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I need your feedback, please

With the publication of my latest book, the time has come to look at my publishing activities overall, including this blog (which consumes up to 2 hours every day, finding material, preparing articles, and putting them up). Blogger is a free platform, which helps, but it has limitations. I need to think about a dedicated… Continue reading I need your feedback, please

Where can I buy aid-agency-style tarps?

An e-mail discussion for the past few days has focused on the durable, tough emergency tarpaulins provided by organizations such as the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and other international aid agencies. You’ll find the story behind their development here. They came into widespread use from 1996 onwards – which was the year I first… Continue reading Where can I buy aid-agency-style tarps?

A bleg for a good cause

As many of you know, I help disabled and handicapped people learn to shoot, and sometimes to do more than just shoot. Some go on to become accomplished marksmen, and hunt or participate in competitive events as well. A few have had to use what I’ve taught them to defend themselves. To my not inconsiderable… Continue reading A bleg for a good cause

Aloha Snack Bar: an update

Two weeks ago I asked for your support on behalf of Jonathan LaForce, a former Marine who’s trying to establish a truck-based barbecue business to earn a living for his family while he starts on a writing career. He’s running a KickStarter campaign to get things going. As of this morning, he’s almost two-thirds of… Continue reading Aloha Snack Bar: an update

A bleg for a former Marine and fellow author

Jonathan LaForce is a former Marine and current Army National Guardsman living in Ogden, Utah. He’s also a part-time author. Here’s his bio from a short story about his war experiences that you’ll find on Baen Books’ web site. Jonathan LaForce is a Utah Army National Guardsman and former USMC Field Artilleryman. He prefers 1911s,… Continue reading A bleg for a former Marine and fellow author

Looking for a rifle

Would you, dear readers of the shooting persuasion, please help me to locate a rifle? I’m looking for a Marlin Model 1894 in .45 Colt. Details are at Marlin’s Web site. Gallery of Guns lists the current-production model number as 1894CB45-20. I can’t find a new one online through a quick search (although used models… Continue reading Looking for a rifle

I need advice from travel trailer/5th wheel owners, please

Miss D. and I are considering longer-term options, including possible relocation and lengthy writing-related journeys. As part of the process, I’m looking into travel trailers and 5th-wheel trailers. However, both of us are complete novices in this field, so we’ve got a lot of research to do. That’s OK, because we’re not looking to buy… Continue reading I need advice from travel trailer/5th wheel owners, please

To all my readers – a bleg for reviews, please

My latest novel, ‘Forge A New Blade‘, has been out for almost two months, but there have been relatively few reviews posted by readers. (By this point in its sales cycle my previous novel, ‘Stand Against The Storm‘, had accumulated almost 100 reviews). I know it’s the time of year for the infamous ‘summer slowdown’,… Continue reading To all my readers – a bleg for reviews, please

“Silly Wizard” vocalist Andy Stewart needs help

I’ve put up video clips of the Scottish folk group ‘Silly Wizard‘ from time to time. If you don’t remember them, here’s the group on its farewell tour in 1988, performing in Atlanta. The song is ‘Donald McGillivray’, and Andy Stewart is the singer. (I wrote about the strange history of this song back in… Continue reading “Silly Wizard” vocalist Andy Stewart needs help