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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...
A Few Photos for Your Weekend
We're missing wide open space and sky in the city. My husband and I are planning a trip to Lancaster Co, but alas won't be for a while. Any travel plans in your future? Signs that spring is progressing . . . I'm grateful to the gardener who planted & maintains this...
Book Signings . . . Sigh. | Guest Post by Nancy Mehl
Let's talk about book signings. I can still remember the days when I toted my print-on-demand book to the local Borders and tried to convince them why they should carry it in their stores. Actually, I didn't have a lot of trouble because I was writing book reviews for...
My Cheerleaders
My critique group gave me flowers! The word critique doesn’t have a hospitable ring to it, does it?Yesterday, when I told my critique group I was going to write about this subject on my blog, one woman said, "There’s a big difference between giving a critique and...
A Few Photos for Your Weekend
I ran across this photo and relived a glorious day in Lancaster County, PA. By the way: This farmer waved at me, but I waited until he turned and looked away to take pic. What are you up to this weekend? Tomorrow, I'm hoping to corral my husband into helping me in the...
Are You Creative?
A friend's salad (now I'm hungry!) Absolutely! All of us are. Even in the humdrum moments we demonstrate creativity when arranging asparagus, potatoes, and drumsticks on a dinner plate. We select a new tie that echoes our eye color and a shirt of a paler hue, and...
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.