Cover Contest: four from left field

Hey all,

Win an autographed copy of my new collection, four from left field.

http://perryperkinsbooks.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/cover-contest-four-from-left-field/

Blessings,

-Perry

Thank you for reading!

Wow!

I just want to say a big Thank You! to everyone who downloaded the free e-copy of my novel, “Just Past Oysterville: Shoalwater Book One.” Your response was wonderful! I expected a few takers…and got over 300!

In fact, to make that “thank you” a little more meaningful, I want to offer each of you a couple of specials:

1. If you enjoyed the e-book version of “Just Past Oysterville: Shoalwater Book One” and would like to add a hard-copy to your library, here’s a special coupon code you can use to order it directly from my publisher at 20% off the cover-price: XN9PNUF4

Just go to this page: https://www.createspace.com/3418052 and enter the code above to get your discount.

2. If you enjoyed reading about Cassie, and her adventures, in Just Past Oysterville, I think you’ll love sharing her further adventures in “Shoalwater Voices: Shoalwater Book Two.” Here’s a 50% off coupon code to download the e-book! – SD97Y

Just go to this page: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7907 and enter the code above to get your discount.

Lastly, if you’ve had a chance to finish reading book one, could you do me a HUGE favor, and post a review on Amazon.com

Positive reviews really make a big difference in turning browsers into buyers! Here’s the link: Amazon Reviews

Thank you all so much!

-Perry

PS – If any of the dishes mentioned in Just Past Oysterville made your mouth water, check out: The Shoalwater Cookbook: Incredible Edibles from the Shoalwater Books

What to send our troops

When I was a missionary in Nigeria, nothing brightened my day like receiving a care package from home. Often, these packages would contain every-day items that would leave me weeping for joy.

One item, however, that folks back home seemed to love to send was peanuts.

Sending peanuts to someone in Nigera is kinda like sending pineapples to your friends in Hawaii. Peanuts were everywhere, available for next to nothing on almost every corner…in almost every local recipe.

There was a point where, if I’d never seen another &*$%# peanut again, I would have died with a smile on my face!

In that light, it’s always good to get some “feedback from the field” when it comes to care-packages.

If you’re interested in sending something to our heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan, here are some tips directly  from the boys and girls in the sandbox…

STUFF THEY LOVE
Thank You notes!!! (Home made is great! Great project for the entire family on thanksgiving day!

FOOD
Powdered drink mixes are especially good (Gatorade, propel, Kool-Aide)
Coffee
Non-melting candy and gum
Peanuts
Canned or dry soups, chowder
Canned fruit
Breakfast, protein and granola bars
Beef summer sausage
Beef jerky
Crackers, canned chips and pretzels
Tuna in a pouch or pop-top cans
Raisins, trail mix, nuts, dried fruit
Hot sauce in plastic containers
Bean and cheese dips
Cereals
Popcorn in packages

HYGIENE
Waterless and antibacterial sops
Hair products including combs and brushes
Nail clippers
Deodorant
Foot powder
Baby wipes
Toothpaste and tooth brushes
Dental floss
Disposable razors and shaving cream (non aerosol)
Hand/Body lotion
Cotton swabs
Eyeglass wipes

FIRST-AID
Lip Balm
Sunscreen
No-water aspirin
Moisturizing/ cleaning eye drops
Saline nasal spray
Throat drops
Vaseline
Aloe Vera burn gel
Suntan lotion
Flexible cloth bandages
Blister care
Oral pain reliever

ENTERTAINMENT
Board games, cards and puzzles
DVD’s and CDs
Books, magazines(used but current are great) and comic books
Football, baseball, soccer or Nerf balls
Baseball gloves
Dart boards
Small electronic games with batteries

EXTRAS
AT&T international calling cards
Sunglasses
Disposble cameras
Makeup
Perfumes
Handmade crafts
Bandannas
Swimming Goggles
Air fresheners
Blank post cards
Blank greeting cards
Letter writing paper
Pens

Finally, make sure you check out this great article by fellow blogger Tiffany Manley (BellaOnline’s Military Families Editor) titled, “Tips for Sending Care Packages Overseas.”

The only thing worse than getting a box full of peanuts, is not getting a box at all!

We want our soldiers to hear from us first hand that we appreciate their sacrifice!

-Perry

www.pdxdads.com

Check out Perry’s new book, “Elk Hunters Don’t Cry.” Proceeds help support Kevin’s Driftboat Project! Help us take a vet fishing!

Fatherhood Examiner Blitz

Okay, time for another subscriber blitz for my Fatherhood Examiner page!

I’m trying to hit a year end bonus, so if you haven’t subscribed to my feed, please visit the link above and click on the “Subscribe” button next to my picture. No cost to join.

Feel free to pass the link along, as well.

I really appreciate it, and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who is already subscribed!

Blessings,

-Perry

The Step-By-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit!

Hey all,

I just finished reading “The Step-By-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit!” by Createspace authors C. Pinheiro and Nick Russell. I’ve been writing for over two decades and, like many of you I’m sure, I have quite a collection of “how to” books on the shelf above my desk. This book, without question, is the most valuable book I’ve ever read on the subject of self-publishing, and actually making money at it.

Read all about it here:

The Step-By-Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit!

Thanks!

-Perry

Is ACN a Scam?

I get asked this question from time to time.

If ACN is a scam, then it’s an amazingly successful one, because…

If it’s a scam, then three former state’s attorney generals are in on it…one of them a former supreme court judge. The current Attorney general of Utah is in on it as well, as a representative.

Donald Trump’s attorneys are in on it. As well as Trump himself.

Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Nextel, Sprint PCS, and T-Mobile (the top five cell phone carriers in the world) are all in on it. DirecTV and Dish Network are in on it. ADT Security Services is in on it. (America’s oldest security company, 130 years and going…)

U.S. Business Review, Success Magazine, Direct Selling News,

Business Opportunity Magazine, and Success from Home Magazine are all in on the scam.

Ronald McDonald House, UNICEF—Tsunami Relief Efforts, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as well as dozens of other charities worldwide, are in on it. (Over $1 million donated to date.)

And then, of course, there are the tens of thousands of people who are using ACN’s video phone technology, they’re all in on it.

If ACN is a scam, apparently everyone is in on it…but you.

ACN has been around for 17 years, they have a proven track record, and a simple-to-follow business plan.

You make the call.

Are you tired of exchanging your time for money and watching life pass by in an instant?

Do you seem to spend more time at your job than at home with your family doing what you actually enjoy?

I’m involved in an opportunity that can change that, and give you complete freedom of time. Not to mention, the income potential is outstanding.

Contact me to find out more.

-Perry

Perry & Vickie Perkins
ACN Independent Representatives
503-816-5937
www.teamperkins.acnrep.com

“Elk Hunter’s Don’t Cry” has been released!

Whew, it’s done! The book is officially released. It’s on the publishers eStore now, and well as available in eBook format. The book will migrate to Amazon.com later this week, and will be available to bookstores, nationwide, a week or so after that.

I just want to say thanks to all of you who helped choose the cover, pre-ordered copies, and especially those who joined me in these adventures.

Please don’t sue.

-Perry

Elk Hunters Don’t Cry
by Perry P. Perkins
20 humorous, poignant, and sometimes absurd adventures of a Pacific Northwest sportsman.

Publication Date: Dec 03 2009
ISBN/EAN13: 1449598129 / 9781449598129
Page Count: 154
Trim Size: 5.25″ x 8″
Language: English

Available in Paperback – $9.99, and eBook – $1.99

To order personally autographed copies, direct from the author, please visit PerryPerkinsBooks

Now taking pre-orders for “Elk Hunters Don’t Cry.”

Hey everyone!

I wanted to let you know that we’re now taking pre-orders for my upcoming outdoor humor collection, “Elk Hunters Don’t Cry.” I’m very excited about the release of this collection, which includes some of my favorite stories of fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping in the Pacific Northwest.

From the back cover:

ELK HUNTERS DON’T CRY
19 humorous, poignant, and sometimes absurd adventures of a Pacific Northwest sportsman.

“It’s a well-known fact that outdoorsmen, elk hunters in particular, don’t cry.

In fact, not so many years ago this was considered a badge of honor, a mark of courage for young hunters to aspire to as they watched their fathers and uncles grimace manfully in the face of pain.

I’ve seen several of my own hunting friends take tumbles in rocky riverbeds, gash themselves with skinning knives, and char various portions of their anatomies in campfires…all without a single tear.

Some of them defoliated large tracts of national forest with white-hot profanity, but none ever cried…”

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Here’s a link to one of my favorite stories from the book, “Newbies”

I’ve set up a PayPal link for Paypal Members or credit card orders.

If you would rather pay by check, please print this page, include your name and shipping address, and remit with $9.99 + $2.50 shipping for the first copy (for additional copies shipping = $1.00 each) to the address below.

I can only guarantee shipping in time for Christmas for orders received by November 27th.

Thanks everyone!

-Perry

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NEW TURKEY RECIPE

Want your Thanksgiving dinner will be the talk of the town?  You should try this…it’s sure to bring smiles from your guests!

1. Cut out aluminum foil in desired shapes.

2. Arrange the turkey in the roasting pan, position the foil carefully. (see picture for details)

3. Roast according to your own recipe and serve.

4. Watch your guests’ faces…

- Perk

38 hour sentence per 9-11 victim

 

8 years and 4 months.

 

That how much time that U.S. District Judge Micheal Mihm decided on Thursday was an appropriate sentence for al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Saleh Kalah al-Marri. Add this to the 6.5 years he’s been held since his arrest, and the total is about 15 years.

 

Marri, who arrived in the United States on September 10th, 2001, had close contact with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a mastermind of the Sept.11 attacks, and phone contacts with  Mustafa al-Hawsawi, described as a chief financier of the operation. 

 

Al-Marri admitted he trained in Al Qaeda camps and stayed in Al Qaeda safe houses in Pakistan between 1998 and 2001, where he learned how to handle weapons and how to communicate by phone and e-mail using a code. The government said he met with Osama bin Laden in the summer of 2001 and was sent to the U.S. to help Al Qaeda operatives carry out post-Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

 

An FBI search of Marri’s property uncovered evidence, in folders  labeled “jihad arena” and “chem,” which (according to the government) contained information on hydrogen cyanide, along with lectures by Osama bin Laden and links to Web sites related to weaponry and satellite equipment. There was also evidence that Marri had been bookmarking dams, reservoirs and other possible US targets.

 

On April 30, 2009 he entered a plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization.

 

So, as an accessory* to the murder of the 3,497 who died in the 9-11 terrorist attacks, Marri will serve eight years and four months (in addition to the six and a half years he’s been held.)

 

That’s roughly 38 hours per victim.

 

-Perry

 

*An accessory is a person who assists in the commission of a crime, but who does not actually participate in the commission of the crime as a joint principal.