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Prep Monday—Let’s Talk Food and Health

Are you healthy? Do you eat “right?” When SHTF, what are your plans for eating? First, if you aren’t healthy now, it’s gonna be a lot tougher to get that way when things go south. You really need to start now, or even yesterday. Me, I’m in reasonably good shape, although since I turned 50 […]

Writer Wednesday—Dear Mr. Patterson:

Dear Mr. Patterson: I’ve had about enough of you. I used to be a fan. I suppose someday I’ll re-read many of your books, but right now I’m just a little pissy. First, I found out that you don’t actually WRITE most of “your” books, yet you rake in millions of dollars a year. That’s […]

RHP—Scavengers!

I met Paul Hennrich a year or so ago, when I went to speak to the SEMO Writers’ Group in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He gave me a copy of his first novel, Definitions, and I was absolutely hooked on the story: a “retired” DEA agent, Kent Baker, is hanging around St. Louis and trouble just […]

Writer Wednesday—The New WIP

For your reading pleasure, my new WIP: Aurora hated her name. It was so weird. None of her friends had weird names, they had normal names like Beth and Michelle and Tammy and Carrie. Or Lisa or Tina. She sighed. It was hard being seven years old. She tenderly tucked in her doll, Mary […]

Prep Monday—There Are Days, and Then There Are Days . . .

After our weekend campout, I have decided on a few things: One, don’t reinvent the wheel. Two, don’t make it harder than it has to be. And three, I DO like certain comforts. Now, the first two are no-brainers, and virtually the same thing. And the first really has nothing to do with this camping […]

Writer Wednesday—End of an Era?

Today, the ax fell. Helium.com, or Helium Publishing, or Helium Networks, whatever you want to call it, announced today that all sites would be closed down in December this year. Well. I’d still like to get the fifteen bucks they owe me. Ha. I started writing for them, a content site in case you didn’t […]

Prep Monday—Bad Habits

Yeah, I smoke. I’d tell you how long I’ve been doing it, but in this day and age when we’re supposed to be tolerant of EVERYTHING ELSE, I’d probably just precipitate a long comments section of lectures. Last Thursday, I bought an e-cig starter kit—the idea is that it delivers nicotine but not the rest […]

Let’s Welcome Paul Hennrich

Originally posted on Paws4Thought:
? Today on Paws4Thought we welcome mystery writer,Paul Hennrich. Tell us a little bit about yourself, Paul. I am the proud father of two and grandfather of three and a retiree from Union Pacific Railroad. I live in Jackson, Missouri, and this year my wife and I celebrated our fortieth…

Writer Wednesday—Who Are You?

I’ve touched on this before, the importance of marketing yourself and your book(s) and how you conduct yourself on social media, but today I’m going to take you step-by-step on how to do this effectively. Step One: Who are you? Take some time to think about this. Then think about your book(s). How […]

Prep Monday—Dealing with Illness and Injury

We always seem to think we’re ready for just about anything. Those of you who are, like me, “of a certain age,” probably have the emergency prep down to a science, right? Or do you? I got caught by surprise yesterday. First, my son got one of his usual nosebleeds, albeit a little […]