Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by Paty Jager Nov 24 2011, 12:01 pm in Paty Jager

I hope everyone is spending today with family and/or friends.  Thanksgiving is all about gathering and enjoying one another and giving thanks.

I’m thankful for:

My health

My husband

My childrena nd grandchildren

My extended family and friends

Being able to follow my dream of writing

 

What are you thankful for?

 

Paty Jager

www.patyjager.net

 

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Fantasy or Reality?

Posted by admin Aug 24 2011, 4:01 am in Nez Perce, Paty Jager

Last week I was informed my historical paranormal Spirit of the Mountain placed first in the paranormal category of the Lories Best Published Book Contest. The funny part about it is I have never considered it a paranormal book. When my historical editor said it had to go to the fantasy line at Wild Rose Press I drug my feet kicking and screaming, “It isn’t a paranormal.” I have Indian spirits who are shape shifters and integral characters in the book. This is what makes it fall under the category fantasy/paranormal. To me the spirit element is Native American. It

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Wagons, Trains, and Sternwheelers

Posted by Jul 24 2011, 4:01 am in Paty Jager

Travel in the west was done by horse, coaches, wagons and buggies, sternwheelers and later on by train. Learning what conveyances were used where and when is always an ongoing process for me. My first published book, Marshal in Petticoats, I’d set the date and wrote the book with a train scene only to find out there weren’t any trains in the area at the time. So I tried writing the scene with a stage coach and it didn’t work nearly as well, then I changed the time of the story and had to go through and re-read newspapers for

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Fiddles, Drums, and Flutes

Posted by Jun 24 2011, 4:01 am in Paty Jager

I like to have a sort of sound track for the books I write. Not handpicked songs put on one cd but rather several cds that play mixed together- all day long- or the whole time I’m writing one particular book. It’s my trigger to get into the book faster when I sit down to write. Of course it takes a couple weeks to get the automatic jump start when I hear the music, but it works for me. Today, while in the thrift shop(I always browse the books, cds and dvds), I found a cd of western movie title

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Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code

Posted by May 24 2011, 4:01 am in cowboy code, Gene Autry, Paty Jager

I received a brochure in the mail the other day promoting the Cowboys and Indians magazine. Inside they had Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code and it is pretty darn close to the original cowboy code only modernized. Gene created this code in response to young radio listeners who wished to be like him. 1. The cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.2. He must never go back on his word or a trust confided in him.3. He must always tell the truth.4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.5. He must not

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Which came first?

Posted by Apr 24 2011, 4:01 am in Easter, Paty Jager

I put up on facebook the other day the question- Which came first the Easter Bunny or the Easter Bonnet? Of course, I received some interesting answers none of which answered my questions. LOL Which, made me dig into the history of both and found that they both go back much farther than I expected. The Easter Bunny actually originated as the symbol for the pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, used the earthly bunny symbol for the Anglo-Saxons to worship to her. The Easter bunny was also use in pre-Christian fertility lore. And because of the fertileness of

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Entertainment or History Lesson?

Posted by Feb 24 2011, 3:53 pm in historical romance, Nez Perce, Paty Jager, Spirit of the Lake, Spirit of the Mountain

I’m currently writing the third book in my spirit trilogy series that is set among the Wallowa Lake Nez Perce. I’ve enjoyed the research about this band of the Nez Perce tribe, but with this book I have to also take into account the the army that is chasing them from their home to Canada where they hope to find freedom. I’ve used the names of the officers in charge of each troop that skirmished with the Nez Perce on that flight, but I’ve made up the rest. And I’ve not given the places of the skirmishes names. Even though

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The Indian Wars Cavalry

Posted by Jan 24 2011, 5:01 am in cavalry, Paty Jager

Doing research for the third book in my spirit trilogy I had to do research on the plains cavalry. This was the mounted army used to curtail Indian uprisings and make sure there was safe passage for the people populating the west. After the Civil War Southern cavalry officers were demoted to privates. There was feeling that if they were allowed to remain officers they could become in control of the military. So many left the service rather than be demoted. After the war many of the soldiers went back to civilian life, leaving the cavalry shorthanded. The years following

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Prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar

Posted by Dec 24 2010, 5:01 am in Cards, Christmas, Paty Jager

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I receive several Christmas cards with this greeting every year. My husband’s family is from the Netherlands, and we receive Christmas cards from many of his aunts, uncles, and cousins this time of year. The first Christmas card was commissioned in 1843 but Sir Henry Cole. There were 2,050 printed and they sold for a shilling. These first Christmas cards didn’t depict Christmas. The images were of spring, children, and animals. The saying on the cards: wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In 1875 Louis Prang was

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Maize an Amazing History

Posted by Nov 24 2010, 5:01 am in Paty Jager, Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving in 1621 corn was there. It was one of the new found foods in the Americas. Europeans didn’t know corn existed until Columbus discovered America and brought it back. It’s believed corn was developed 7000 years ago in Central Mexico and Central America. Corn is a crop that has to be cultivated, it doesn’t grow in the wild. The first Native Americans learned how to propagate corn from a wild grass called teosinte. They cultivated the grass and soon had the small 3 inch cobs with sparse kernels slowly becoming the corn we know today. The crop

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