About

About Robert Witham

I am a writer and the author of several books and e-books. My “day job” is working as a staff reporter for a newspaper. My most recent book project, Home-Based Businesses You Can Start Today, was completed early in 2011.

This site is my virtual home on the web. I blog here about a variety of topics which I find of interest. Blog topics cover a number of categories, including:

• religion/philosophy
• outdoors
• personal/family
• book and product reviews
• simplicity and simple living
• social issues
• travel
• food and cooking
• web design
• writing

I have been a computer fan since I was a teenager, have worked with computers professionally since 1990 when I was employed as a mainframe computer operator, and have been building websites since 1998. I worked as a computer programmer during the “dot com” boom. I discovered blogging in 2006 (somewhat belatedly, I know) and immediately recognized the power of simple publishing. For someone who had hand-coded websites for many years, blogs made publishing very simple indeed.

Since 2006 I have worked as a writer – both as a freelancer and as a community news reporter. I have loved to write since I was a child when I would compose short stories to sell to family members. Blogging encouraged me to write more because it was so easy to publish and gain an audience. I joined the staff at The Eagle Newspaper in Cambridge NY during 2006 and continued with The Eagle until I relocated to Montana in 2008. While at The Eagle I covered local government, school, and community news. I later worked as a staff writer for the Lewistown News-Argus in Lewistown, MT.

I am a Bible College graduate and have served on the pastoral staff at several churches in Upstate NY and northwestern Montana. I also served as an itinerant minister for more than 15 years and provided pulpit supply to many churches. I have a long-standing interest in cross-cultural and international ministry and am considering options to explore in the future.

You can learn more about me by reading this brief auto-biographical sketch. You can read more about my writing activities by visiting my writing page, or see what others say about my writing by reading my writing credits page.

About this site

Some months I may blog more often than other months. Some months I don’t bother at all. Aside from the blog posts, this site also contains information about my writing projects, and may contain links to other sites that I find interesting or useful.

Please take a few minutes to moments to browse around while you are here at the site. Feel free to e-mail me with any feedback by visiting the contact page.

Advertising

This site does not display advertising; however, this site does contain links to books and products on Amazon.com. These links are only included when it concerns or relates to the topic at hand. For example, I may include an Amazon link to a book during a book review. Following a link to books or other products on Amazon may result in a small commission for me should you purchase something from Amazon after following the affiliate link.

Feel free to not click on any links or potential advertisement displays if you find this offensive. I provide this information here as fair warning for those who may care about such details.

Comment policy and license

All comments are moderated. I believe that a site host/owner has both the prerogative and the obligation to set and maintain the site culture. This includes the conversation that takes place in the comments. Consider the following guidelines concerning comments on this site.

• Civil dialogue and feedback is always encouraged – regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the stated position on a particular issue.
• Uncivil, uncouth, argumentative, libelous, hateful, or otherwise nasty or obnoxious comments will be marked as spam.
• My grandparents, parents, and children read this site. I will not publish a comment that I would be embarrassed for them to read.
• Spam, nonsensical comments, or comments posted in an attempt to sell something to the readers of this site will be marked as spam and deleted.

Please keep in mind that comments submitted to this site may be displayed on this site, or on other sites, for an indefinite amount of time. Comments will typically be used only on this site, but may be quoted or republished elsewhere in other projects, either digital or print.

By submitting a comment to this site you are providing your consent and approval for the comment to be posted on the Internet for the world to read. Comments on this site may or may not be taken down at a later date.

Comment authors assume all responsibility for any statements or claims that they make on this site. Comment authors also assume full responsibility for any liability or complications that arise out of their statements made on this site.