Posts Tagged: Giveaways

Grow Your Own Kitchen Herbs and a Giveaway

Melissa K. Norris

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 »

Contest and The Winnowing Season is Now Available!

The Winnowing Season

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 »

What Makes Amish Small Businesses so Successful?

Facts about the Amish

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.