Emma's Gossamer Dreams - Nurse Hal Book 5

back of book cover Welcome to the Lapp farm near Wickenburg in southern Iowa. Come to visit and bring your sense of humor. Dependable Emma Lapp dreams about the same fate that happens to all teenage Amish girls. Eventually, she will fall in love, marry and have a large family, but she's been offered the teacher's job for a term. That means working away from home and leaving Nurse Hal to take care of the household while she's still trying to perfect her cooking skills. That worries Emma. She doesn't think Nurse Hal is ready to take on the responsibilities of homemaker and continue her nursing duties at the same time. However, Emma wants to take her place in the grownup world and teaching school will be an exciting challenge. Emma turned seventeen and is considered a good catch by several eligible bachelors. As Emma puts it, every single man in the community is sizing her up for his wife. The men make it obvious they want to be her special friend. She spent her childhood growing up with Levi Yoder. Now he thinks he has first claim on her. Emma's not so sure about that when she finds herself tempted by Eli Yetzy, the deacon's son. He's wildly into rumspringa so he imitates English teens and does things that are against Emma's beliefs. She wants to turn away from him but finds him appealing. Emma is really confused when a school board member, widower Amos Coblentz, takes a liking to her. At the same time, Bobby Keim tries to get her attention. Emma becomes so troubled about which man she wants to spend her life with that her nights are riddled with unsettling dreams that tangle together in her mind. Filmy male faces move about like strong transparent gauze in a gentle breeze, competing for her attention while she tries to sleep. In the dark of night, these dreams seem very real while the break of day leaves even more room for doubt and confusion as Emma's Gossamer Dreams keep her in turmoil.

Lastest book Release Emma's Gossamer Dreams-Nurse Hal Among The Amish book 5

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Honorable Mention For Authors Early April Fools Spam

I'd like to alert everyone to the email I mentioned in my last blog post. When I received the email, I tried to look up the article and couldn't find it in News Digest. I assumed I might have been too late to read the article since Lisa Davis's message said it would only be available for a few hours. I'm always looking for things to post in my blog that draw attention to my books and online bookstore so I went ahead and posted with excerpts from the email to prove Lisa Davis had sent it to me just in case. But something about this email spelled fake so I kept looking for some mention of the New Digest article in Google alerts. What I found was that spam emails are being sent out for other articles in News Digest and signed Lisa Davis. There isn't any such article or a Lisa Davis or an Anthony Moreno that has interest in who's who for authors and publishers. In my Google search, I found a former real estate agent that wrote about an email she received. She said it might be linked to a virus. What alerted her was she hadn't been a real estate agent for a few years when she received the email. A comment in another area said it might be a way to get people on spam lists. Once we check the link on Lisa Davis's email, we go to News Digest, and we are linked to a spam list. Since my email address is listed in many sites online because I sell my books online, I receive a lot of spam and most of that go in my spam digest and gets deleted. I wouldn't know if my checking out the News Digest site caused an increase in spam. There wasn't any harm done to my computer. I think I'd know it. On the bright side, I know others are reading my blogs or found my post in Google. I was contacted by several authors that received the same email and ask me how to find the article. My author ego is still in tact whether I make a Who's Who list or not. I love to see mention of my books. I enjoy writing and creating books. That's enough. I've printed the email in its entirety so the website links to News Digest aren't there. If you received this email do what I've done and warn people about it. Beware that the website and the sender's name may change. Good morning! We wanted you to know that you received Honorable Mention in yesterday's article titled "Who's Who Among Authors and Publishers" by Anthony Moreno. The article will remain available at News Digest for the next few hours and is available for download and printing, without cost. We hope you have a joyous holiday season and a prosperous new year. Sincerely, Lisa Davis News Digest International News Digest

Honorable Mention in News Digest Article Who's Who Among Authors and Publishers by Anthony Moreno

Happy Holidays

From July until October, I wasn't on the computer with the exception to check emails once in awhile. I didn't have time to miss writing for those months while my husband was sick. My wanting to get back to work came later when I had more time at home. Hubby is feeling much better and the new year is looking up. The daily work of writing involves spending many hours alone with my mind full of characters that I've made up. Sometimes, it seems like I am the one who is in their heads. After writing each book in the series, it becomes easier to put together another story about them, because I know each of them so well by now. In fact sometimes it is a surprise to me when the story leads me in a scene hadn't thought about until I was writing it. I'm editing the fifth Nurse Hal Among The Amish book right now titled Emma's Gossamer Dreams and will have it ready to publish by the first of January. So state tuned for the release. It really helps when I hear from readers after they read my books. Their opinion of the characters is very important to me. That's why I was so thrilled to find this message in my emails recently. I am a new fan of yours! I just finished reading Book 2 in your Nurse Hal series and was wondering if you plan a third book about Hal and the Lapps. Honestly, I feel as if all of the people I've read about in the series are friends of mine, and that's thanks to the way you write. I am so curious to know what's happened to Hal and John after their camping trip in the picnic grove and if Hal actually gets baptized, marries John, and becomes mama to the Lapp children. Guess you could say I'm not ready for that series of books to be at an end. I pray that you'll continue your writing career; what an awesome blessing from the Lord to be able to express yourself in such a way. I'm also praying for Book 3.....and 4....and 5.... The reader has A Promise Is A Promise and The Rainbow's End. Her prayers have been answered. I emailed her that she can find out the answer to her questions about Nurse Hal and the Lapp family in book 3 - Hal's Worldly Temptations and book 4 - As Her Name Is So Is Redbird. Now in a few weeks book 5 will be ready - Emma's Gossamer Dreams. There are many sites online that carry my books now. Amazon, Smashwords, Create Space Self Publishing bookstore, my own bookstore www.booksbyfaybookstore.weebly.com and from me with an email to order. I put the readers on a mailing list and send notice of each new book. Not all in a bulk mail but one at time to each individual. I've never liked the idea of putting multiple names on a bulk email so everyone else can see other readers names. If you like ebooks, try the kindle, nook stores and smashwords. Looking for more places? Put my name in Google Search and come up with more. Just be careful about the price. Some sites charge way too much. I probably sell my books at a lower price than anywhere you can find them and to sweeten the deal I sign each book for the reader. I'm blessed to be able to get back to normal. I appreciate what I have more than before when I took for granite the important things in life. You have a great holiday season and look forward to hearing more from me in the coming year.

Author Fay Risner Winner in Nanowrimo Contest Nov. 2012

After months of not working on a book, I came back the first of November with a passion to write something so I entered the National Novel Writing Month contest. I've entered it before so I have a better understanding of how to work on my word count to make it to the finish line. It's easy to keep track of how I'm doing with the STAT board that tells me how many words I wrote and totaled them. I check on my computer, but my word count on it is always less than on the contest site. This time I had my 50,000 plus 657 more words by November 22nd then I stopped. For making the finish line, I will get some free books when I publish this book at Create Space Self Publishing.

Helpful Contributors Ebook filled with writers tips published by Publetariat Editor April Hamilton

I received word that some of my blog posts have been added to a book by April Hamilton editor of Publetariat an online site that is very helpful to writers. Title is Publetariat Omnibus 2008-2012 Publetariat editor April Hamilton has published an ebook which is a compilation of content from Publetariat.com, a site for which she is the founder and Editor in Chief. The site reprints articles in full from named Contributors, as well as printing excerpts and backlinks to other content of interest to Publetariat's readership. The only content appearing in this book is Contributor content, and every named Contributor (see book cover and title page) has given his/her express permission for the content to be compiled into this book and sold by April Hamilton. I'm proud to be a contributor to April's ebook and to be mentioned. For purposes of the book, the site from which the content was drawn is http://www.publetariat.com. This site is full of helpful content about successful book writing, publishing, publishers and sales. As the editor, April Hamilton has worked hard to keep the site up and running. For writers that could use tips to help them be successful authors the ebook complied from this site will be very useful. Also, continue to check out the site and learn more that is helpful to authors. Here's the book's link on Amazon's U.S. Site and in a few days, the book will be published on Amazon's international sites. Http://www.amazon.com/Publetariat-Omnibus-2008-2012-ebook/dp/B00ACCOP6G My blog posts appear in several places but one is http://www.booksbyfaybookstore.weebly.com My posts are forwarded to Facebook and Twitter. Not only do I blog at this website, I have all of my books for sale here, bio, updates on the next book and accomplishments. So first go to the address for April Hamilton's new ebook to see about downloading it, check put the publetariat site to learn more information that will be helpful to you as a writer and author, then check out my bookstore site. Keep April's ebook in mind for a Christmas gift for an aspiring writer who could use the tips. Check my site to see if there are any of my books of interest.

My best sellers are my Nurse Hal Among The Amish series set in southern Iowa and these books are signed by me and sent through media mail as soon as you buy the book for quick delivery. One more bit of information. I have entered all my Nurse Hal series on ebay for a week at a lower price then at stores and will sign the books if you need a gift for someone that likes Amish stories. Happy web surfing!