The Things I’ve Done for Amish Research by Patricia Davids If you want to be a writer, or you are a writer, you have to be prepared to do some research. I always knew that. Happily, I love research. Spending hours and hours in the library, pouring through old books, finding out wonderful obscure facts. […]
How Does Your Garden Grow? I say this every spring—I can’t wait to start gardening. The catch is that I’m not a gardener. My husband has a very green thumb, but my gardening skills aren’t much pretty nonexistent. I do enjoy a lovely garden, and my favorite garden vegetables are tomatoes. Nothing beats a sweet […]
Murder Simply Brewed combines two of my favorite things: mysteries and coffee. Anyone who knows me knows that I like a good strong cup of Joe and I like to be drinking that good cup of Joe while reading a great book. Oh and I need to have a donut on hand too because mystery […]
Today we have author Laura Bradford stopping by with an interview. Laura’s newest book is Shunned and Dangerous, which hits shelves March 4th. She is giving one lucky reader the chance to win the first two books of her Amish Mysteries series, Hearse and Buggy and Assaulted Pretzel. How awesome is that? Let’s all welcome […]
Thanks for entering my latest contest everyone. The grand prize winner is Kathy Milburn. The two winners of the totes are Rhonda Hall-Nash and Barb Wagner. Congratulations! We have some fantastic authors who will be stopping by in the coming months. Linda Castillo, Laura Bradford, Beth Shriver, and Kathleen Fuller are just some of the guests […]
Have you ever been to a book signing? I love going to them and this past weekend Shelley Shepard Gray was in town to promote Hopeful. I was so excited to visit with her again! It’s always fun talking to an author and letting them know how much you enjoy their work. I am really […]
Marta Perry is our guest today and she is blogging about a subject I know we all love…Amish cooking. She is also giving one lucky reader the chance to win her new book Susanna’s Dream. Contest rules are at the bottom of the post. Let’s all welcome Marta to Destination Amish! Amish Cooking by Marta […]
I am very happy to announce some upcoming events that Shelley Shepard Gray will be having to talk about her new book Hopeful. You can join her for dessert, coffee and a book signing at the Farmstead Restaurant on February 6th, at 6 p.m. For information, please contact The Gospel Book Storeat 330-893-2523. From 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 […]
Panic! “It isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” Amish proverb In The Calling, twenty-year-old Bethany Schrock starts to experience panic attacks—which are very real and very terrifying, so much so that she is convinced she’s losing her mind. Bethany is in good company. Each year, 20% of […]
Hopeful by Shelley Shepard Gray finds us back in Sugarcreek, Ohio, the setting of her Seasons of Sugarcreek series. We get to visit with old friends from the previous books and meet a new cast characters. Miriam Zehr is put in a sticky situation when Junior Beiler, the man she secretly loves, asks for her help to […]