{"id":4527,"date":"2015-01-13T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2015-01-13T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:46:37","slug":"what-does-a-homesteader-do-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2015\/01\/13\/what-does-a-homesteader-do-for-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a homesteader do for fun?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, I&#8217;ve been working on a series of Western novels, which have mostly been sitting in a box in the closet as Westerns aren&#8217;t &#8220;in.&#8221; But recently, I found an interested publisher and the series of four is off and running! We&#8217;re really excited. I even did the cover painting for the first book, <em>Summer of the Eagles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Summer-of-the-Eagles-cover-440-wide-for-BHM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Summer-of-the-Eagles-cover-440-wide-for-BHM.jpg\" alt=\"Summer-of-the-Eagles-cover-440-wide-for-BHM\" width=\"446\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Summer-of-the-Eagles-cover-440-wide-for-BHM.jpg 446w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Summer-of-the-Eagles-cover-440-wide-for-BHM-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTake a look at the publisher&#8217;s web page for it: <a href=\"http:\/\/masonmarshall.com\/westerns\/summer-of-the-eagles\/\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1KC8h4C<\/a> where you can read a synopsis and the first two chapters. You can even pre-order the Kindle version for $4.99 at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00S4CHCCK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00S4CHCCK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=clay-jh1-kin-20&amp;linkId=ZDJS2YB4WWWSS75F\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/1w9IJRt<\/a>. A softcover edition is also in the works. I&#8217;ll let you know more about that, soon. If you&#8217;re on Facebook, you can keep up with developments by Liking the book&#8217;s Facebook page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JessHazzardSeries\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/17BH5DQ<\/a> and the publisher&#8217;s page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mason-Marshall-Press\/1393204400964374\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1IB5JzP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For us, it&#8217;s a whole lot of fun, seeing my characters spring to life. I&#8217;m editing the second book in the Jess Hazzard series now and Will has been great, keeping the wood stove ch0cked full so I don&#8217;t freeze upstairs on the computer and even doing the dishes for me! What a guy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, I&#8217;ve been working on a series of Western novels, which have mostly been sitting in a box in the closet as Westerns aren&#8217;t &#8220;in.&#8221; But recently, I found an interested publisher and the series of four is off and running! We&#8217;re really excited. I even did the cover painting for the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}