Terry McDonald

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Scouting... Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Explorer, allowed me to have time in and to fall in love with nature. I spent a year in Vietnam in the Army as a combat soldier. After the Army, I spent 2 1/2 years far North of Fairbanks, Alaska in the remote wilderness. A rustic cabin featuring no amenities-- Wood burning stove, no electricity, no running water and an outhouse for nature's necessities. I know how to survive, what plants to eat and how to trap, fish and hunt. I have splinted my broken bones and sewn my cuts with needle and thread,(other peoples too). I can do anything with tools, welding, carpentry, electrical and almost as many things without tools ... Give me a knife and I'm king of the world. With a knife I can survive anywhere, rural or urban. At the present time I am building a place in Tennessee -- off the grid with solar. I'm stocking supplies and have established an orchard that bore fruit this year --- Blueberries, peaches, apples and plums. It'll be several more years before the nut trees produce. I reckon I'm a prepper, but mostly, in my later years, I'm a loner. I love to read. When I was little, there was a Goodwill store directly across the street from my house. Books in the fifty and sixties were only a nickel each--- 20 for a dollar. Twice a week during the summer months, I'd take a dollar over-- my earnings for watching the watermelons my father sold from our front yard. I'd read while I watched the melons at night to keep them from being stolen. When I turned 62, I found myself, for the first time in my life, without the responsibility for others. While reading an Amazon book online it came to me I wanted to write. Found out wanting and being able to were two different ballgames. I spent the next year and a half studying the craft while writing 'HARD ROAD'. I was in a tent most of the time up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains on some WMA property. I had the truck parked beside my tent with an electric cord from an inverter running from the truck to the tent to power up my desktop. I spent many nights during the winter --- my preferred writing time is night --- huddled in a blanket shivering. I spent just as much time trying to keep the sweat wiped from my hands during the summer months. The results of my labor 'HARD ROAD' is available here on Amazon. Since then I have written more and I do hope you will read and enjoy my efforts.