Ron Ferguson

Discounted and Free ebooks on Smashwords the first week in March 2026. I'm participating. Search for Ronald D Ferguson (adult) and R. D. Ferguson (YA)

TIME-SLIPS AWEIGH went live today. books2read.com/b/mqRoBv
#TimeTravel #Romance

FREE: Advance Reader Copy (ARC) for TIME-SLIPS AWEIGH. Let me know if you would like a no obligation EPUB ARC compatible with most e-readers including Kindle. I would appreciate an honest review only if you are inclined. Novel's description at Books2Read below.
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#ARC #FREE

Good to see another Codexian.

Starting December 8. My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale & many are FREE! Find my latest this month at www.smashwords.com/books/1791914 and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebookstore

Starting December 8. My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale & many are FREE! Find your next favorite book this month at smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebookstore

Oxymoron of the day: "Permanently Pause." by... oh you know who it is.

Time-Slips Aweigh
#experiment #promo #vide

This is my third go at this Maine Lighthouse. The previous two were much larger and painted from a photo taken from the north side. This one is 11X14 and relies on a photo I took from the south side. I added the thunderstorm.

#acrylic #painting #lighthouse

Finally, produced some red roses I like well enough to pair with the yellow roses.

#acrylic #painting # flowers

3 yellow roses in 8X10 and framed.

I'm pleased with these three yellow roses in an 8X10 that took me about two+ hours to paint in acrylics. I'm less pleased with the three red roses in an 8X10 that I intended to pair with the yellow roses.
#painting #acrylics #flowers

Started painting with acrylics after a layoff of more than 15 years. Very rusty, and I wish I was consistent. I recently finished this 8X10. #acrylics #painting #waterfalls

Will they name the merged storms Humelda or Imberto?
#satire #random

A surprising and easy way to boost your attention sp ... look! Ice cream!

Every man plays the hero in his own story, the sidekick in his friend's stories, the villain in his enemies' story, a bit player for a few other stories, and an unknown extra in all the rest.
#writing #acting

When something barely misses you, describe the intervening distance as a "hair's breadth." When you kiss a member of the Leporidae family, speaking of a "hare's breath" is appropriate.
#English #Phrases #Usages #Misusages

Algebra rule: +4 to both sides of X+1 = X to get X+5=X+4 or -X from both sides to get 1=0. Then X+5 ≠ X+4 unless 1=0. Does AI rewrite info? What are its truth value rules?
#AI #True #False

I quickly discovered that I can't make everyone happy with any story I write, and so I decided that the person I should focus on making happy is me.
#writing #publishing #editors #readers

Hey gang! Watermelon football season is here: Using a 5-10 lb watermelon, the rules are the same as 6 player football, except that field goals are worth a hundred points, and kickoffs consist of a watermelon roll. If the watermelon survives, the winning team eats it.
#watermelon #football #satire

OASIS AT THE EDGE OF FOREVER, a SciFi novella about one woman's journey, is now live and on sale.
#novella #new #SciFi #sale
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Weird behavior by spiders sounds like a story opening.

The line between Helpful and Intrusive is a finer line than Tech Bros seem to believe.
#AI #Techbro #arrogance

The Oasis at the Edge of Forever An unexpected nova misdirects the Starship Aspiration to a star system 200 light years from the nearest jump gate. Stranded in an unexplored system, the crew and colonists of the Aspiration have no wa...

Announcing my novella, Oasis at the Edge of Forever, (and 13 other books) will be promoted on @Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Be sure to follow me for more updates and links to the promotion for my books and many more!
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publishes that improper Medicaid payments are about 5%. The current administration apparently interprets 5% to mean that 1 in 5 is improper.

#Waste #Medicaid

Eric Wimple wrote a tag line I like:
"Make Lying Wrong Again."
Unfortunately, we may need Yoda to rephrase for those who can't remember 4 words. "Wrong Again Lying Make" = WALM.

#Make #Lying #Wrong #Again #Tagline #Yoda

Eric Wimple wrote a tag line I like:
"Make Lying Wrong Again."
Unfortunately, MLWA isn't easy to pronounce for those who can't remember 4 words.

#Make #Lying #Wrong #Again #Tagline

BREAKUP HEADLINES STILL IN the news ...
Could this be bigger than Brad and Anglina?

#Breakup

The number of Indian restaurants in Edinburgh impresses me, more than 150, which must be 8 to 10 times the number in San Antonio. However, San Antonio has 1018 Mexican Restaurants. I smile every time I pass a restaurant with the word TACO on their building. I'm smiling a lot these days.

#TACO

What? No crepes?

What's the point of easily remembering that there was something you wanted to do but now you can't remember what the thing you wanted to do was?