Rob’s weekly columns will be available at connectpal

Over the years a lot of people have told me they enjoy my columns and that my columns are the first thing they turn to in The Oconee Leader each week.

I know at least some people will be disappointed not to be able to read them any longer. And the truth is, I won’t know how to stop writing them. When Robert called Jean the other day panicked because he was stranded on the toilet, I was already thinking, “This is going to make a good column.”

So what I’ve done is set up an account at connectpal.com, and I’m going to sell my columns through a monthly subscription there.

Connectpal bills itself as the World’s Most Popular Content Marketplace. Neal Boortz and Andy Dean both have taken their radio shows to connecpal.com. In fact, Connect Pal was started by Andy Dean, and that’s how we found it.

It’s easy to subscribe to my columns. You can click here and go directly to my content page. Click where it says $1.99/month in red. You’ll be prompted to make an account and you’ll have to enter your billing information.

I am charging $1 a month for my columns, but connectpal has to make its money, so they are adding 99 cents. The total cost you’re billed is $1.99 a month. You can cancel it without any problem if you decide my columns aren’t funny any more.

If you were a fan of Neal Boortz or Andy Dean and didn’t realize their podcasts were there then you can easily subscribe to those as well. Boortz and Andy Dean both charge more than I do for their content.

Again, I want to reiterate what I said in this week’s paper to our advertisers and readers over the past nine years: We love you folks. Owning and operating The Oconee Leader in this wonderful community I love so much has been a true blessing to me, and I am humbled and grateful to have had the chance to do it.

And if any of you decide to follow me over to connectpal and subscribe to my columns I’ll be grateful for that, too.

Obviously, I’m not going to earn a living writing these columns and selling them for a dollar a month. I’m not sure what’s next for me professionally or for my family. We’re still just trying to catch our breath.

What we know for sure is that Jean is going to start creating stained glass art again. It’s something she used to do many years ago and something we’ve often talked about her doing again. Now she has a chance. She does beautiful work, and I’m happy that she’ll have the opportunity to do it again.

So if you’ve been with us all these years and you want to keep track of what we’re doing, you can check back here periodically where I post updates about the fiction writing I am doing or you can subscribe on connectpal to keep reading my columns and get some bonus content.