Posts Tagged: A Season for Tending

May Reader Friend of the Month

This giveaway is now over! Congratulations to Rebecca (kmmosher) and Christina Jacobson! Ladies, please send me your name and mailing address to claim your books. Please scroll down to the section labeled “How Reader Friend of the Month Works” for more details on this monthly giveaway and instructions on how to enter. You asked for… Read more »

Grow Your Own Kitchen Herbs and a Giveaway

UPDATE: This giveaway is now over! Congratulations to Kerri Williams Ruth. Kerri has won a copy of Pioneering Today–Faith and Home the Old Fashioned Way, by Melissa K. Norris. This week’s post is from blogger and author, Melissa K. Norris. She’ll give some great pointers on how to grow your own kitchen herbs, even if… Read more »

March Reader Friend of the Month

Please scroll down to the section labeled “How Reader Friend of the Month Works” for more details on this monthly giveaway and instructions on how to enter. The Winnowing Season releases in only ONE WEEK! I will give TWO winners (chosen by Random.org) autographed copies of the entire Amish Vines and Orchards series, which… Read more »

What Makes Amish Small Businesses so Successful?

Last week, I posted about the different types of heating stoves the Amish use to keep their homes warm through the winter. In The Winnowing Season, Rhoda is excited to rebuild her canning business in the new Amish settlement in Maine. After researching how the Amish start and run a business compared to how we as non-Amish start and run a small business, I’ve seen a pattern that at times gives them the upper hand in becoming a success and hanging on to it. At other times those Amish ways work against them—at least for a season.

Amish Home Fires and a Giveaway

While visiting an Amish friend one winter, I woke to the gentle creaking of old wooden steps, and I knew my dear friend was on her way to the cellar to add wood to the stove. Her husband was on a three-day hunt, and while he’s gone she’s diligent about maintaining the wood stove so her family stays warm throughout the night and no one shivers when crawling out of bed in the morning.

Sherry Gore and a Side Dish of Nostalgia

This week’s post is by my dear friend, Sherry Gore. Sherry is a Beachy Amish-Mennonite from Sarasota, Florida. Be sure to read to the end of this post! I’m offering a giveaway of an issue of Sherry’s magazine, Cooking & Such: Adventures in Plain Living.

February Reader Friend of the Month

As a fun celebration for the day, I’d like to offer a giveaway! It will run from now until midnight tonight. The winners will be announced tomorrow.

THREE winners will receive an autographed copy of A Season for Tending AND The Winnowing Season, books one and two in my Amish Vines and Orchards series. Book three, For Every Season, will release this fall.

Share your thoughts for a chance to win!

I would like to thank some of my most loyal supporters: all of the wonderful book reviewers and bloggers who have reviewed my books over the years! Today, I am offering a giveaway to encourage more of you to join in sharing your thoughts about my latest book. And the more readers who participate, the more books I’ll give away! To enter, simply provide a link to an honest review posted on any retailer website or your personal blog. Read more to find out the details.

A Celebratory Giveaway ~ Take Two

My sincere apologies to those who did not receive notice about the chance to win my two fall releases —A Season for Tending and The Dawn of Christmas—until after the winners had been pulled. Thank you so much for your excitement about the giveaway and for contacting me about the problem! We had numerous little glitches last week with the new site, so, to be fair to everyone, I’m running a fresh contest this week with those same items. Read on for more information!

An exciting contest celebrating the release of A Season for Tending!

I’m hosting an exciting giveaway that will last now through the release of A Season for Tending! Two winners will receive autographed copies of A Season for Tending and one grand prize winner will receive an autographed copy of A Season for Tending AND a beautiful wall hanging! Read more to learn how to enter.