Mike Jasper

@michaeljasper

Fiction and technical writer, amateur farmer, avid reader, dad of two, chicken wrangler, indie publisher. He/him. Always working on 5 things at once. New novel THE FINDER coming Sept. '26!

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Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Jul 10

Sunset after a busy day of writing fiction, writing tech docs, and then painting a barn. No complaints.

Sunset at our farm, looking west at the town of Boone, NC.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· May 30

This is NOT how I wanted to start my day in the farm. Dead mower. Refused to start. Spoiler alert: 3 hours later, I got it to start! Replaced the solenoid starter (attaches to the battery to wake the beast). #farmlifewin

The guts of our riding lawn mower—battery removed, tools everywhere….

Another angle of mower guts, with the seat propped up.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· May 29

In farm news: we have baby chicks! One of our hens went broody, so we set her up in a coop by herself with fake eggs, then a night later switched out the eggs with a dozen babies. Instant family!

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· May 28

Put together some short-story covers this past week. I'm happy with them, but I'm totally biased. lol

The cover to "'Sang and Bones", a Finder Team prequel story by Michael Jasper, with the grassy peak of Grandfather mountain at the top, and a close-up of a ginseng plant with big old red berries.

Cover to "Augie's Chestnut," a Finder Team short story by Michael Jasper, with a leafy green chestnut (we think and hope) pictured at the top, and the big blade of a chainsaw coming into focus below it in a kind of menacing way.

Cover to "Always Find Her," a Finder Team short story by Michael Jasper, with a slew of gray and brown rocks pictured at the top, and an extreme close-up of a charm bracelet with a bigt heart and a key and padlock at the bottom.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· May 27

This month's story over at Patreon is tied in with my Current Novel (which is Almost Done). It's is a Bim & Hanky J mystery, from the Finder Team, and it's a great introduction to these two characters as they search for a missing teenager. Check out "Always Find Her" for FREE over at my Patreon!

Cover image for "Always Find Her", feature a tumble of rocks at the top and a close-up of a charm bracelet with a heart and a lock at the bottom. Author is Michael Jasper, and the text at the top says "She was taken, and only Bim and Hank can find her." In the middle, a text box states that this is a Finder Team Story.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· May 24

I never meant for this to happen, but I committed sourdough yesterday for the first time….

The finished loaf of sourdough, brown and warm, on a pan next to a sharp bread knife!

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Mar 31

Got a new(ish) story live over at the Patreon! Details here: michaeljasper.net/2026/03/31/n...

Cover to the short story "Ozzy' Gonna Find You a Diamond Ring" -- a Finder Team Prequel Story by Michael Jaser. Features a huge chestnut tree, from the perspective of a small person looking up at it.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Mar 8

Yesterday's downpour turned into bright sunshine, and that lead to this:

A rainbow stretches across the sky, too wide to fit into my phone's camera, just off my side deck and above our driveway. A second rainbow is trying to take shape above it, just because it can.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Feb 7

The nice thing about blizzard conditions outside is that I have no guilt about being inside all day working on my novel and other busy work on the laptop. In front of the fire... #cuphalffullbutfrozen

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Feb 4

Got a nifty lil chapbook in the mail from Appalachia Book Company. It’s tiny! But looks like a good read.

Chapbook of The Real Satyrs of Mt Airy by Steph Rantz. The book is about as big as an index card… remember those?

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Feb 1

Greetings from the tundra of western North Carolina (5 degrees, windchill of -20 this morning!). The horses were not pleased…

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Jan 17

Barn cats, doing what barn cats do best (might have to zoom in a bit…). #farmlife

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Jan 16

So nice living in a college town!

A sign next to a restroom at a local bar in Boone, NC, with a mermaid on one side and a centaur on the other, with the word “Whatever” and “Just wash your hands” under it.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Jan 15

Baby steps in the new year...!

My trusty word-o-meter, showing just 7300 words so far, out of a goal of 180000 for the year. 4% there!

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Dec 26

Rolled over the 100k mark for new words written this year! It's been a long time since I wrote this much (I had a 5+ year hiatus from about mid-2018 to early 2024). So excuse me while I brag on myself! :)

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Dec 8

Snow day!!

A snowy field with a horse off to the side in a winter jacket.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Dec 6

I'll save ya a click:

Cover art for the short story by Michael Jasper entitled "Two Favors for the Man", a Finder Team prequel story. A foggy image of the metal Mile High Bridge at Grandfather Mountain is at the top, with an image of a black guitar at the bottom. Text at the top states: "Music on the mountain might never be the same..."

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Dec 1

My 18-y.o. picked up @stephenking.bsky.social's THE STAND a month ago (at an actual BOOK store), and he's tearing through it as fast as he can. It's been a blast reliving the end of the world with him. Bonus: we get to watch the still-pretty-awesome 1994 adaption as soon as he finishes a section!

Cover art for the 1994 mini-series THE STAND, featuring a big image of Gary Sinise as Stu and Molly Ringwald as Franny, with smaller images of some of the other cast, on top of an image of a desert and mountains. It's still pretty awesome!

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Nov 30

That said, I'm nerdily happy with how the covers in two of my series looked lined up on my website home page. Especially two of them... :)

Six covers from the home page of Michael Jasper's website for two of his novel series, the Finder Team and the Family Pack series. The last two covers create a full moon when they're next to each other. Because why not?

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Nov 14

Today’s yield, including a new blue one! (Plus a cute lil barn cat):

A handful of chicken eggs of all sizes, broken, green, and blue. Plus a little black barn cat in the background.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Nov 11

The chickens do not live the early snow this season… 17 degrees here in the NC mountains this morning!

Half of dozen chickens roost on a wheelbarrow in a snowy barn, safe from the wind.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Nov 7

Forgot to post this from last week -- there's snow up there on Grandfather Mountain! We didn't get any where we are, but that stuff is on its WAY. Supposed to be a cold-ass, snowy winter here in western North Cackalacky. We'll see...

An amateur photo taken from the passenger seat of a car of Grandfather Mountain covered in clouds, with a dusting of early winter snow. A sign for a "Gold and Ladieswear" store on the sire of the road reads "We're Open! You Don't Know What We Got Unless You Come In." True.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 31

The new barn cats on the farm have been busy training everyone and showing folks who’s the boss….

A gray cats peeks his head through a taped-open cat door while a black cat rests in her cat crate. Both wait for more food. Photo by Philip Holman.

A tiny black cat faces off against a huge black Friesian horse. The cat is not afraid. Photo by Philip Holman.

Two barn cats stare patiently at the humans inside the warm house.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 28

Current read: Chuck Wendig's THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS. My first book by him. The writing is top-notch, very visceral and sharp, but still somehow humorous and smart. But man, the book is dark. Like one of those nightmarish horror movies that makes your skin crawl, but you can't stop watching...

Book cover for A STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS by Chuck Wendig. In a sickly yellow forest, a spiral staircase stands alone, leading up into nowhere.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 26

Mitch and I hung out at a B&N in Charlotte yesterday--I worked on my novel and he browsed and got sucked into Stephen King's THE STAND. Mission accomplished. #bookstores

A teenager with earbuds and a squeezable pint-size dinosaur sits at a table in the Barnes & Noble cafe and devours The Stand by Stephen King.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 24

First fire of the season, October 24, 2025:

Our stone fireplace with an orange fire just getting started inside.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 21

Scenes from the farm, mid-October version…

Clifford the dog gets nose to nose with little Willow the cat. The cat is not afraid.

One of the horses we are boarding broke through a temporary fence and got it stuck on her snout. The other horses look on, confused.

Willow the cat hangs out in the grass, surrounded by a bunch of chickens, peacefully.

Clifford the dog looks into a car, very very curious.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 19

Went to the Boone, NC, No Kings yesterday, with my friend Lynette (a journalism prof). The crowd of about 600 folks got a ton of supportive honks and waves. Just a few middle fingers and shouters — it’s amazing (and kinda sad) how mad MAGA folk are… #NoKingsBoone

Lynette in a bear costume holding a No Kings sign, and me in my yellow shirt, just glad to be ther.

The crowd lining Blowing Rock Road in Boine NC.

More shots of the No Kings crowd in Boone NC.

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Oct 18

#NoKingsBoone

A sign from today's No King protest in Boone, NC, that states: "America: Rejecting Kings Since 1776". Nice handwriting, me!

Mike Jasper@michaeljasper· Jul 5

I recently helped my artist friend and painter Jack Hamrick update his website, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Please go take a look, and see if there's any of his art you might need for your wall: www.jackhamrickart.com (Sorry, you can't have this one, which was a gift for my wife!)