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Bob Hannaford's avatar

So, I’m guessing I shouldn’t assume that you’re related to John Paul Jones just because your name is somewhat similar.

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Nicholas McDonald's avatar

What an amazing story! Now I have a piece of trivia to share when your name comes up ;) But also, man, I am SO tempted to buy the book now…

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Timothy Paul Jones's avatar

Hopefully, very few copies of it remain! Because it really was painfully bad.

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William E. Turner Jr.'s avatar

Wow! I have been mistaken for a pirate with my name, but this is simply a great and rather dumbfounding story. Thank you for sharing!

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Truman Angell's avatar

Hilarious story and fun to read it again.

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David McKay's avatar

This is a fun story. I enjoyed reading it again.

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Shyre's avatar

I vaguely remember you mentioning the mix up of names but I did not realize the whole story! Wow. Love you and appreciate your sharing this information.

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E.L Sherene Joseph's avatar

oh my word!! Thank you for sharing this! I agree that all writers should read this essay! What a crazy, strange, weird experience. You need to write a book about this experience!

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Matthew Fletcher's avatar

Fantastic story. Now I know why you go by your full name -- and I don't feel near as bad about having never published a book! Lol.

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Adsum Try Ravenhill's avatar

A story every writer must read. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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Kent Sanders's avatar

Hi Timothy - loved this post! (My brother is Don Sanders, and he recommended I check out this article.) Sounds like this was a great learning experience for a lot of reasons ... but one you would probably not wish to have ever happened if you could have helped it! Thanks for sharing this!

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Timothy Paul Jones's avatar

Thanks for reading--and for letting me know about the connection to Don!

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Truman Angell's avatar

Pastor, that event was providence. God put that in your path to help develop humility. It is also funny. The Lord has a sense of humor!

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Timothy Paul Jones's avatar

Perhaps so! Such a strange set of events that I would never believe actually happened, except that it did. Thanks for reading!

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