Hi All,

We just did a Goodreads.com review for K.S. Jones upcoming young adult novel, SHADOW OF THE HAWK, which will be released in four days.  Just FYI for those who might be interested!

<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24854021-shadow-of-the-hawk” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img alt=”Shadow of the Hawk” border=”0″ src=”https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/111×148-bcc042a9c91a29c1d680899eff700a03.png” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24854021-shadow-of-the-hawk”>Shadow of the Hawk</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7270401.K_S_Jones”>K.S. Jones</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1192835859″>5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This is one of those young adult novels that every adult will want to read. It’s filled with wonderful characters and a heartwarming story set in the midst of America’s darkest days, the Great Depression. Jones’ voice is reminiscent of Steinbeck’s at his best.
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Hi All!  Our publisher just lowered the price of the e-book of PEOPLE OF THE MASKS to $2.99 for a limited time.  If you need it for your e-collection, now’s the time to get it!   This book has some of our favorite child characters, Little Wren and Rumbler.    Hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

  Hi All!  It’s rare when we read a first novel that we like as much as this one.  SHADOW OF THE HAWK, by K.S. Jones,  is centered around a murder trial during the Great Depression.  Along with the other challenges of surviving during the Depression,  young Sooze Williams must find a way to save her brother from a murder he didn’t commit.  Or did he?  This is our READ OF THE MONTH.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

We’ve had a few warm days here.  As a result, we finally managed to get the snow plowed from our road and we are finally driving in and out of the ranch, which is a huge relief.  

People of the Earth Days 2015

For those who might be interested, here’s the schedule for the PEOPLE OF THE EARTH DAYS event, which we are really looking forward to.  We had such fun last year exploring the local archaeology, paleontology, and geology.  Keep in mind that everyone involved in this project is an educator.  No one is paid.  It’s an all volunteer effort and we all love it.  Hope you can join us the end of June!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sb93rqxl7j2il5l/People%20of%20the%20Earth%20Days%202015.pdf?dl=0

Hi All,

We all have such limited time these days, it’s a relief to find a shorty pithy blog!  This is a new site that interviews authors about writing tips and advice.  We think you’ll love it.  http://ksjones.com/inspiring-writers/

Hope everyone is staying warm out there.  It’s 8 degrees in Wyoming.  We’re dreaming of Spring…

The past thirty days have been an adventure, ranging from family heart attacks, to major blizzards, to good old fashioned angst.  Who knew that such a thing as an Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator existed?  Fascinating  scientific achievement.  If the heart starts to beat in a fast irregular rhythm the ICD stabilizes it.  If the heart stops, the ICD restarts it.  What a medical miracle.  Thank you, Boston Scientific for creating such a device.  You helped us to keep a beloved family member with us.  

On another front, we just finished the final edit for PEOPLE OF THE SONGTRAIL, about Viking contact with North America’s native people’s one thousand years ago.  We are eagerly looking forward to holding the hardcover in our hands—coming in May, 2015!

For those trying to get the entire People series on their e-reades,  our publisher just lowered the price of the ebook for PEOPLE OF THE THUNDER to $2.99.  You can also sign-up for a chance to win a free copy at Goodreads.com.  Just search for the title on Goodreads and scroll down until you see ENTER TO WIN.  Good luck!

We are eagerly anticipating the release of our next hardcover, PEOPLE OF THE SONGTRAIL, which chronicles  First Contact between Vikings and the native peoples of North America.  Coming in May of 2015!  

We got up at 5:15 am to walk the dogs and the sky to the west was a roiling black wall.  At 6 am the blizzard hit and it’s still coming down.  Hope we can find the snowmobile trail we cut to the ranch yesterday.  At least we know the buffalo have plenty of food.  Hope you are all warm!

It was a good day today! We finally made it into the ranch to check on the buffalo. We’ve gotten so much snow that our road has been snowed closed. Breaking trail with the snowmobile proved to be a little unnerving at times, but we made it, and found the buffalo serenely bedded down in the field in front of the house with their coats shining in the sunlight. They looked at us as though to say, “You were worried about US?! We’re buffalo, you idiot humans.” We threw them out hay and gave them a bucket of their favorite alfalfa cake, then headed back into town. Thermopolis has not had this much snow since 1996, so old instincts are taking a while to kick in. Over the next few days, we will get the snowmobile trail packed down so that it’s easier to travel. Happy New Year to Everyone!

Mike and Kathy,