MIAMI -- As a humor writer, Eddie Jones knows how to make people laugh. He also knows how to put magazines out of business. For over twenty years his Hard Aground column ran in numerous regional magazines, all of which folded.

Now those columns are avaialbe for free from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A6B0AOO/

A gifted and talented writer, speaker and publishing consultant, Jones has been described as the Dave Barry of boating writers. His column appeared in Lattitudes and Attitdues, Coastal Cruising Magazine, Carolina Style, Living Aboard Magazine, TownDock.net, Maritimes Magazine, and Tom Neale's Cruising Coast and Islands.

Jones is also the co-founder of CruisersNet.net.

"If you sail in the shallow coastal areas of North Carolina's shifting sands, groundings happen," writes Brad Banks, a North Carolina sailor. "Hard Aground Again, is a humorous and lighthearted look at 'taking sandbar soundings with the keel,' at boat ownership, and at the cruising life."

Jones writes middle reader fiction for HarperCollins, is a two-time Selah Award winner in Young Adult fiction, and winner of the Moonbeam Award for Childrens books.

"If you do not own a boat, or this book, what are you waiting for," Jones asks. "A sign? Okay, here's one sign: Salt water covers over 71% of the earth’s surface. That means if you had a boat, you could be, at this very minute, wet. You might also be broke, permanently deformed from living in spaces the size of a Tupperware bread box, have a dent in your skull from banging your forehead into the companionway hatch, and exude from your body such an aromatic stench that even mosquitoes vector away when you walk down the dock."

Hard Aground, Again is free for three days on Amazon.

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