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Location: United States

Member Since: March 18, 2013

Paul David Robinson

Biography

Dear Reader,
I've been writing stories and poems for sixty years. I have a closet full of rejections and this year I decided to e-pub.
The first novel I chose for this is dedicated to my wife, Carolyn. I wrote it in 1998. It is entitled: Summer. It is about pain and suffering, the difficult choices people face, and how love can overcome anything.
As a pastor and theologian, I do not separate the sacred and the profane. The difference is in the human mind and not in life itself, just as evil is in the human mind and comes out of the choices people make and not from the devil who made me do it. The devil has nothing to do with it. We are the ones who choose to do evil or good. The whole world is in our hands. Enjoy the books.

Paul David Robinson
Reverend Paul David Robinson,
BA, MDiv, Pastor, Retired
https://www.pauldavidrobinson.com
https://www.pauldavidrobinson.com/blog/

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?

My parents were missionaries in the Philippines from 1950-1954. I was home schooled with the same materials used at a private school I went to in Bagio City, Luzon. My first stories were about the characters in Winnie the Pooh. I wrote them when I was eight years old. I had beautiful handwriting until we came back to the US and I went to public school and had to change to a slant. I would start to write in longhand and write until my hand was tired. Sometimes I wrote for tweny-four hours at a time or until the story was finished. Almost everythng I wrote was stream of consciousness. Some stories ended before I finished them because I ran out of studyhalls or I as too tired to write anymore. Most of my stories came from dreams I had that I wrote down the next day. Sometimes i was inspired by something I read or something someone said or people I observed.

When did you first start writing?

When I learned how to read and write. When I was eight years old. A nurse who lived downstaiirs in the mission house asked me to get crackers out of the kitchen. When I said I couldn't find them, she grabbed me by the ear, dragged me into her kitchen and pointed to a box and spelled out "C R A C K E R S." Then she said, "Can't you read?" Until then, I didn't know there was a reason to learn how to read. I was reading at a seventh grade level by the end of the summer. And I was writing short stories about Eyore, my favorite character in Winnie the Pooh.

Where to find Paul David Robinson online

Website: https://www.pauldavidrobinson.com
Twitter: @PDRAuthor
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-david-robinson-0764b2108
Blog: https://www.pauldavidrobinson.com/blog/

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/Paul-David-Robinson/e/B00F3PJJFY

Books

Ruth's Adventure by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 100,410. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Western, Fiction » Western

In the spring of 1904, Ruth Andrews travels with her family in a covered wagon from a whistle-stop in Colorado into the mountains and to her family’s new home in a log cabin. She learns to ride a pony, shoot a rifle, cook on a campfire, and take turns doing chores. She was eight years old. She had two brothers and two sisters. She meets a boy her age and they become best friends.

Seventh Volume of Poetry: Cultivating Love by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 87,500. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir

After his divorce, the author broke his engagement to his lover and began to live alone. Within four months he was in love again. The poetry in this volume covers his relationship with three more women before he found his soul mate and wife, Carolyn. The poetry in Volume Seven was written between February 1982 and March 1985.

Sixth Volume of Poetry: Falling in Love Again by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 71,330. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir

Sixth Volume of Poetry: Falling in Love Again is written for and about one of my lovers. We had a wonderful courtship before the realities around us began to close in and separate us. I hope you will enjoy reading it. Every one of us has to struggle to be good and kind and loving. I wish you a lifetime of loving and caring for others and being loved and cared for.

Fifth Volume of Poetry: Falling in Love by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 62,470. Language: English. Published: June 6, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir

Fifth Volume of Poetry: Falling in Love is my fifth volume of poetry. These poems were written between July 1977 and October 1981. They were written for and about two different women. One woman dumped me after I fell in love with her in 1977. The second woman became my best friend and then my mistress in 1978.

Qarka Girls by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 81,020. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

The Qarka have been secretly visiting Earth. The Centauri Empire conquered Qarka and took Qarka Girls as sex slaves. Now they are taking Earth Girls as sex slaves while looking for a criminal who escaped to Earth. Arri Tolin was a Qarka Girl stranded on Earth. She had a mixed-blood baby she left behind. Now her daughter and the Centauri criminal hope to stop the Centauri sex trade forever.

When the Dew Fell on the Okra by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 1,760. Language: English. Published: February 29, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent, Fiction » Children’s books » Holidays & Celebrations / Other, Non-Religious

This is A Modern Christmas Fable about an Angel whose wings are so full of dew that she cannot fly and falls into a tulip bloom in the Land of Imps and Elves and how she helps the Imps and Elves learn how to celebrate Christmas.

Fourth Hundred and Nine Poems 1981 - 2002 by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,700. Language: English. Published: January 18, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir

Fourth volume of poetry includes poems and letters written between 1981 and 2002. They describe the author's feelings and observations as he gets a divorce after leaving the church and works his way through five lovers until he meets his soul mate. His faith in God sustained him throughout. The words to most of the songs he has written are included.

Third Hundred and Sixty-eight Poems by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,930. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir

Third volume of poetry includes poems written between 1967 and 1981. They describe the author's feelings and observations as he struggled to be faithful to his calling, his marriage, and himself. His faith in God sustained him throughout.

Second Hundred and Sixty-three Poems by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,140. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir

Second Hundred and Sixty-three Poems is a book of poetry written between August 1963 and March 1967 while the author was in college. He shares what he was feeling and thinking when he wrote some of his poems. It is an autobiography in poetry. .The author often considered taking his own life, but decided not to do that

And Angels Feared to Tread by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 75,410. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Sci-Fi Erotica, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

Shorty Martin found an alien machine on his Iowa farm. He is transported to another planet. An old witch woman tries to kill him. He learns her language through her magic and becomes her lover. A squad of army rangers follows Shorty. Only Dan survives. The planet was invaded by humanoids who live forever and breed human beings for food. Using Bitina's magic, they plan to stop the genocide.

Symbiosis by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 38,280. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Sci-Fi Erotica, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

Jwrl (Earth name: Albert) is an Anarchist who escaped execution on his planet. Now he is hiding inside the body of Rajah Sinclair with Rajah's consent. Kqbt (Earth name: Lenore) is assigned to capture Jwrl or kill him. On her planet the penalty for having sex with an animal is instant death. But she can't help herself. She falls in love with Rajah, a human animal. What is a girl to do?

Shoreen (Life After Earth Series Volume Three) by Paul David Robinson

Series: Life After Earth Series. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 98,120. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Sci-Fi Erotica, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

Once a year, Ayan, the red moon, mounts his mistress Lydya, the white moon, and his red-tinted shape eclipses her white beauty. Denys blushes as she thinks of its symbolic meaning. "If it weren't for Shoreen,” the Tara girl whispers, “there would be dozens of marriages tonight." Will Denys lose her father, brother, and lover and become a sex-slave? Will Pietra save them from the Smythes?

Triangulaton (Life After Earth Series Volume two) by Paul David Robinson

Series: Life After Earth Series. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 106,450. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

Jeanne, DonEl, and Al’Lan appear naked in the middle of a desert and cannot remember why they are there. Something happened in transit and they have lost their short-term memory. Jeanne is pregnant with twins: one child from each of her two husbands. And voyagers NEVER travel pregnant. So why are they in this place surrounded by strange telepathic animals that want to kill the unborn?

First Eighty-five Poems 1959-1963 by Paul David Robinson

Series: The Poetry of Paul David Robinson: An Autobiography in Poetry. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,600. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy

First Eighty-five Poems is a book of poetry written between January 1, 1959 and August 1, 1963 while the author was in junior high and high school. He shares what he was feeling and thinking when he wrote some of his poems. It is an autobiography in poetry. The author often considered taking his own life, but decided not to do that. He became a Christian through philosophy and not the church.

After My Shotgun Wedding (Volume Two of the Shotgun Wedding Series) by Paul David Robinson

Series: Shotgun Wedding Series. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 120,440. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Suspense/Mystery, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure

Back home, Jim is a teacher and Curly is a nurse. An abusive father with a shotgun forces Jim and Curly to marry. Later Curly is called as nurse for Ann’s sick baby. When Ann’s baby dies, Curly decides to become a doctor. Ann runs away to the city. Ann’s husband and two of his buddies rape Curly for revenge. In the City, Curly brings Ann home to be their lover. Does Jim bail? Read and see.

Before My Shotgun Wedding (Volume One of My Shotgun Wedding Series) by Paul David Robinson

Series: Shotgun Wedding Series. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 60,010. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance, Fiction » Romance » General

In 1952 on a Kentucky mountain, Jimmy and Curly are trapped by history and poverty. There are no roads. You walk or ride a mule or a horse, if you have one. What happens one summer, when the best friend and buddy you ever had in your whole life turns out to be a girl instead of a boy like you? The brother you never had; who became the sister you never had; may actually be the lover you never had?

Meld School Runaway by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 53,200. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

Jeanne was born with a constant psychic connection with two boys she does not know. She ran way from school until she learned the names of the two boys in her head. After that, Jeanne could get into the mind of anybody she thought about. And Jeanne could see through their eyes and hear through their ears and they never knew she was there. What would you do if you could do that?

Katya and the Solar Wind (Life After Earth Series Volume One) by Paul David Robinson

Series: Life After Earth Series. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 260,760. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy

Katya is one of 24 women and 8 men who are to provide shore-leave for the staff and crew of the SOLAR WIND on a 20-year voyage to the asteroids. The UN wants Nippon-American Corp. to tag asteroids for future use. The company wants to orbit asteroids behind the moon at L2 for the lunar colony and Orbital Complex or OC (oh see) at L5 . Falling in love with a man and a woman complicates her life.

Clarence or Claire by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 226,730. Language: English. Published: May 28, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Historical

In 1904, Roger takes his wife and five children to a canyon home they have never seen. Roger is killed. Claire cuts her waist-length hair and puts on Roger's clothes and poses as big brother Clarence to get them safely to their destinaton. While being the valley's most eligible bachelor, she falls in love with Chad who works for the villain who wants the canyon and will do anything to get it.

Foundling by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 71,910. Language: English. Published: April 20, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Adventure » Action

In September, 1879, five-year-old Jamie wakes up from her nap. She sees a massacre in progress. She jumps out of the covered wagon and hides. Jess finds her. This is the story of how Jess, Jamie, and Kristin become a family after trials and tribulations.

Summer by Paul David Robinson

Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 58,960. Language: English. Published: March 18, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure

In July 1910 Summer is home from college. Alone on a mountain near her home in Colorado, she is attacked by an unknown man. Her doctor tells her she is not pregnant. At her Homecoming Dance in October, she falls in love with a college man from Wyoming. Before they can see each other again, she is forced home due to her condition. How does she find true love and get revenge? Read and find out.