campaigns are ultimately determined by the editorial staff at Amazon, but votes (Amazon calls them “nominations) from Kindle Scouts can help sway their decision. If you have an Amazon account, you can instantly become a Kindle Scout. Please go to this link and vote for Time Is Irreverent: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3CV5BSUQUPB7Y.


 


Your reward for voting is that you will receive a free Kindle copy of my book if I win. Even if you don’t read on Kindle, I hope you will vote for Time Is Irreverent. The book will also be available in traditional print format, later in 2018.


 


Thank you!


 


Marty Essen

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Honoring endangered species, part 1

Marty’s photo of the day #2402. This week marks the 44th Anniversary of the signing of the Endangered Species Act. Since today’s Republicans despise anything that has to do with conservation—they prefer to worship money—it’s possible that this might be the last anniversary of the ESA. With that in mind, this week I’m featuring photos I took of endangered species all over the world:


 


An estimated seven hundred painted dogs remain in Zimbabwe and only four thousand exist in all of Africa. Habitat loss, hunting, trapping, and other human-related activities have collectively diminished the population of this intelligent animal.


 


Even though painted dogs are part of the canine family, their genetic line is unique. They’re also very social animals who work cooperatively for the good of the pack. After returning from hunts, the dogs will regurgitate part of their prey for those who were left behind because of age or injury.

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Only five days left to vote and win . . .

 With just five days left to the end of my Kindle Scout campaign—and a chance for you to win of free copy of  Time Is Irreverent—I’m going to rerun some of the new liberal Ten Commandments Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon present to the people of Galilee in AD 31 when they crash the Sermon on the Mount.



 Can Marty and Nellie change the timeline and make the 2016 election disappear? If you vote, and my book wins, you’ll find out with your free copy, one week before it goes on sale to the general public. See below for more information and the link to vote:


 


When Donald Trump got elected, my way of dealing with it was to create my own world, where time travel became an option for giving “President Handley” a career change and dealing with a futuristic United States that had become a strict theocracy. For roughly 3,500 hours, I got to hide in my manuscript with Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon as they crossed the United States on an epic road trip in a 1959 Thunderbird convertible, and travel from 2056 to the time of Christ. I’ve never had so much fun as an author! And now it’s time for my labor of love to leave my laptop and help my readers escape reality, in a delightful adventure.


 


With traditional publishers, a finished manuscript can take a year or more to become a book. Because of the timeliness of my subject, I didn’t want to wait that long. Therefore I’ve entered it in the Kindle Scout program. If I win an Amazon publishing contract, the book will be out in early 2018. Most importantly, I will have the incredible marketing muscle of Amazon behind my book. That can mean the difference between a book that does just okay and one that shoots up the charts.


 


Winners of Kindle Scout campaigns are ultimately determined by the editorial staff at Amazon, but votes (Amazon calls them “nominations) from Kindle Scouts can help sway their decision. If you have an Amazon account, you can instantly become a Kindle Scout. Please go to this link and vote for Time Is Irreverent: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3CV5BSUQUPB7Y.


 


Your reward for voting is that you will receive a free Kindle copy of my book if I win. Even if you don’t read on Kindle, I hope you will vote for Time Is Irreverent. The book will also be available in traditional print format, later in 2018.


 


Thank you!


 


Marty Essen

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Will they be migrating to oil wells?

Marty’s photo of the day #2401: I took this photo in the Yukon Territory. This is a small section of the Porcupine caribou migration. Traveling more than 700 miles between Canada and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Alaska, it is the longest terrestrial migration on Earth. Of course now that the sinister Republican tax scam bill is going to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling, these beautiful animals will be in for a surprise in the coming years.

Isn’t there anything Republicans value more than piles of money? Sinister, evil, greedy, repugnant, inhuman, cruel, cold-hearted, ruthless, hypocritical, heartless—so many words describe the Republicans in all three branches of government. But when it comes to the people who vote for these slime balls, only one word is necessary: gullible.

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Only six days left to vote and win . . .

With just six days left to the end of my Kindle Scout campaign—and a chance for you to win of free copy of “Time Is Irreverent”—I’m going to rerun some of the new liberal Ten Commandments Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon present to the people of Galilee in AD 31 when they crash the Sermon on the Mount.

 Can Marty and Nellie change the timeline and make the 2016 election disappear? If you vote, and my book wins, you’ll find out with your free copy, one week before it goes on sale to the general public. See below for more information and the link to vote:


 


When Donald Trump got elected, my way of dealing with it was to create my own world, where time travel became an option for giving “President Handley” a career change and dealing with a futuristic United States that had become a strict theocracy. For roughly 3,500 hours, I got to hide in my manuscript with Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon as they crossed the United States on an epic road trip in a 1959 Thunderbird convertible, and travel from 2056 to the time of Christ. I’ve never had so much fun as an author! And now it’s time for my labor of love to leave my laptop and help my readers escape reality, in a delightful adventure.


 


With traditional publishers, a finished manuscript can take a year or more to become a book. Because of the timeliness of my subject, I didn’t want to wait that long. Therefore I’ve entered it in the Kindle Scout program. If I win an Amazon publishing contract, the book will be out in early 2018. Most importantly, I will have the incredible marketing muscle of Amazon behind my book. That can mean the difference between a book that does just okay and one that shoots up the charts.


 


Winners of Kindle Scout campaigns are ultimately determined by the editorial staff at Amazon, but votes (Amazon calls them “nominations) from Kindle Scouts can help sway their decision. If you have an Amazon account, you can instantly become a Kindle Scout. Please go to this link and vote for Time Is Irreverent: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3CV5BSUQUPB7Y.


 


Your reward for voting is that you will receive a free Kindle copy of my book if I win. Even if you don’t read on Kindle, I hope you will vote for Time Is Irreverent. The book will also be available in traditional print format, later in 2018.


 


Thank you!


 


Marty Essen

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Bad Martyman!

Marty’s photo of the day #2400: Martyman tries to make everyone think he’s an angel, but I just caught him red-handed messing with the reindeer again.

“Bad Martyman! Put the reindeer back, now!”

Sorry. I have no control over him. . . . Really. It’s like having a little kid in the house.

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Only 7 days left to vote and win . . .

With just one week left to the end of my Kindle Scout campaign—and a chance for you to win of free copy of “Time Is Irreverent”—I’m going to rerun some of the new liberal Ten Commandments Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon present to the people of Galilee in AD 31 when they crash the Sermon on the Mount.


 


Can Marty and Nellie change the timeline and make the 2016 election disappear? If you vote, and my book wins, you’ll find out with your free copy, one week before it goes on sale to the general public. See below for more information and the link to vote:


 


When Donald Trump got elected, my way of dealing with it was to create my own world, where time travel became an option for giving “President Handley” a career change and dealing with a futuristic United States that had become a strict theocracy. For roughly 3,500 hours, I got to hide in my manuscript with Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon as they crossed the United States on an epic road trip in a 1959 Thunderbird convertible, and travel from 2056 to the time of Christ. I’ve never had so much fun as an author! And now it’s time for my labor of love to leave my laptop and help my readers escape reality, in a delightful adventure.


 


With traditional publishers, a finished manuscript can take a year or more to become a book. Because of the timeliness of my subject, I didn’t want to wait that long. Therefore I’ve entered it in the Kindle Scout program. If I win an Amazon publishing contract, the book will be out in early 2018. Most importantly, I will have the incredible marketing muscle of Amazon behind my book. That can mean the difference between a book that does just okay and one that shoots up the charts.


 


Winners of Kindle Scout campaigns are ultimately determined by the editorial staff at Amazon, but votes (Amazon calls them “nominations) from Kindle Scouts can help sway their decision. If you have an Amazon account, you can instantly become a Kindle Scout. Please go to this link and vote for Time Is Irreverent: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3CV5BSUQUPB7Y.


 


Your reward for voting is that you will receive a free Kindle copy of my book if I win. Even if you don’t read on Kindle, I hope you will vote for Time Is Irreverent. The book will also be available in traditional print format, later in 2018.


 


Thank you!


 


Marty Essen

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Cormorants

Marty’s photo of the day #2399: Cormorants on the Sea of Cortez. Don’t you just love their bright blue eyes?

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Only eight days left to vote and win . . .

With just eight days left to the end of my Kindle Scout campaign—and a chance for you to win of free copy of “Time Is Irreverent”—I’m going to rerun eight of the new liberal Ten Commandments Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon present to the people of Galilee in AD 31 when they crash the Sermon on the Mount.


 


Can Marty and Nellie change the timeline and make the 2016 election disappear? If you vote, and my book wins, you’ll find out with your free copy, one week before it goes on sale to the general public. See below for more information and the link to vote:


 


When Donald Trump got elected, my way of dealing with it was to create my own world, where time travel became an option for giving “President Handley” a career change and dealing with a futuristic United States that had become a strict theocracy. For roughly 3,500 hours, I got to hide in my manuscript with Marty Mann and Nellie Dixon as they crossed the United States on an epic road trip in a 1959 Thunderbird convertible, and travel from 2056 to the time of Christ. I’ve never had so much fun as an author! And now it’s time for my labor of love to leave my laptop and help my readers escape reality, in a delightful adventure.


 


With traditional publishers, a finished manuscript can take a year or more to become a book. Because of the timeliness of my subject, I didn’t want to wait that long. Therefore I’ve entered it in the Kindle Scout program. If I win an Amazon publishing contract, the book will be out in early 2018. Most importantly, I will have the incredible marketing muscle of Amazon behind my book. That can mean the difference between a book that does just okay and one that shoots up the charts.


 


Winners of Kindle Scout campaigns are ultimately determined by the editorial staff at Amazon, but votes (Amazon calls them “nominations) from Kindle Scouts can help sway their decision. If you have an Amazon account, you can instantly become a Kindle Scout. Please go to this link and vote for Time Is Irreverent: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3CV5BSUQUPB7Y.


 


Your reward for voting is that you will receive a free Kindle copy of my book if I win. Even if you don’t read on Kindle, I hope you will vote for Time Is Irreverent. The book will also be available in traditional print format, later in 2018.


 


Thank you!


 


Marty

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Rhinoceros beetle

Marty’s photo of the day #2398: The rhinoceros beetle is considered by some to be the world’s strongest animal. Tests have shown it can carry an enormous load in proportion to its weight. How much the beetle can actually carry is subject to debate. Although the prevailing opinion is 850 times its weight, a study published in Discover Magazine contends that one hundred times its weight is a more realistic figure. Either way, we should all be thankful the beetles don’t grow to the size of elephants. Imagine the damage they’d do. (Photographed in Borneo)

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