Welcome back, Laura
Hilton! Your titles are always some of my more popular giveaways. Why write
Amish?
Why not? I love
everything about the Amish. I love their “simpler”, quieter lifestyle, the
peace they exude and it is fun creating contemporary stories about them. Also,
my family (maternal) came from the Amish, so I am kind of discovering my roots.
Have you visited
Amish country?
I live in Amish country. There is a small district within
miles of my home and I interact with them regularly. I also go up to the communities in Missouri,
Illinois and Indiana on a regular basis. It is interesting seeing the
differences.
What’s the best part
of the creative process for you?
The discovery. I don’t plot, and so I discover a story just
like a reader does. I mean, I’m not
total “seat of the pants” I do have some general idea, at least a paragraph of
the story, but getting from point A to point B is a voyage of discovery.
If you could write
any other genre, what would it be and why?
Contemporary romance.
I enjoy all genres but I feel out of my element with some. I don’t think
I could write a suspense unless I plotted it all out in advance, and some take
a lot of research, more than driving into the Amish community and asking
questions.
Of all the characters
you’ve written now for your books, which one did you find the most of yourself
hidden within the pages?
I’m not any of the characters I wrote. I am quiet and shy, like Becky, in Patchwork Dreams, but I’m also a teacher
like Annie (I homeschool), in Promised to
Another, strong willed like Shanna, in A
Harvest of Hearts, and interested in herbal medicine and midwifery like
Kristi in Healing Love. I had most of my children at home with a
midwife.
Thanks for being with
us again. Great to have you!
Thanks for having me!
Readers, here is your chance to enter to win Laura's book!
Please leave an email adddress! If I draw your name and there is no email, you will not win.
Contest is only open in the U.S. and void where prohibited. Chances of winning are based on the number of entries and winner is draw from a non-biased third party- Random.org. I am not responsible for any lost or damaged items for said prize.
Thanks for coming by to enter! Contest ends on October 5th.
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