On one of the evenings I was in Lancaster County, I asked the proprietor of the Limestone Inn, where I was staying, if she knew of any Amish families who might have an Englisch person in for dinner. Well! Ask a fabulous cook about food, and you’ll get a fabulous answer. Before I knew it,…
For the last week, I’ve been traveling in Amish country (Lancaster County, PA). The guidebooks have plenty to say to keep tourists from getting underfoot, to the point where a shy person like me would hardly want to speak to an Amish person for fear of giving offense. But you know what? Without exception I…
Every author has her favorite part of the process. Some like opening that bright new page and typing “Chapter One” at the top. Some like to dive into the mist and find out where they’re going later. Some love the editing stage. I like the synopsis, which I always write first. I can hear authors…
In September 2011, The Wounded Heart, the first book in my Amish Quilt trilogy, will be released. Central to the story, as the trilogy title suggests, is a quilt that my three Amish heroines are making together. When I first pitched the idea to my editor, the first thing she said was, “What a great…