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Amish Country Tour Round-Up: Photos, Giveaways, and Embarrassing Moments

Nov 23

The Amish Country Tour concluded early this week, and below we've collected some tour memories from Amy Clipston, Vannetta Chapman, and Shelley Shepard Gray. Read on for a roundup of photos, giveaways, embarrassing moments, and one lethally good pie recipe.

Amy, Shelley and Vannetta at the Light Parade

Amy, Shelley & Vannetta after the Shipshewana Light Parade.
View more tour photos in Zondervan's album on Facebook.

On returning home, Shelley (author of Christmas in Sugarcreek) writes this:

It feels great to be home. It really does. But I have to admit that there is a part of me that wishes we were still back on the Amish Country Tour… There had been a sense that all of us were a part of something pretty special… [We met] so many readers! [And we] visited with a lot of Amish, spending hours talking with them about books and their culture…

Shelley also mentions some behind-the-scenes tour tidbits. During their last meal together, Shelley, Amy and Vannetta took turns sharing their picks for Funniest Moment, Best Moment, and Most Embarrassing Moment from the tour. You can read their picks in Shelley's blog post: read more of Shelley's post.

I'd be remiss not to share these two items from Vannetta Chapman (Falling to Pieces): first, an heirloom pie recipe that I'm afraid to try. It begins, "Fill unbaked pie shell a little more than half full with a mixture of brown and white sugar." Read the full "Brown sugar pie" recipe on Vannetta's blog.

Secondly, Vannetta is hosting a giveaway on her blog through this Sunday (Nov. 27, 2011). Learn more about Vannetta's giveaway.

Speaking of giveaways, Amy Clipston (Naomi's Gift) will host one on her Facebook page this weekend. But as of this writing, Amy is taking reader suggestions for what the giveaway will be. Options include an Amish doll, Amish peanut butter, a set of Amy's books, and more. Add your two cents when you find Amy on Facebook.

- Adam Forrest, Zondervan Internet Team

View photos from the Amish Country Tour

See Zondervan's photo album on Facebook

Connect with the authors on Facebook

Vannetta Chapman

Amy Clipston

Shelley Shepard Gray

Vannetta Chapman www.facebook.com/VannettaChapmanBooks
Amy Clipston www.facebook.com/AmyClipstonBooks
Shelley Shepard Gray www.facebook.com/ShelleyShepardGray

The latest books from Vannetta, Amy and Shelley

Falling to Pieces
Vannetta Chapman

Naomi's Gift
Amy Clipston

Learn More about Christmas in Sugarcreek

Christmas in Sugarcreek
Shelley Shepard Gray

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Bloggers: Sign Up to Review “A Collection of Wednesdays”

Mar 02

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UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who signed up for the Collection of Wednesdays blog tour! If your blog was selected, you'll soon receive the book in the mail. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Watch Zondervan Blog for more review opportunities coming soon.

How to Participate in the Collection of Wednesdays Blog Tour

We'll ship a copy of Collection of Wednesdays to you if your blog was selected.
Please mention in your post that Zondervan provided you with the book free of charge, for the purpose of review.
Post your review on your blog during the week of 4/25. Then link to your review in a comment here – we'd like to hear your thoughts!
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About A Collection of Wednesdays: Creating a Whole From the Parts
Through story, poetry, and song lyrics, Amy Gaither Hayes contemplates the Divine design in the seemingly random aspects of her life. Gain a fresh, simpler perspective on the structure and purpose of your own life, and insights into the heart and ways of the Creator who designed you as his masterpiece.

If you were to set aside a part of one day every week to explore all the pieces of who you are, what would you find? For Amy Gaither Hayes, Wednesday mornings have been such a time: a sacred space for her to distill the seemingly disparate bits and pieces of her life into their essence. Then she has set about reconnecting those pieces like beads in a necklace, discovering in the process a unified whole infused with purpose and beauty by her Creator. So it is with us all. In this anthology of Wednesday reflections by Amy, you will discover a new, simpler way of looking at the person you are. Through story, poetry, and song lyrics, A Collection of Wednesdays helps you uncover a Divinely woven order in what appear to be the random components of your life. Calling. Passion. Sand. Rest. Church. Music. Books. Words such as these offer fresh, uplifting glimpses of how your soul is put together. Find out how, and discover new insights into both yourself and the heart and ways of God. Learn More

About Amy Gaither Hayes
Whether working as a speaker, vocal artist, actress, dancer, stage director, writer, teacher, or storyteller, Amy Gaither Hayes is driven by the notion that art aimed at the heart can transfigure the souls of men and women. Amy teaches acting at DePauw University and lives with her husband, Andrew, and their three children in rural Indiana.

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A Place of Peace: The Inspiration Behind the Story

Dec 15

Guest post by novelist Amy Clipston. Amy shares about her new book, A Place of Peace, in the normal type below; and in the Bold type, she shares about life events which have laid this story on her heart.

A Place of Peace is the third installment of my Kauffman Amish Bakery Series, featuring an Amish family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

My fascination with the Amish way of life began after my father, a German immigrant, told me that the Amish speak the same dialect as my German relatives. I visited Lancaster as a child, and their culture made an impression on me.

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In A Place of Peace, tragedy brings Miriam Lapp back to her family’s Amish community, the place where she left her family, here identity, and her heart.

Amidst Miriam’s grief over her mother’s death, and the consequences of painful lies from her past, Miriam is forced to face the people who rejected her. Losing her one-time fiancé and being shunned by her father becomes an excruciating test of her faith.

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