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A must read for this Christmas!

11/27/2024

I loved Jennifer's book, Unlikely Santa! It is a delightful read full of surprises and sweet romance. Out of great sadness, God brings joy to Shannon Parker and her siblings. The characters are well-developed and it is inspirational to read how Wesley Stoltz shares his faith with Shannon. The relationship and fun dialogue between Wesley's Amish grandfather, Christopher Stoltz and Shannon's brother, Jaycee, adds a lot to this story. I highly recommend Unlikely Santa during this Christmas season.

It is free so grab a copy while it is! Click here to download it from Amazon!

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The Amish Mother's Secret is FREE!

11/24/2024

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The Amish Mother's Secret is free for a few days! If you get a download, you will save $4.99 from the regular price! It is Book 1 in the Amish Adoption Series!

Here are snippets from reviews:

"The Amish Mother’s Secret is a story about life’s changing situations, forgiveness and trusting God with your future." ~ Shirley Chapel, book reviewer

"Craver created another story filled with family, faith, healing, forgiveness, new beginnings and romance among several. There’s depth to this story that readers will discover while reading with the author sharing personal information at the end to make this one of the most heartfelt stories I’ve read." ~ Marilyn Ridgway, book reviewer

"Beautifully written story by author Diane Craver. I have read Diane's other Amish books and this one has taken the "Top Spot". She put so much feeling, warmth, love & forgiveness into this story. I was drawn in from the 1st page. Diane always brings all the characters to life so beautifully with her words." ~ Teri Poole, Amish reader

Links to free download of The Amish Mother's Secret:

Apple
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Google

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Celebration for 75th Birthday!

11/23/2024

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I turned the marvelous age of 75 on Thursday, Nov. 21st! I decided to plan a party when I hadn't heard any mention of a celebration! I had fun doing it myself. I got the cake at Kroger's and it was delicious! My daughter Emily ordered decorations for me that I picked out and she paid for the cake too. We went to a nearby Mexican restaurant and we came back for cake and ice cream at our house. So much Fun! My wonderful husband paid for all 15 of us to eat there! Christina got me a candle with 1949 on it, a memory book for Tom, all the kids and grandkids to sign and a picture frame for me to insert my birthday picture in. April got me flowers and gift cards. I got a balloon and card from Amanda and Sara. A restaurant card from Bart and his family! Lots of hugs and text messages throughout the day. They spoiled me! At the restaurant, they sang Happy Birthday to me. I also got whipped cream in my face when the server brought me a dessert. I couldn't believe he did that and I wore a sombrero during song.

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Christina's Corner - Comment for chance to win a print book!

11/17/2024

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Happy Sunday! I'm on Christina Corner's Blog today! I'm giving away a print copy of my new release, A Journey for Amy, to one lucky commenter. Hope to see you there!

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A Huge Surprise!

11/7/2024

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The Vinspire authors received a shock on October 23rd when the publisher sent us a group email about closing after 20 years in business. None of the authors saw this happening. I had a five-year book contract.

I was fortunate to have my series published but I probably wouldn't have paid money to do a Book Launch for my third book, A Journey for Amy.It was released on September 24th. I paid money for an author assistant because I am not technical enough to do the graphics that other book launch teams to do for their members. I had a great time doing the book launch with my members. They made it fun! I'm hoping I can get the reviews transferred to my self-published books.

I paid $75 to the formatter to remove the Vinspire references in my 3 books. I paid $45 to the cover designer to remove the Vinspire logo on the spine and back cover of my 3 books. Other authors had been with Vinspire for many years and have a lot of books to pay for these changes. That is, if they decide to self-publish. It they try to get a new publisher, then they can't use the Vinspire files and covers. If I bought new covers and paid for new formatting, it would cost more. When I received the Vinspire contract, my one daughter and husband told me to self-publish instead, but I was excited my agent got me this contract.

I am in the process of changing all my links to my new ones. I have uploaded the files and covers for ebooks on the sites. I can't do the paperbacks yet because they are still for sale by Vinspire.

It is sad but maybe it will turn out okay for me. I already have my other books self-published. I was with several other publishers in the past, but I made the decision to leave them. Dawn, the publisher, had the book release schedule for 2025 done a few months ago, so I know she wasn't expecting to close at this time.

I am uploading my paperbacks soon. I need to wait until they are removed from Amazon. I am thankful that I got my reviews transferred from my print books to my ebooks now.

Buy my ebooks here (new self-published links for my Amish Adoption series):
Amazon
Kobo
B & N
Apple

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A must read for this Christmas!

The Amish Mother's Secret is FREE!

Celebration for 75th Birthday!

Christina's Corner - Comment for chance to win a print book!

A Huge Surprise!

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