About Me

  • About Me: Hi - I grew up on an Illinois farm and have lived in several other places across America. I enjoy border collies, Thoroughbred (and other!) horses, music, farming, writing and much more. One of the most endangered communities in America is the farming community, which most look the other way or encourage the demise of by paving over more farm land. Vote with your fork...give the family farms a chance to survive. http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/15473/jan_hoadley.html or www.writenowbiz.com

Television

  • Favorite Shows: don't watch much anymore
  • Favorite Channels: GAC, A&E, Discovery when we had it
  • Favorite Theme Song: Friends
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Reba

Contact Info

  • Yahoo: write_nowbiz

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Jeff Bates, Chris LeDoux, Stephen Cochran, Mark Wills, Billy Currington, Montgomery Gentry, Buddy Jewell, Rodney Atkins, Darryl Worley, Phil Vassar, Brad Paisley, Jimmy Wayne, Ray Scott, Luke Stricklin, Garth, Reba, Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill, Diamond Rio, Aaron Tippen, Andy Griggs, Tracy Lawrence, Trace Adkins, Statler Brothers, Oak Ridge Boys, Osmonds, Richard Marx, Surivor, REO Speedwagon, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, many more! :-D
  • Favorite Albums: Rainbow Man, Stephen Cochran, American By God's Amazing Grace, Little Bit of everything, Some People Change, Something To Be Proud Of, Leave The Light On, If You're Going Through Hell
  • Favorite Genre: country
  • Favorite Songs: too many to list!!
  • Favorite Lyrics: "we're all different but the same..." - Jeff Bates; "..poetry in motion, no this ain't no rat race..." - Montgomery Gentry; "..things go from bad to worse you think they can't get worse than that and then they do..." - Rodney Atkins; "..I was born an American, by God's Amazing grace..." - Luke Stricklin; "...midnight, the moon's up, hands around your tin cup, frost settles in on the sage; night's getting colder, man you're getting older, tonight you're feeling your age.." - Chris LeDoux; "...I hope you cherish the sweet way of life and I hope you know that it comes with a price..." Darryl Worley. "Heal Me" pretty much the whole song by Billy Currington.
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Your Tears Are Comin'; Something To Be Proud Of; What I Know; Runnin' Through The Rain; If You're Goin' Through Hell; Photo Finish; She's Tough; Good Day To Run; actually CDs for road trips would be better!
  • Band I wish I was in: Western Underground; Good People; New Country Outlaws, Wild Bunch, the Krew (like *any* of that is happening!)

Video Games

  • Games I Play: showdog, yoville, farmville
  • Gaming Alias: royalscot; scarecrowkennels, writenowbiz
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: pac man
  • Favorite Soundtrack: Top Gun

More About Me

  • Nationality: American
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: Jesus, my parents, Jeff Bates, Troy Nealey, Stephen Cochran, Chris LeDoux, Gary Stevens; Oliver Brown and every soldier who ever served defending our country, the police and other emergency personnel who are there whenever someone needs help, many others
  • Interests: Farming, writing, border collies, horses, fairs, horse racing, rodeo, spending time with friends.
  • Expertise: farming, writing, animals.
  • Occupation: writer
  • Industry: Other
  • Website: www.writenowbiz.com

Style

  • Where I shop: farm stores, thrift stores
  • I like to wear: casual comfortable
  • Prized Possessions: momentos from my Mom, pictures of friends and family, Breyers
  • Guilty Pleasure: country music concerts, tin roof sundaes, chocolate chip cookies from the oven.

College

  • School Name: Black Hawk College
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1981
  • Major(s): Horse Science (EAST campus)
  • Organizations: horse judging team; athletic booster club; newspaper

Travel

  • Places I love: WA, MS, IL and probable farm home - TN
  • Places I've been: throughout the US
  • Places to see before I die: Scotland

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: The Man From Snowy River, Return To Snowy River, Top Gun, Meet Joe Black, Dead Poet Society, Braveheart, The Full Monty, When Harry Met Sally, When A Man Loves a Woman, Gross Point Blank
  • Favorite Actors: Andy Garcia, John Cusak, Brad Pitt, Tom Burlinson
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Top Gun, Braveheart, The Full Monty, Forrest Gump
  • Movies I can watch over and over: see above
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Meg Ryan ??

Books

  • Favorite Books: Eminent Dogs Dangerous Men, Nops Trials, Three Strides Before The Wire