Beth Wiseman has a new book releasing called LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS (An Amish Secrets Novel). Today she is stopping by and sharing myth-busting facts/secrets about the Amish. Join us tomorrow when a deleted scene from HER BROTHER’S KEEPER will be “revealed” exclusively on Destination Amish! Five Secrets or little known facts about the Amish: […]
The Courtship Basket, which is the second in my Amish Heirloom series, will release on June 28. In this story, readers will get to know Rachel, who is twenty-two and the middle sister in the Fisher family. Rachel is devastated when she finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been seeing each other behind […]
It doesn’t matter how many times I visit Amish country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I learn something new every single time. Very often, that new-to-me thing finds itself into the plot of the next book in my Amish Mystery series. Take for example the Christmas season. During one of my research trips, I learned that […]
The Alpine Hills Museum by Kelly Kuhn, Museum Curator and Director The Alpine Hills Museum and Sugarcreek Information Center should be the first stop on any visitors list of “to-dos” in Amish Country. Our quaint village is set off of State Route 39 down in what feels like a valley from a Grimm Brothers fairytale. […]
In 1955, 26-year-old Jay Lehman opened a tiny hardware store in the village of Kidron, Ohio. But this wasn’t just any small business start-up. Jay wanted to provide goods that the local Amish people needed. “I was concerned that someday the Amish would not be able to maintain their simple ways of life because these […]
Why I Wrote A Faith of Her Own Since I started writing Amish fiction, all of my full-length novels have been set in Middlefield, OH. This includes my YA series, The Mysteries of Middlefield. I had the opportunity to write about the characters in those three books (A Summer Secret, The Secrets Beneath, Hide and […]
I happen to love doing research. Its way more fun than typing out a novel. Happily, for me, research and writing about the Amish do go hand in hand. I’ve learned about goats, about quilting, about alpacas and sheep and shunning all in an effort to make my Amish stories believable and accurate. I hope […]
I love traveling to Lancaster County. Among the quilts, the food, and the beautiful scenery, a person can fill the days of her vacation with no trouble at all. But when I’m there for research for my books, the trip takes on a new depth—and since each series has a different focus, I learn interesting […]
It may surprise some of you that this is an old Chinese proverb and not from Biblical Scripture. Frankly, I’ve heard it so many times (and said it!) that I never really thought about its origin. One of the traits of Amish parents that I admire so much is that they are fishers of men […]
Buy A Plain Malice and Give Back to Those in Need By Amanda Flower The original publisher of my Appleseed Creek Mystery Series decided that it want to go in a different direction that did not include publishing fiction. As a result, they canceled all of their fiction series. Sometimes this happens in publishing. For […]