Category: Prepper Books

Back in January, I’d asked if anyone had interest in me turning The Survival Blueprint into a workbook. We’ll, I had enough of a response (and because I couldn’t think of anything more interesting to do) that I chose to give it a go. So, I worked on it here and there and I’m finally…

I sat there over the holidays wondering what I was going to do in 2026. After all, I’ve been discussing preparedness online for a long time; I think I’ve had my blog since about 2009, which is a long time to keep at something. For years, it was fun because I was learning and I…

For those preppers who prefer hard copy editions of books, which include most people, the second edition paperback of 47 Easy DIY Survival Projects is now available on Amazon. For what it’s worth, I chose to avoid the major holiday selling season of Black Friday and Cyber Monday because it’s a frenzied mess, and I…

I’m nearly to the point where I just want to stop publishing survival books on Amazon because the competition is ridiculous. Worse, Amazon fully expects authors to spend a ton of money on outside promotions and internal advertising, which just isn’t feasible for most of us self-published ilk. But I’m a glutton for punishment, so…

My latest book, Why We Prepare: Lessons From The Past, Warnings For The Future, is now available on Amazon in paperback. (It’s also available in hardcover, too, and I’ll probably release the audiobook version in a few weeks.) If you’ll recall when I mentioned it the first time, this book is a bit different from…

I hadn’t planned to write a book. In fact, I’m highly disillusioned these days with the way book publishing is going on Amazon considering how many newbies are writing in the survival space, most of whom, I assume, aren’t actually preppers. (For what it’s worth, I wrote a second edition of my DIY survival book…

It totally slipped my mind that this month, September, is national preparedness month. I don’t know why we only get one month, or why the powers that be chose September, but I’ll take it. According to the internet: It’s a nationwide observance established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Ready Campaign to raise awareness…