Kate's Blog
Tour Zook’s Fabric Shop | Guest Post by Sandy Jenkins
Welcome to the Village of Intercourse, PA, where many businesses are closed on Sunday and the two beliefs still held to be most important are family and religion. The Village was originally founded in 1754 under the name of Cross Keys after a tavern in the area. Then,...
Win an Amish Quilted Wallhanging AND a Bonus!
This is the actual quilt you could win! I love quilts! I remember first being drawn to a magnificent hand-stitched Amish quilt on display in the Quilt Museum in The Old Country Store in Intercourse, PA, a couple years ago. I was filled with longing for the quilt, but...
A Few Photos for Your Weekend
I've been told these are the dolls of our grandparents' era. Anyone know? I think they're darling! How cute is this little pony? I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Don't forget to enter Leslie Gould's giveaway!
Shakespeare + Amish = Adoring Addie | Guest Post by Leslie Gould (Plus a Giveaway)
I’ve been a fan of Shakespeare since I was a little girl, listening to recordings of his plays with my mother as she cleaned the house. I didn’t understand the plots, but I loved the cadence of the words. I saw my first play in elementary school and loved it, and went...
Writer’s Block
Amidst a sermon recently, our pastor slipped in the words: writer’s block. My spine straightened. We have a large congregation, so he couldn’t be referring to me, could he? No, his vision scanned the many heads; he was talking about all of us striving to be perfect,...
A Few Photos for Your Weekend
My new book, Pennsylvania Patchwork, releases in just over a month, and I stumbled across this picture from last August as I was making edits. Can I have some of those chocolates, please? Awaiting the storm, and the day of rest, Amish farmers harvest from dawn until...
Never Heard of the Amish?
So easy a child can do it, I assured myself, as I set about designing and ordering business cards online with the front cover of my book Leaving Lancaster on one side and my contact info on the other. I uploaded the book cover, no problem, but found applying the text...
Stranger than Fiction?
A handful of my massive reference book collection Have you ever had something happen and thought, No one would believe this? Maybe truth really is stranger than fiction.I was pondering this question while out in the yard. Well, I was recalling the fact that a family...
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.