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Eons member since: July 05, 2007
Real name: Robert Farley
Age, Gender: 54, Male
Location: Fairborn, OH
Hometown: http://www.bobfarley.com
Places I've been: I started out on the internet at geocities.com, then it turned into yahoo, so I bought my domain. I've got pages at ShoutLife view link , MySpace view link , Bebo view link and my son's future page view link . Can't have too many weblocations,eh?
More about me: What's born pregnant, hungry, and mean?

Fictionally speaking, it's THRIPZ, a genetically modified form of Thysanoptera: Thripidae who star in my new extranormal novel, also titled THRIPZ. Get it at Amazon.com and at CreateSpace.com for only $6.99.

At Amazon, you get the free shipping if your order is over $25. And you can also find out about getting an autographed copy at THRIPZ.com.

Now...who would pitch a mutant insect agricultural espionage thriller?

That would be me, a 54-year-old father of a six-year-old boy. A stay-at-home, work-at-home dad, I edit a bit, play some Xbox, teach a while, work a little, shoot some basketball or soccer, teach some Bible, work a little, fix food, play some Playstation...you get the idea. It's a life I never thought I'd have, and one that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world.

I used to work on a farm in Hawaii, preparing work orders and other stuff using programs I wrote in MS Excel. That's where I learned more about pesticides, fungicides, yuckicides, and who-knows-what-icides than I thought I'd ever know. And where I came up with the idea for the story that became THRIPZ.

Back in 2004, I won a book writing contest and my story, Thrips, was published as a hardcover edition. It cost $28, which in 2008 dollars is like, $35. A couple of publishers this year agreed to republish it, but since they offered no huge advance money and wanted me to do most of the promo and marketing work, I figured, why have a middleman telling me what to do when I can just do it? So, the book was released, July 15, 2008, titled THRIPZ, and costs a sweet $6.99 for a 234-page trade paperback edition. That's like $4.99 in 2004 dollars.

I feel like people who enjoy suspenseful stories with a dash of the paranormal (I aspire to the style of Dean Koontz, who writes gritty stories without resorting to vulgar language) will enjoy reading this book. Four sample chapters are accessible from my web page at http://www.thripz.com .

Want an autographed copy? You're in luck. Head over to THRIPZ.com again and look down the right-hand column. Signed copies will cost the list price of $6.99 plus $4.50 for shipping and handling. Once I become famous, you could probably eBay it for, I don't know, $11.50.

Come back often. And keep reading!

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Activities: Guitar, ukulele, violin, writing, reading, soccer coaching
Favorite Charities: Children.org
Favorite Music: Anything with a kachunka-hunka beat or sweet vocals, from AC/DC to Rush and Yes. Like country, too, Alison Krauss, George Jones....
Favorite TV Shows: Got rid of cable, so not many favorites on. Numb3rs, Bones, House. Lot of stuff to watch on computer, too, like (I hope) Burn Notice, Psych, and Monk.
Favorite Movies: Liking Wild Hogs currently, I Robot, Bourne Identity and the other ones, Star Trek IV.
Favorite Books: Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, along with two of the three that he wrote to complement it. Most Dean Koontz. And the ones I've written, THRIPZ and Kahuna Killing, due out 2008 and 2009, respectively.
Favorite Quotes: Anything that the late Mitch Hedburg said, for instance: An escalator is never broken; it just turns into stairs.
Favorite People: My awesome son, born in 2001. I know he's a genius, and I can't wait to see how he evolves. I pray that I can help guide him to a productive career and life.
Favorite Places: I think I would like Seattle, Washington, because I like rain.
Favorite Animals: Anything that belongs to someone else.