Fay Risner's Blog (132)

 In November 2012, I entered the National November Write Month Contest better known as nanowrimo. I made it over the 50,000 word deadline so I collected my winner label for this book. Poor Defenseless Addie is the seventh in the Amazing Gracie Series.

Though Gracie Evans is tired of listening to all the town gossips, she begins to worry when they talk about a…

The following is a post from a community discussion on Amish books I found several years ago and took to heart when I write my Nurse Hal Amish series.

THIS is the kind of SIMPLE, AMISH reading that I'm talking about. I want to read about living, working, growing up, BEING --AMISH!!! Tell me (in detail) about collecting the eggs from the hen house and the…

This latest book released in the Nurse Hal Among The Amish series is just one of the ebooks I downloaded information about on bookhitch.com

I'm always looking for another website to advertise my books and ebooks on. Bookhitch.com turned out to be an easy site to download my books information. Of course, I used the free download which doesn’t afford me as much the one…

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…

I received an email from Lisa Davis, News Digest International, at http://www.newsdigest.com

about this article posted on December 28, 2012.

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.

I appreciate the honorable mention by Mr. Moreno.

Happy New Year Everyone

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.…

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…

I received word that some of my blog posts have been added to an ebook 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…

I actually have been working on a book now and then. It seems there are so many things that got in the way of writing in the last few weeks. We live on an acreage that keeps us working with a garden, chickens and livestock. We're in the middle of a terrible drought now so we spend a lot of time watering the garden, trees and flowers. I actually had enough cucumbers to make 15 quarts of dill pickles, a few jars at a time.

Though I have the fifth Amish book in my Nurse Hal Among The…

I hope everyone had an enjoyable fourth of July even if we were baking under the hot sun. This is the first summer we have had an air conditioner in our home. I do enjoy the relief it gives me from the heat. Last year we spent so much of the summer chasing the shade in our front yard that I was having trouble working on a book. This summer I can enjoy being inside and am coming along well on the fifth Amish book in my Nurse Hal Among The Amish series. State tuned for new details as I get…

Take a look at this ebook selling site in the UK and see if it is a fit for you as an Independent author. We need all the venues we can find to sell our books and ebooks and get exposure.

I spent all last week getting my ebooks in order and downloading them to the site. On Make Your Offer, customers can dicker over the price of your book with you and settle on a lower price or you can use fixed price option. I've never been able to bargain with anyone on the price of anything so I'm…

A week ago last Friday was cool, sunny and spring like - the perfect day to go for a day long outing. My husband and I picked up my aunt in Belle Plaine, Iowa and went on a two hour drive south of us to Centerville, Iowa to visit another aunt. We haven’t made that trip nearly often enough in the last few years. Two hours passes fast when we’re talking all the way. My husband has a running game with my aunt about who sees the first deer and turkeys along the road. He usually spots one first…

I’ve heard the expression that every author finds his or her own voice after they’ve written for awhile. I’ve never been sure what my voice is though I’ve hoped it might become one that make readers think of me when they read a book I didn’t write. I suspect it would be hard for any author to liken his own work to another. So if I had to choose an author that I write similar to I wouldn’t know how to do it. That’s why it was fun to try out a site G.H. Monroe told me about on Facebook in his…

Today's post is a peek at my latest historical book. This signed book can be found in my online bookstore at booksbyfaybookstore.weebly.com and if you don't have paypal buy it on Amazon. Looking for a ebook? Look for this book in the Kindle and Nook stores.

Chapter 1

Sibby Monroe swiped a brown curl out of…

Decoration Day is coming up. The day brings up memories for me other than of fun vacations. This time we took my husband’s 91 year old mother with us to the cemetery to place flowers, and I took pictures of the event.

Awhile back I wrote a story about my family recollections of the day and sold it to Good Old Days Magazine. I thought this might be a good time…

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and grandmothers. We celebrated the evening with my husband’s 91 year old mother and his siblings and their families, having pieces of several cakes, ice cream and strawberries from my garden.

Saturday, I used the time to…

My latest book is a historical post Civil War story set in Texas County, Mo. This book tells the story of Serbina Monroe Harris known as Sibby by her family and friends. The story takes place from the end of the Civil War to the end of her life.

The ebook…

April 21, 2012 I was invited to attend the Women of Peace United Methodist Parish New Life Conference at the Methodist Church in Van Horne, Iowa. It was a fun day of food and fellowship with a cheerful Spring feel. The table coverings and decorations were pastels for spring. I won one of the decorations by picking up one of the few pink napkin in the stack when I was…

The Kalona Salebarn had a draft horse sale last Monday and Tuesday. We aren’t in the market to buy, but we love to watch the large work horses prance around the ring put through their paces by Amish farmers. The place was packed so I know we aren’t the only ones who like to watch. For me, it’s a good chance to study Amish families so it’s a research day.

In back, the salebarn has a walk way above the holding pens so we toured over the horses. Evidently, we weren’t close enough to get…