Author’s Thoughts

The thoughts of the author in a blog format

  • AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR MAKING “The Wolf’s Moon” by Patrick Jones a BEST SELLER at AMAZON in BOTH CATEGORIES!!!! THANK YOU  THANK YOU  THANK YOU  THANK YOU  THANK YOU!!

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  • The Price of a Book

    When I was a kid…I keep going back to those carefree days. I was twelve years old when I bought my first paperback book.  The price was twenty-five cents.  For a quarter of a dollar (plus a penny for sales tax), I received a weeks worth of an exciting tale, taking me to places I…

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  • Originally posted on Charles Ray's Ramblings: Part techno-thriller, part horror, and all entertaining, that’s the only way to describe Patrick Jones’ novel Wolf’s Moon. Mark Lansdowne, aka Mike Linden, lives with his three dogs in the small Ozark town of Maple Hills that’s not supposed to have wild wolves. But, when people start dying, with…

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  • GREAT CHOICE EVERYONE!

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  • I would like to Thank Everyone for their incredible support of our FREE days this weekend!  I cannot tell you how honored I am to have the most FANTASTIC FRIENDS in the UNIVERSE! First of all, let me say…”ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!” Statistics on the FANTASTIC FEEBIE EVENT 2/1/2013 and 2/2/2013 are as…

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  • A Book Store…

    When I was a kid, maybe fourteen, I walked from my home to Maplewood, MO.  It wasn’t far, just a couple of miles, but the walk was worth it. Tucked away between the bar on the corner (that had the best Polish sausage with Miracle Whip sandwiches ever – of which I could do a…

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  • FULL WOLF MOON RISING

    Today, Indies Unlimited featured “The Wolf’s Moon” by Patrick Jones as a Book Brief.  Isn’t it interesting that they chose this weekend to feature the book!  That coincidence may never happen twice! Thanks to Indies Unlimited for their devotion to writers everywhere!

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  • Woodworking as a Hobby

    Many people have hobbies; the ones you use working some item with your hands. For me, it’s wood.  There is nothing wrong with oak, it makes great furniture.  Pine is good but it is a soft wood.  It can have a nice grain but it can “sweat” sap and it needs to be sealed. Cherry…

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  • The Summer Garden

    A few years ago as a birthday present for my wife I dug an area next to the deck and made a flower garden. My wife knows about flowers; when to plant them, where the sun is best, etc.  As for me, I figure if it goes in the ground and it gets sun and…

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  • The Library

    Years ago when my son was moving from kindergarten to the first grade there was a summer reading program.  The program covered all students in St. Louis, Missouri.  If a student read five books over the summer, the reader received a certificate for an ice cream cone from the St. Louis Public Library.  The fast…

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