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This website provides you with the most important aspects of my writing career and the latest details on the information products I’ve created.

Creating information products — e-books, audiobooks, and other digital types of information — has been my main focus over the last couple of years. I share my experiences selling information products and the best free and low-cost resources at the Selling Information Products Online blog.

I recently released Intelligent Productivity For Freelance Writers: Manage Your Time, Make More Money, and Get More Enjoyment From Life as both an e-book and an audiobook. Read all about how it helps freelance writers, and also check out the Intelligent Productivity For Freelance Writers blog.

I’ve also launched the Intelligent Productivity blog. That where I share tips on setting clear goals for your business and personal life, getting the most done in the shortest amount of time, and creating a life with more options for you do to exactly what you want.

I continue to do freelance writing for college textbook publishers, primarily preparing supplements and ancillaries for college textbooks; instructor’s manuals, student study guides, test banks, lecture outlines are the most common examples.

I’ve also written an e-book that details exactly how I’ve made a successful career from this work: Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market.

And I still love to hike in northern California. The Northern California Hiking Trails blog covers hikes and trails in northern California, with a special emphasis from Chico north, which is my home territory. I’ve written two hiking guides, 100 Classic Hikes in Northern California, third edition, and 75 Hikes in California’s Mount Shasta and Lassen Volcanic National Park Regions, revised edition.

I grew up in Redding, California, and I currently live near Mount Shasta in far northern California with my partner Stephanie Hoffman and our old golden retriever Molly. I do tai chi nearly every day, and still hike frequently.

John Soares on a hot summer day in a Sacramento River tributary.

My olden golden retriever Molly, with a summer do, on the way to Middle Deadfall Lake west of Mount Shasta.