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My Bio
My novel "Storm Chaser", a romantic comedy, is being published by Whiskey Creek Press in June, 2011.

I'm also on Twitter as MarkRHunter, and there's a Facebook fanpage for my writing work at www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-R-…

Current Residence: Albion, Indiana
Favourite genre of music: rock, classical, music scores
Operating System: Mac
MP3 player of choice: iPod Shuffle
Favourite cartoon character: Sailor Moon
Personal Quote: One useless man is a disgrace; two form a law firm; and three or more become a congress

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Boston, John Williams
Favourite Writers
Janet Evanovich, L. Frank Baum, Dennis Smith
Other Interests
writing, Oz, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, firefighting, fanfiction
When I complained to my surgeon that I was still having symptoms of sinus problems, he stuck a big metal tube up my nostril and worked it around for half an hour. Then he stuck it up my other nostril. And now I no longer complain to my sinus surgeon--about anything. Then he asked me how long it's been since I was allergy tested. It turns out people with allergies should be tested every few years or so, because in some cases allergies come and go, such as when you get older and your body starts to break down. Not that I'm describing me. Nope. It had been ten years, so the next week they used up their entire supply of needles on me. If something swelled up and turned red, it wasn't a rebellious pimple: It was Mother Nature thumbing her nose. Mother Nature has a big nose. My entire arm, upper and lower, looked like a Braille dictionary. I was allergic to everything on Earth, half of everything on the Moon, and dust from Mars. Okay, so that wasn't really true. For
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Last week was Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Here are some useful safety tips from actual experts: https://www.in.gov/dhs/get-prepared/nature-safety/severe-weather-preparedness/ Some say the best advice you can give when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. I prefer preparation: At the beginning of March, dig a big hole in your back yard, then get into it while wearing a helmet and one of those "Red man" protective suits that a police dog can't penetrate. Then have the hole lined in concrete, and covered with an armored steel plate. The order is very important: Get in the hole before it's sealed off. You might want to bring in water, snacks, a portable toilet, a book to read, and, of course, a bottle of oxygen. (I would suggest you take along my novel Storm Chaser. 'Cause--theme. Or at least The Wizard of Oz.) "Say ... has anyone told that lady there's a tornado behind her?" Then, wait until, say, November. Then winter is
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So, I'm retiring. Not from my full time job of dispatching to become a Gentleman Author, as I wanted. (It's like a Gentleman Farmer, a rich person who just farms as a hobby. No real farmer is a Gentleman Farmer, especially considering their ungentlemanly language while going through bills.) At my full time job we got an email pointing out, now that one of the Sheriff Department detectives has retired, I have the most seniority of anyone there or in dispatch. By six years. Maybe in the entire Noble County Government, although I'm not motivated to find out. Nor will I retire from writing, until they pry my fingers from the keyboard. Maybe not even then, if I can manage text to speech. No, I'm retiring from what I've done longest (other than biological functions) in my adult life: firefighting. That's Phil Jacob standing beside me, holding his pin for being a firefighter for 55 (!) years. I remain unconvinced Phil will ever retire. In fact, I should put off working
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