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Parents, Amish Schools  A Promise for Miriam released on July 1, and we’ve been talking about Amish schools, since the plot of this story revolves around an Amish schoolhouse. This week I thought I’d share a few things I learned about Amish parents: They do repairs to the schoolhouse when needed. They clean the schoolhouse the week before school begins. They visit,... read more

Students, Amish Schools Since the setting for A Promise for Miriam is an Amish schoolhouse, a lot of the plot revolves around STUDENTS and how they interact. Having taught for 15 years in a variety of different schools, I believe that “kids are kids” — city, suburb, small town — kids are kids! That said, there are some differences. In my... read more

School Calendars for the Amish  Researching is one of my favorite parts of writing. Now that copies of A Promise for Miriam have begun showing up in bookstores, I thought it would be fun to share some of the things I learned. As a public school teacher myself (15 years, 7th grade – college), I was very interested. My biggest question was... read more

My Setting – Amish Schools  I’m so excited that copies of A Promise for Miriam have begun showing up in mailboxes. Technically, it won’t be in all stores, until July 1, but we’re shipping early. Yeah! As you probably know by now, the main character of this story, Miriam King, is an Amish teacher. So I thought we’d start our Saturday... read more

Release of A Promise for Miriam It’s here! A Promise for Miriam is now available at Christian Book Distributors. CBD is who Christian publishers use to distribute books to Amazon, B&N and your local independent bookstores. Miriam should be at your local store a few weeks earlier than we thought. Yeah! So what’s it about? You can read the blurb... read more

Places We Like … Amish Life Another question I asked you a few weeks ago is where you would like to visit, where you would go to see the Amish if you could take a trip. I like trips! It’s fun to go somewhere different and see how people live. Here are your answers. Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Florida Missouri There... read more

Why We Care … Amish Life A few weeks ago I asked you some questions. I believe it was while I was running a contest. (Sounds like me. Right?) One of the questions was WHY did you care about the Amish? WHAT was it that interested you the most about them? WHY do you read their stories? The answers were... read more