And the winner is...
Liz Gray
Entry #83
Liz Gray
Entry #83
A Perfect Square
A Shipshewana Amish Mystery book2
by Vannetta Chapman
#1. What was the inspiration for this book?
Actually there were 2 separate incidents that inspired this book. My father-in-law was suffering with Alzheimer's at the time, and so I wanted to write about dealing with that particular disease. Also, I was in my last year of teaching, and teenagers were very much on my mind. Both of these inspired the plot line.
Actually there were 2 separate incidents that inspired this book. My father-in-law was suffering with Alzheimer's at the time, and so I wanted to write about dealing with that particular disease. Also, I was in my last year of teaching, and teenagers were very much on my mind. Both of these inspired the plot line.
#2. How long did it take to finish writing this book?
4-6 months.
4-6 months.
#3. Do you have favorite character(s) in this book?
I think in this book, I really came to care for Reuben. He's a special guy.
I think in this book, I really came to care for Reuben. He's a special guy.
#4. What do you hope your readers will take away with them when they read this book?
Grace! God's grace.
Grace! God's grace.
#5. What made you choose the specific location(s) for this book?
Zondervan had decided they wanted a 3 book series set there.
Zondervan had decided they wanted a 3 book series set there.
#6. How did you name your characters?
I have a baby name book, and I use my Bible a lot too!
I have a baby name book, and I use my Bible a lot too!
#7. Tell us something funny, sad, embarrassing, whatever, that happened involving this book.
There's a scene where Callie is in the barn watching someone clean out a horse stall. Now, I've never done this myself. After I wrote the scene, I had someone who does have a lot of experience with horses check it over. She was at my classroom door in 5 minutes, laughing, because I had so many of the details wrong! I teach in a small town, and most of my students knew way more about horses than I did. So between the kids and this teacher, they straightened me out.
There's a scene where Callie is in the barn watching someone clean out a horse stall. Now, I've never done this myself. After I wrote the scene, I had someone who does have a lot of experience with horses check it over. She was at my classroom door in 5 minutes, laughing, because I had so many of the details wrong! I teach in a small town, and most of my students knew way more about horses than I did. So between the kids and this teacher, they straightened me out.
Bonus. Share with us a thought, Bible verse, whatever is on your mind/heart.
God has a plan for each of us. Jeremiah 29:11. That verse was on my mind through this entire book.
God has a plan for each of us. Jeremiah 29:11. That verse was on my mind through this entire book.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
About
The Author  Vannetta Chapman Vannetta Chapman writes Fiction Full of GRACE. She has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather's birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania. Her first novel, A Simple Amish Christmas, quickly became a bestseller. Chapman lives in the Texas hill country with her husband. Connect with Vannetta Online Website: http://vannettachapman.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VannettaChapmanBooks Twitter: https://twitter.com/VannettaChapman Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/vannettachapman | The Book There's more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben Fisher is in jail as the suspect! Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn't commit. So, with her English friend, Callie---fellow sleuth and owner of Daisy's Quilt Shop---Deborah sets out to uncover the truth. But the mystery deepens when an elderly man seeks Callie's help in finding his long-lost daughter, missing since the days of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. An old man who has lost his past. A young man who may lose his future. Once again Deborah and Callie find themselves trying to piece together a crazy quilt of lives and events---one that can bring unexpected touches of God's grace and resolve the tragedy that has shaken this quiet Amish community.
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