Kate's Blog
Too Many Books
Can a person read too many books? Is the phrase too many books an oxymoron? Have you ever bought the same book twice? I plead guilty, but I blamed it on the fact the publisher gave the novel a handsome new cover. Still, shouldn’t I have recalled the title by an author...
Amish Laundry Day
If you've visited an Amish community, you've most likely seen the graceful clotheslines, sometimes stretching up into the trees. I find Amish laundry drying in the breeze a beautiful sight. The women of the house have their hands full keeping up with the mounting...
Vannetta Chapman Interview
An interview with Vannetta Chapman, popular author of Amish romance and mystery novels. Kate: Vannetta, where do your characters come from? My books always start with characters and the plot follows. Usually these are a combination of people that...
Are the Amish Stubborn?
I wouldn’t be surprised if many view the Amish as inflexible because they don’t hop on the rat-race like most folks. Why on earth don't they install electricity, the Internet, and telephones in their homes, dress in the latest fashions, and drive cars? In some Amish...
Trusting Your Gut | Guest Post by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Please welcome Suzanne Woods Fisher! A few years ago, I was staying in a nice hotel-very safe, oriented to business clientele. As I went into an elevator, a hotel employee came in behind me. He waited until I pressed a button for my floor, then he smiled, as if that...
Lancaster County Getaway
Several years ago, heading home from tranquil Lancaster County, PA, where my husband and I had visited relatives, Amish friends, and enjoyed the scenery, we planned to fly out of Philadelphia to find Hurricane Sandy barreling up the East Coast headed straight at us....
Good Old Days
“These are the good old days,” my husband used to tell our two boys. They’d roll their eyes. Parents can be so lame. The years have passed and our sons moved out, leaving my husband and me eating our meals together. We’re happy and our house is peaceful, but we miss...
Win a copy of Forever Amish!
You can’t always get what you want. I’m not quoting Mick Jagger’s lyrics, just stating the obvious, as all of you who did not win my big fabulous Forever Amish Giveaway prize know. The little girl inside of me wanted all of you to win! Examples of disappointments...
About Kate
Kate Lloyd is a novelist and a passionate observer of human relationships. A native of Baltimore, MD, she and her husband live in Seattle the setting of several of her novels. She lived in Rome and studied Italian in college. Kate has worked a variety of jobs, including car salesman and restaurateur.