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Indecision
When old freinds get together one helps the other prepare for what the world was turning into.
118 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 9, 2012
About the author
Jerry D. Young
153 books30 followersJerry D Young was born at home, in Senath, Missouri July 3, 1953. At age 5 the family rented a small farm house on an active farm 40 miles southwest of St. Louis. While the family weren't farmers, they lived something of a homestead type life, raising a milk cow, sometimes two, and calves, a pig or two, chickens, and the occasional goat. Along with the stock, a large garden helped to feed Jerry's three brothers and two sisters for several years. Fishing and hunting contributed to the pantry, as did foraging the wild edibles on the property.
At the age of 14, the family, minus a brother and two sisters that were now adults and on their own, moved back to Senath. Having been encouraged from an early age to read, Jerry was a regular patron of the Senath Branch Library.
A love of a good story was born within him, and shortly before graduating high school, for a lack of stories that he liked at the library, he began to write short vignettes, and started taking notes for stories that he wanted to tell. Well, a full life interceded, and the writing didn't resume for several years.
But while working a job with a much free time, and the then newfangled home computer, Jerry began to write in earnest. With the occasional gap in the process, Jerry continued to research and write, never believing he could ever be published. But when he turned 50, he wanted a change in his life, left the job he was doing and began focusing on his writing.
When he became ill, the writing stopped, but not the inspiration. When he started writing again, in 2004, after getting the medical problems under control, he began to read some on-line stories dealing with emergency preparedness, one of his other loves. The die was cast. Now with over a hundred of the vignettes and short stories about how to survive disasters written, along with his other novels, Jerry decided to go for broke, adding one of his previous works every few days to his list of stories now available, Jerry continues to write, both the Prep/PAW stories, as well as action adventure with a little romance type stories that first got him started.
At the age of 14, the family, minus a brother and two sisters that were now adults and on their own, moved back to Senath. Having been encouraged from an early age to read, Jerry was a regular patron of the Senath Branch Library.
A love of a good story was born within him, and shortly before graduating high school, for a lack of stories that he liked at the library, he began to write short vignettes, and started taking notes for stories that he wanted to tell. Well, a full life interceded, and the writing didn't resume for several years.
But while working a job with a much free time, and the then newfangled home computer, Jerry began to write in earnest. With the occasional gap in the process, Jerry continued to research and write, never believing he could ever be published. But when he turned 50, he wanted a change in his life, left the job he was doing and began focusing on his writing.
When he became ill, the writing stopped, but not the inspiration. When he started writing again, in 2004, after getting the medical problems under control, he began to read some on-line stories dealing with emergency preparedness, one of his other loves. The die was cast. Now with over a hundred of the vignettes and short stories about how to survive disasters written, along with his other novels, Jerry decided to go for broke, adding one of his previous works every few days to his list of stories now available, Jerry continues to write, both the Prep/PAW stories, as well as action adventure with a little romance type stories that first got him started.
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April 21, 2026
This story is just stupid, sorry Jerry. Predictable characters, predictable plot, and there is a great deal of stupid added. This story is a mishmash of any number of incredibly better dystopian stories based on economic failure, Red Dawn (the original movie), and WW2 French resistance fighters. Add to this toxic mix poor editing with misspelled words, the wrong punctuation marks used throughout, and homophones used.
In regards to the characters. No can be that stupid without his jaw being wired shut at least once in his stupid life. There were clearly parts of the story that the author had no idea what he was writing about because no research was done. This story is fiction, but the part I referenced is so far-fetched I struggle to describe it as anything other than fantastical. Even the Canadians were smarter than in real life which in itself tells you how bad this story was.
In my opinion, this is one of the worst train-wreaks of a story I have had the pleasure to read lately.
In regards to the characters. No can be that stupid without his jaw being wired shut at least once in his stupid life. There were clearly parts of the story that the author had no idea what he was writing about because no research was done. This story is fiction, but the part I referenced is so far-fetched I struggle to describe it as anything other than fantastical. Even the Canadians were smarter than in real life which in itself tells you how bad this story was.
In my opinion, this is one of the worst train-wreaks of a story I have had the pleasure to read lately.
May 4, 2021
Jerry Young PAW fiction
I learned a great deal from PAW fiction. And January 2020 I was better prepared than many. But one complaint I have is how too many PAW writers believe an American President would willingly invite a foreign government into the US. Was not surprised by the family and friends who ignored any advice last year
I learned a great deal from PAW fiction. And January 2020 I was better prepared than many. But one complaint I have is how too many PAW writers believe an American President would willingly invite a foreign government into the US. Was not surprised by the family and friends who ignored any advice last year
December 16, 2020
Good read. Enjoyed this book. The characters were real and were believable. The indecision and lack of Comsec are easy to believe.
This book would have been better if filled with more info as to prep listings and background on the scenario.
This book would have been better if filled with more info as to prep listings and background on the scenario.
October 5, 2015
Good read
Good and interesting and yes very far fetched but that's what is so entertaining about this book. You know it's unrealistic but so much is so true. Read between the lines and you can get some good prepping information.
Good and interesting and yes very far fetched but that's what is so entertaining about this book. You know it's unrealistic but so much is so true. Read between the lines and you can get some good prepping information.
July 14, 2024
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