Posts Tagged: Amish Vines and Orchards

May 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. You asked for it! My publisher has answered! For Every Season, the third book in the Amish Vines and Orchards series, will release FOUR weeks ahead of its… Read more »

Contest and The Winnowing Season is Now Available!

The Winnowing Season is now available! I’m offering a giveaway of an Amish-made wall hanging and an autographed copy of The Winnowing Season. All you have to do to enter is share about my new release on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, your blog, or leave a review on any number of places where books are sold! Continue reading to find out 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 »

A Peek into The Winnowing Season and a Giveaway!

The Winnowing Season releases in just THREE weeks! I’ve received my author copies, and in celebration, I’d like to share the first chapter and a giveaway of books one AND two in the Amish Vines and Orchards series to two winners!

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.

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.