Tag: Research trip

This, That, and Some Audiobook Specials.

Today snuck up on me! I just noticed it is the second Wednesday of the month when I pop on here and post about upcoming events, new releases, and sales.

I should, fingers crossed, be ensconced in our new home in NE Oregon by this time next week. We have one more load to bring over and a birthday party to attend, and then I’ll be living in Baker City permanently. We’ll see how long I last living in a galley kitchen with a quarter of my cooking/baking things. Hah! I love to cook and bake and told hubby that if we purchased this house a remodel was in the immediate future. I can’t cook with only four feet of counter space. And I can’t fit all my fun dishes or even the food, for that matter, in the small amount of cupboard space. There aren’t any cupboards on the walls, only under the counters.

Anyway, I will make do until we get the remodel done, hopefully this summer.

This month, I have the first 5 audiobooks in my Shandra Higheagle Mystery series on sale through my Direct website store and at Chirp.

The prices start at $0.99 and go up to $2.99.

https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/shandra-higheagle-audiobook/

https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/double-duplicity-by-paty-jager

Today is the last day to get Poker Face, book one in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series in Audiobook for $0.99 at Chirp and my website.

I’m currently working on book #15 in the Gabriel Hawke novels, Captured Hummingbird. I’ll be making a research trip for this book next week. I set it in and around the Lapwai Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho. I’ve been using maps and Google Earth to figure things out and write. Now I want to go see things in real time to make sure I have things correct and to check out the casino outside of Lewiston, ID that also plays a role in the story. And I want to check out an area that I’ve not seen before, where I want to have Hawke find the suspect.

It is a cold, gray day today. After such a nice, sunny winter so far, it’s kind of nice, but I definitely have to keep moving to stay warm.

I’m still working on getting my office in the new house like I want it. Working with a sliding door and three doors on another wall is making my arrangement a bit more difficult. When I finally get things in a spot that makes me happy, I’ll share photos here on the blog.

These are kind of random thoughts, but as I said I forgot to write something ahead of time to post earlier in the day. So you get my stream of thoughts. 😉

Oh! In case you haven’t seen my posts on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/AuthorPatyJager) you need to follow my Author Paty Jager Facebook page. In May, I will be giving away a prize each day to people who comment on the question I ask. It is to mark my 20 anniversary as a published author.

This will be a fun event that will happen throughout the month. I’ve been collecting gifts to give away along with books. The mugs in this graphic are some of the mugs I’ll be giving away. I also have two travel mugs with MMIW on them, as well as some jewelry and notepads. So follow my Facebook page and join the fun!

That’s all for now. I’m hoping to get some good stuff for the end-of-month post during my research trip.

June Adventure

After visiting my dad on Father’s Day at the Senior Living Center in Wallowa County, (where my Gabriel Hawke Novels are set) I headed to the setting of the next Hawke book.

While riding with a State Police Trooper also working Fish and Wildlife when I had the Hawke novels in their conceptual stage, the trooper pointed out a site that had been deemed an accidental death, but he thought otherwise. After he explained the whole thing to me and I saw the spot, I agreed with him.

Griz Flat Camp area

Ever since that ride-along, I’ve known that would be the scene of one of the murders that Hawke would help solve.

So, on the sunny June Sunday, I made a 93 mile loop to get photos of the area and acquaint myself with the roads and area.

The drive from Enterprise, Oregon in the NE corner of the state is pretty just about any time of year, but this time of year… the greens, the wildflowers, the fields, it is a visual delight!

Flora, Oregon

From Enterprise, I went north and turned west onto the Flora Highway. Flora is a small community that was a town at one time. The remnants of businesses, the school, and houses can be seen among the buildings still in use.

After Flora, I traveled through farm land and started down the steep winding Redmond grade to reach the Grande Ronde River. I crossed the river and continued into Troy, OR. The small community has houses, a motel, store and other conveniences for fishermen and rafters. Troy is set at at the crook of the Grande Ronde and Wenaha Rivers.

A photo from Griz Flat road toward Troy.

After taking photos of the campground where the murder will take place, I headed back on another route that followed the Grand Ronde River for several miles. I took a photo of a group rafting. The colorful rafts caught my eye.

Rafts on the Grand Ronde River

Along the way I had to stop and wait for cattle to move off the road. I thought it was a funny coincidence that when I came upon the cattle with white and black faces a song by Sia, the singer who wears a white and black wig, was playing on my radio. That’s why I took the photos of the cattle. LOL

It was a great day. I captured the photos I needed for the book cover and saw what I needed to see to write the book. Now to sit down and make my suspect chart and start pushing around ideas for a title. On the way home I toyed with Fire Ant Bites- but I’m not completely sold on it. I’ll have to play some more with ideas.

The drive was 90% gravel roads, which didn’t matter, I’m used to driving those. I went slow and enjoyed the tall green grass, the wheat and hay fields and even some cattle on the road.