When I travel to the Amana Colonies, I seldom have time to visit elsewhere, but on one of my trips, I made a visit to Kalona, a community settled by the Amish and located about thirty-five miles south of the Amana Colonies. With an Amish settlement so close to the Amana Colonies, it’s little wonder
WINNERS OF MY BONUS PRIZES in the Fall Scavenger Hunt: The mittens went to Cathy Faist and a copy of A Simple Change went to Linda Campos. Winners in the main Scavenger Hunt: Mini IPAD: Julie Brown Johns; 25 books, Cyndi Lichlyter Wilson; 25 books-Angie Carroll. FOLLOW THE CLUES TO WIN AN iPAD MINI, FREE
It’s December 15 and I want to announce winners of the cuddly, stuffed sheep. I’m delighted that those who became shepherds passed along the book and provided others with an opportunity to read A Hidden Truth. When we began this venture, I said I would draw a name from the five flocks that moved their
BETH MILINSKI IS THE WINNER OF THE AMANA COOKBOOK! Beth, I’ve sent you an email to have you send me your mailing address. Thanks to all of you who participated. Blessings, Judy FOLLOW THE CLUES TO WIN A KINDLE FIRE, FREE BOOKS, AND OTHER EXCITING GIVEAWAYS! A giant WELCOME to the fun and exciting Fall Christian
PRIZES FOR THE SCAVENGER HUNT AND YOUR POTENTIAL HAUL Note the dates of the hunt at left (impossible to begin until the start time and date) To participate, the hunt will begin at: http://lisatawnbergren.com/ Curious about what you could win if you take the Grand Prize in our Fall Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt, 10/25-28?
WINNERS FROM BOOK BANTER WITH JUDITH MILLER: If you are a winner, you should email noelle.buss@bethanyhouse.com with your name and mailing address. Please note: the publisher can only mail to U.S. and Canada (I should have mentioned this yesterday–so please forgive me if you won and live outside of the U.S. or Canada). Thanks for joining
The “sheep” are jumping fences—and not in my sleep. If you check out the flock page, you’ll see that several of our wooly friends are on the move. The Cotswold decided to roam, but was careful to stay close to home just in case he wanted to make a quick return. The Cambridge, and American
Quick! Name every sheep poem or song you know. Baa, Baa Black Sheep? Little Bo Peep? The Lord is My Shepherd? My newest release, A Hidden Truth, has very recently hit the boostore shelves, but the REAL hidden truth is that after writing this book, I have a BAAAAAD case of sheep affection. Sheep
With each new setting for books, it’s fun to discover the history of the area–at least that’s one of the things I most enjoy. I also love to share some of the history I’ve discovered because, believe it or not, most of the research conducted while preparing to write a book, doesn’t make it into
As my new website was being developed, I thought it might be fun to have a personal blog where I could take you a little deeper into what happens before a new book hits the shelves or is ready for download onto your favorite reading device. Authors are often asked where we get our