Roger Paulding's Book Reviews, Thoughts on Writing Fiction, and The Pickled Dog Caper

Roger Paulding's Book Reviews, Thoughts on Writing Fiction, and The Pickled Dog Caper

Roger Paulding, Book Reviewer and Author of Historical Fiction

The Pickled Dog Caper - Now Available

Roger Paulding's The Pickled Dog Caper is an engaging tale of struggle and survival in Colonial America. A delightful cross between historical fiction and mystery, Roger brings Colonial America to life with Makepeace's hilarious antics.

"The flavor, the color, the details of the 18th century in a page turning story" -- Chris Rogers, author of Bitch Factor

"A clever, amusing frolic through the brutal realities of Colonial America with Makepeace, a rouge of a character you will want to hang one minute and hug the next" -- LB Cobb, author of Splendor Bay

About Writing (and Thinking About Writing)

Roger Paulding is the author of numerous short stories, articles about writing, and some down-right outspoken commentary about American social and political happenings. You'll find a short story and several articles about writing at Roger Writes.

Amazon Book Reviews

Roger Paulding is a top ranked Amazon book reviewer. Now, after requests from book readers around the world, Roger has gathered his many Amazon and other book reviews into one place.

The Texas Literary Scene

Roger Paulding is also well known to Texas literary circles as an author with wide ranging interests that include several fiction genres, historical non-fiction, genealogy, and most things political. As president of the Fort Bend Writers Guild, Roger is friend and mentor to many Houston writers.

Web in Progress

Like much of life, this website is a work in progress. Bookmark this page and come back often to enjoy Roger's entertaining forays into literature.

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The music selection this page is the Irish folk song "Wild Rover," midi file sequenced by Barry Taylor, courtesy of The Contemplator. The folk songs on this site are songs the characters in The Pickled Dog Caper would have sung. Links to the words of each song are in the credits at the bottom of each page.

This page last updated: 01/10/06

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Beginning with sales of short stories while he was still a teenager, book reviewer and author Roger Paulding has garnered a number of awards for his writing in the years since.

After attending, Oklahoma State, Roger graduated from Hardin-Simmons University. His first job after graduation was as manager of the Publicity Department at Hardin-Simmons.

Working in various areas of sales and marketing for several companies over the years, Roger spent the last ten years of his career in technical writing.

Since retiring, Roger has penned five novels (four still in-progress), numerous articles and book reviews. Almost five years in the writing, Roger's novel, The Pickled Dog, set in 1760s Queen Anne County Maryland, was released in November 2005 by Panther Creek Press.

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