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March 18, 2019

Monday’s Musings: The Impact of Addiction

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It doesn’t feel like a year ago when I wrote Shattered Mirror and submitted it to my publisher, Waterfall Press, for publication. As many of you know, I’ve had a few tough years–dealing with breast cancer, family issues, and addiction. When I look back, I can hardly believe that, at one point, all three of those were happening at once. Losing my breasts and losing some of my family was nothing compared to almost losing my child to addiction.


Shattered Mirror is about a mother dealing with constant worry in the fight to save her family from the impact of drug addiction. She faces her own worries while learning that other people are not always so supportive when it comes to helping her. They, too, worry that facing her families battle might make them have to face their own demons.


While this is NOT my story, it is a very real look into how a mother has to fight for her son’s life.


Several people who read Shattered Mirror before it was published contacted me, often saying things like “That’s not real, right?” or “That didn’t really happen.” In particular, they couldn’t believe how other people–women, school officials, even family members–treated the main character, Kelly Martin, as she struggles to help her son to sobriety and clean living.


I can assure you that addiction is a dirty little secret that most people refuse to talk about, never mind face head on. It’s true. Kelly Martin discovered this in the novel. It was eye-opening how many people turned their backs on her. It was as if other parents were afraid that addiction is contagious.


The only thing that can clear your social calendar faster than mentioning

your child is going through addiction is telling people you’re getting divorced. 


But addiction is not contagious and people struggling with helping a loved one through the battle need support. When I wrote Shattered Mirror, I wanted to open up channels of communication among people. Everyone knows someone who is dealing with this problem. What they don’t often consider is how emotionally and psychologically exhausting it is to fight the fight.


Faith in God is the one thing that can provide strength during such times.


But it doesn’t hurt for people to support the parents and other family members going through the battle. Sometimes they just need to talk to someone without being judged or hearing unsolicited advice. It’s very easy to solve their problems from the outside, but when you are dealing with losing a child to the dark world of addiction, there are no easy solutions.


If you know someone going through this, please consider forwarding this email to them. And, by all means, please take advantage of this amazing discount by my wonderful Waterfall Press publishers and buy the eBook to read. It will help you understand the impact of drug addiction on our teenagers and their families.


Click HERE to buy Shattered Mirror for $0.99.



Shattered Mirror by Sarah Price A powerful novel of addiction, hope, and renewal from Sarah Price, the bestselling author of Heavenly Blues.


In any upscale suburban town, silence and shame blanket the hard truths. But college professor Kelly Martin can no longer deny the reality she lives every day: substance abuse is tearing her family apart. First, her ex-husband’s drinking destroyed their marriage. Now their seventeen-year-old son, Zach, is caught in the grip of drug addiction, fueled by a known drug dealer walking the halls of his high school. Kelly has two choices: watch helplessly and simply try to bear it or fight to save her son, who’s at the edge of suicidal depression.


When she encounters shocking disinterest, even hostility, from her ex-husband, her sister, her mother, and her former social circle, Kelly quickly realizes that she’s alone on this painful and frightening journey. But the race to rescue her child becomes an awakening for Kelly as she comes to understand the keys to her own heart and happiness.


Click HERE to buy Shattered Mirror for $0.99.


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Published on March 18, 2019 12:33

March 11, 2019

Monday’s Musings: Stop the Insanity of Changing Clocks

Sunrise or Sunset? Sarah Price ponders Daylight SavingsJust this morning, I read that (finally) the country might be agreeing on SOMETHING and that’s ending the whole “Spring Ahead, Fall Back” time change that, frankly, I never quite understood.


SIDEBAR: Did you know that most Amish people don’t follow daylight savings time? Instead, they refer to time as being “fast time” and “slow time”.  Church is at 8am, for example, but during “fast time”, they have to be there at 7am in slow time, for example. A bit confusing, don’t you think?  It took me a few years to finally figure it out when I was staying with my Amish friends on their farm.


Frankly, I prefer having darker mornings and longer days.  During the winter months, I’m often in bed (reading, usually) by 8pm because it’s so dark and gloomy outside. But when the sun sets later in the day, we might not even have supper until 8pm. As a rule, we are more active and busy when the days are longer. Surely that is a healthier lifestyle for everyone.


One year, I refused to turn any of my clocks back when daylight savings ended. For five months, I lived my life having to recalculate time for appointments, television shows, meetings, etc. It was a real pain, but I did it. Think of it as a one-woman crusade against a system I did not support. Of course, in hindsight, I didn’t prove anything to anyone except myself–and what I proved was my own stubbornness…which I already knew.


The point is that it would be quite nice if the two parties in Congress could agree on something for once. It appears that most Americans tend to dislike the clock changing, especially in November when it gets dark so early in the day. Children could play more outside, parents wouldn’t return home in the dark, and families could actually enjoy more time together doing things. I fail to see what the downside is.


In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy the longer day and, later this evening, probably go for a late day trail ride with Cat. After all, isn’t that what Daylight Savings is all about????


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Published on March 11, 2019 10:40

March 4, 2019

Why Worry?

Many of you know that my life has radically changed in the past few years. Just this morning, Cat commented that my “old” life consisted of a 9-5 job (it was more like 8-8 job) and one dog, one cat, and a turtle.


Today, we live in thirty acres in what can only be considered true country life with SIXTY animals to care for! I spent my morning trying to find a used manure spreader!


Kinda funny when you think I used to commute into Manhattan to teach students in a high rise wearing skirts and heels!


Despite being a simpler life, it has brought its own set of problems. Number one is money.


I don’t like owing money to anyone. And with farm/ranch life, I worry about paying bills. Horses kick fences down…daily. Horses get sick…expensive. Goats eat all the hay when they escape. Pigs eat all the grain if you forget to shut the door to the grain room. The list goes on and on.


Today I opened my devotional and the topic was about worrying. “Refuse to worry!” it started.


Why Worry


Those three words hit me. Is it possible that, by worrying, I was showing a lack of faith? If I truly believe God wants me here, caring for these abandoned animals, then I have to believe God will take care of ME.


So if I can’t pay a bill in full, I need to turn it over to God. After all, money is very earthly and, in my opinion, the root of all evil. I’ll always pay my debts, but it might be in God’s time, not mine.


There is something rewarding and humbling about not having quite enough money. It grounds a person in a way that monetary excess cannot. Do people really need fancy clothes or fancy cars? It might be nice to have but is it to impress other people or to make yourself feel better about yourself?


In either case, that’s vanity and vanity is a sin. The root of that sin? Worry!


So you can see how clever this “Refuse to worry” directive truly is!


Try it with me. Let’s throw our worries to God and know that His presence in our hearts and lives will handle it.


Speaking of worry, Shattered Mirror is a great book about a mother dealing with constant worry in the fight to save her family from the impact of drug addiction. She faces her own worries while learning that other people are not always so supportive when it comes to helping her. They, too, worry that facing her families battle might make them have to face their own demons. It’s a very real look into how a mother has to fight for her son’s life. Click HERE to buy Shattered Mirror for $0.99.



Shattered Mirror by Sarah Price A powerful novel of addiction, hope, and renewal from Sarah Price, the bestselling author of Heavenly Blues.


In any upscale suburban town, silence and shame blanket the hard truths. But college professor Kelly Martin can no longer deny the reality she lives every day: substance abuse is tearing her family apart. First, her ex-husband’s drinking destroyed their marriage. Now their seventeen-year-old son, Zach, is caught in the grip of drug addiction, fueled by a known drug dealer walking the halls of his high school. Kelly has two choices: watch helplessly and simply try to bear it or fight to save her son, who’s at the edge of suicidal depression.


When she encounters shocking disinterest, even hostility, from her ex-husband, her sister, her mother, and her former social circle, Kelly quickly realizes that she’s alone on this painful and frightening journey. But the race to rescue her child becomes an awakening for Kelly as she comes to understand the keys to her own heart and happiness.



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Published on March 04, 2019 07:19

February 16, 2019

An Empty Cup ** On Sale

An Empty Cup by Sarah Price


My publisher, Waterfall Press, has a present for all of my readers. They listed An Empty Cup on sale for a few days. This book was originally published in April 2015 and, during its lifetime, the book has touched tens of thousands of people. Yes, tens of thousands.


It deals with depression among the Amish. So many women wrote to me and thanked me for addressing this issue. Even though it is set in the Amish country, it is a book that touched people outside of the Amish faith.


Over 700 reviewed it on Amazon, raving about this novel. It even was #8 on ALL of Amazon for a while which made me cry.

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February 15, 2019

What an Author Earns…#rant

Warning: If you are a sensitive person and easily offended by things that are not what you want to know, do NOT read this. 


On Tuesday, my latest release, Carolyn’s Quilt dropped on Amazon. Now, let it be known that I LOVE Amazon. I LIVE by Amazon…I order almost everything from Amazon, except food. Amazon has changed my life and is 99% good.


But, sadly, no one is perfect.


I have no idea what happened but some readers received Annie’s Quilt instead of Carolyn’s Quilt, others received a blank page, and still more received the correct book: Carolyn’s Quilt.  Let’s just say that from Tuesday until…oh…next week, have not been fun. I’m doing damage control and helping my readers who contact me. Some readers, rightfully upset by this issue, did not contact Amazon or ME…instead, they posted PERMANENT ONE-STAR REVIEWS which, basically, trash me…the author.


While trying to fight this raging fire and provide customer service to my readers since Amazon was being as helpful as they could (or, in some cases, couldn’t), someone posted a request for a FREE COPY of the eBook. Among the bazillion fire-fighting (i.e. IMPORTANT messages), I must have overlooked her request and she took offense to this and posted about it in my private group on Facebook.


Let’s examine that situation.



Author releases a .99 cent book.
Technical glitch goes awry and Author struggles to support those who bought the book for .99 cents
One reader decides to ask for a FREE review copy of the .99 cent book by posting in the very thread about the technical glitch.
Author doesn’t see it.
Said reader (er, “reviewer”) gets angry and publicly states that Author just blatantly ignored her request.

Look Folks, I’m normally a really nice person. In life, I try to fix problems, help people, give what I can to others to the point that I neglect myself…my health, my sanity, and my financial situation. And, typically, I get burned in the process–by family, friends, and strangers. And I usually just take it because, well, you can’t change someone’s moral fiber.


This situation, however, caught me at the end of my rope and set me over the edge. I’m sure I lost a reader because I pointed out the flaw in her request (especially at that particular moment) and Lord knows she wouldn’t apologize to me. But, I couldn’t hold it in. Bad me.


Let’s be honest. I’ve been blessed in my career as an author. I thank God every day for that. Over the last decade, I’ve done quite well and have a wonderful reader-base, many of whom I consider personal friends and some are even family. I love that many readers truly want more books from their favorite authors. Diehard readers will reward their favorite author with nice reviews, recommendations, and even paying more than .99 cents for the novel. I try to reward my readers, too. It’s give and take, you know?


Unfortunately, over the last few years, a whole slew of “not real authors” have popped up, using my (and other authors) titles, names, etc. to trick readers and to drive down the price of a novel so that, in order to survive, .99 cents for an eBook is basically expected. I’ve ranted about this before and, btw, many of those 5 star reviews that you see posted on those books with horrible covers and fake Amish names? Well, verified or not, they aren’t real (see links if you are curious about this).


–>https://davidgaughran.com/2017/06/03/amazon-has-a-fake-book-problem/


–>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/is-it-really-5-stars-how-to-spot-fake-amazon-reviews/ar-BBRdHfP


–>https://justpublishingadvice.com/amazon-tries-new-attack-on-fake-and-paid-reviews/


Forgetting the fake review problem with those horribly written and non-Amish Amish fiction books, let’s examine the request from the person outlined above from a financial (not moral or ethical) purpose.


When a book is published at .99 cents, the author earns .30 cents per eBook. On the surface, that might not sound bad. However, I personally spend well over 450 hours writing shorter novels…sometimes closer to 1000 hours. Because I stink with math, let’s just round it to 500 hours.  Presuming minimum wage is $8.00 (it’s a little more but, again, I stink at math), that’s $4,000.  Now, let’s consider how many eBooks an author would need to sell in order to earn minimum wage?



That’s right. Over 13,000 copies.


But wait! There’s more. You see, good cover design costs money.  You have to buy the copyrights to the images, pay a designer, and spend time dealing with that. OH! And let’s not forget editing and proofreading. Yes, ALL books have typos. My traditionally published books go through NINE ROUNDS OF EDITING with various professionals and I can still find typos. So you can imagine that my self-published books will have typos.  Sorry.  It’s part of the unspoken .99 deal–you’ll get typos. And yet, I still have three editors, paid for out of MY pocket, review, proof, edit, re-review again. Price for all of this?


Another $2,000 in money paid and time spent. That changes the equation a bit.



In 2006, Publisher’s Weekly claimed that the average book sells 3000 copies in its lifetime (Publishers Weekly, 2006). The average traditionally published book which sells 3,000 in its entire lifetime in print only sells about 250-300 copies its first year. Of course, that was over ten years ago and only for traditionally published books. More research was warranted and I found different numbers ranging from 50 copies to 250 copies for self-published authors over the lifetime of their novels. Of course, that’s an average. That means some authors sell far less than that in order to make up for people selling far more. In other words, no one is buying their books and they are not even making .01 cent an hour for their time. 


Now, I’m not going to dive into my personal numbers. I  know for a fact that my Plain Fame series sold well above the minimum wage numbers. I can also assure you that several self-published Amish fiction authors claim they sold over a million books (complete hogwash). After ten years of writing and publishing, I DID reach the million book mark about two years or so ago. And I can assure you that it is, indeed, a rarity that, based on a confidential source, no other Amish fiction author who is self-published has come close to doing. NOT. ONE.


But, I digress.


In today’s market, hitting 20,000 copies of a .99 cent eBook is near impossible for a self-published author. Once you raise that price to $1.99 or, EGADS!, $2.99 like I did for Mending Fences–a novel for which I spent over six months and 1200+ hours writing, crickets chirp.


I’ve explained all of this for several reasons. First, when you buy those weird named authors who use Amish names and sell bundles of books for .99 cents (which are usually repackaged books with a short story thrown in to make it new, btw), you will get  poorly developed storylines, horrible grammar and little to no Amish culture/religion Why? Because they are  scammers who are NOT going to work for less than minimum wage to give you a good story. They don’t even care about the Amish as people…just as a way to take YOUR MONEY.


Second, please realize how hard the legitimate authors are working and reward them. Reward them by supporting them, giving them reviews, and buying their books. Tell other people about them. And when things go wrong, reach out to the author first. If things don’t get corrected, do what you have to do.


Finally, let me be frank…I keep my self-published books low-priced to compete with the unscrupulous authors out there (and hopefully run THEM out of business) and also to put food on the table. So please, think twice before you request something for free from an author. Put another way, would YOU work for free?


 


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Published on February 15, 2019 07:23

February 8, 2019

Mending Fences: Amish Christian Romance

Last year, I published a wonderfully fun Amish Christian novel, Mending Fences.


Mending Fences by Sarah Price, Bestselling Author of Amish FictionI originally got the idea for this novel about two years ago, when my son was at a facility in Florida by the same name.  I thought that the name was really intriguing…how many times have we had to “mend fences” in our lives? Sometimes fences can be mended. Other times they remain so broken and rotted that you simply have to rebuild a new fence, abandoning the old ones. And finally, sometimes you forget about the broken fence and then wonder why you never fixed it in the first place!


Mending Fences is a different type of romance because there is a tiny element of mystery in it: WHY does Old Man Coblentz dislike his neighbors so much? Why won’t he mend the fence that stands in the way of his grandson, Reuben, marrying the Amish woman of his dreams? Jane and Reuben set out to change his mind and slowly repair the broken fence.


You might be delightfully surprised to learn what they find out!


But don’t take MY word for it. Here’s one of the more popular reviews on Amazon for Mending Fences by peach pie who, btw, I’m sending an Advance Copy of The Amish Cookie Club to thank her for her readership!


Jane and Reuben know that God has led them to each other. No matter how many obstacles that might be in the way. Old Man Colbentz [sic] has held on to a grudge and his anger only blinds him.

It’s up to his community to show him that God hasn’t changed, he has.

A mended Fence and an incredible fun twist leads him back. Follow Jane and Reuben and watch their love story unfold. Sarah reminds us, when God wants two people together, or to help us see the error of our ways. There is no one he won’t use.


The story has as many twists as an Amish Pretzel and both are very satisfying!

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January 29, 2019

Sneak Peek: Carolyn’s Quilt

Sarah Price's Amish Romance, Carolyn's QuiltIn just two weeks, Carolyn’s Quilt will release on Amazon, the third book in the Quilts of Indiana series.


I thought I’d share a sneak peek at the first chapter…a little teaser to whet your appetite a bit for the amazing romance of Carolyn Miller who, if you read Annie and Becky’s Quilt, had a bit of problem in those books.  


Chapter 1

The sight of the cedar hope chest resting at the foot of her bed made Carolyn want to pull the old tattered quilt on her bed over her head and cry. Every morning, when she opened her eyes, one of the first things she saw was that hope chest—a constant reminder of what could have been.


How could something so beautiful make her feel so ugly inside? So shamed?


She remembered the day her father had given it to her as if it were yesterday.


It had been her sixteenth birthday, and when she’d walked downstairs for breakfast, the carefully crafted chest waited for her on the floor by the kitchen table. Her father stood in the doorway, his arms crossed and a grin on his face, watching for her reaction when she entered the room. Only the good Lord knew how her father had found the time to craft it by hand for his oldest child.

Despite the fact that women weren’t supposed to cry—not over something of such an earthly matter!—Carolyn couldn’t help herself and she burst into tears. It was the most beautiful hope chest she’d ever laid eyes on. Even though her mother had admonished her, Carolyn still saw a look of joy and perhaps a tiny hint of pride in her father’s eyes when she thanked him.


For the next four years, her mother had helped Carolyn fill that chest with all the items a young bride needed to start a home of their own: towels, sheets, doilies, recipes, patterns and even tiny mementos from her childhood. Just a few short months ago, Carolyn had placed the last item inside the chest: her handsome wedding quilt. Only now, there was to be no wedding, so, instead of a glint at the future, it was nothing more than a rose-colored quilt that spoke of shattered dreams.


Oh! How could she have fallen for that terrible Adam Troyer!



His sweet but deceptive words, his warm hands; hands that held hers in the privacy of his buggy under the darkness of night. And now, all she could do was replay that night in her mind, the night that changed her future forever. When he took her hand then leaned in and kissed her on their way home from the singing last summer, she hadn’t turned her head. Instead, she welcomed his lips upon hers, lips that had promised her a bright future only moments before they gently grazed her own.


 


But that all ended shortly after her beautiful quilt was laid in her hope chest; the promises he had whispered in her ear, all but forgotten.


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Published on January 29, 2019 13:23

January 13, 2019

Sewing and the Bible

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;

A time to be silent and a time to speak.

Ecclesiastes 3:7


You may not know this but Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books in the Bible. There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this book, verses that truly speak to me on many different levels.


With Carolyn’s Quilt just weeks from being released, I thought I’d share one of my favorite verses from Ecclesiastes that speaks specifically to sewing.


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This particular verse is very interesting. On the one hand, the verse talks about tearing things apart and sewing them back together. You can imagine someone tearing apart cloth in order to reuse it for something else. Of course, there is a more intellectual meaning behind it and the verse is very specific. Not only do things tear apart, but there is a time for things to be torn apart.  Likewise, the same can be said for putting things back together: sewing them.


In greater context, this entire chapter is about the vanity of worldly things and the power of God. No matter how hard we might try, we cannot control everything. In fact, we cannot truly control anything. No matter how much we search for truth or try to control destiny, the fact remains that only God knows truth and only God control destiny.


To me, on a simpler level, this verse speaks about change. Sometimes change happens that is out of our control. These things happen because it is time. Time for them to happen. We cannot harness time. We cannot change time. There is a great unknown when it comes to “time”.


And yet, the example used in the Scripture is about SEWING.



I love the idea of quilting bees because the image of women sitting around a large quilting frame, working together to piece together a quilt–the colors, the conversation, the stories, the friendship–speaks volumes about their acceptance of time. Time is meant to be spent together.


Think about the second part of this verse…a time to be silent and a time to speak. The verse pairs being silent when things are torn apart while sewing is paired with speaking. Clearly that is on purpose for the very reason that when things are sewed together, it brings people together (both figuratively and literally). And when things are torn apart, that is the time to reflect on the power of God and our lack of control over anything. If we can accept that–just as Carolyn has to accept her lack of control over things that happened in her life in my book, Carolyn’s Quilt–we have a much better chance at being at peace with ourselves.



Sarah Price's Amish Romance, Carolyn's Quilt


Sewing love one stitch at a time.


Carolyn Miller was a little too quick in announcing her engagement to Adam Troyer and having a quilting bee for her marriage quilt. Now that he’s called it off, the quilt is hidden away in her hope chest. Carolyn has certainly learned the true meaning of humility. Despite trying to hide from the outside world, her family begin forcing her to leave the house and she finds unexpected friendship in the young women she previously scorned. They, too, encourage her to socialize. Unfortunately, that also means running into Adam, a constant reminder of the mistake she made when she thought he actually cared for her.


Romance is the furthest thing on her mind when Wilson Trautman shows up in her community. The old Carolyn Miller might have swooned over him, but the new, wiser Carolyn Miller has no interest in chasing after him, even if he is extremely handsome and kind. Wilson, however, seems to keep appearing whenever Carolyn needs a protector. Will she let down her guard long enough to give him a chance or has her past experience ruined any possibility of future romance in her life?


 


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January 8, 2019

The Importance of Quilts for Amish

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Whenever most people think about the Amish, two things often come to the top of mind: buggies and quilts.


Sarah Price's Amish Romance, Carolyn's QuiltHistory of Quilts

The origin of quilting is not exactly known, but in America, history credits the English and Dutch settlers with making quilting popular in the early days of our country. It makes sense, doesn’t it?


Unlike in Europe, those early colonists didn’t have access to fabrics to make an abundance of clothing or blankets–the latter a necessity to survive the harsh winter nights. They reserved new (and often imported) fabrics for special clothing, saving old tattered items to patch work clothes and blankets. Eventually, old clothes and blankets would be cut into pieces in order to make entire blankets–or quilts.


Why Amish Quilt

For the Amish, quilting is more than a hobby passed down from their ancestors. After all, in today’s world, an Amish woman could simply go to a store and buy a comforter. But the frugal and simplistic lifestyle of the Amish continues to feed the love of quilt making. For a young woman, a quilt often symbolizes her intentions to embark on the next phases of her life: marriag. In addition, quilting bees (when Amish women get together to work on a quilt) present a perfect time to socialize.


Let’s face it. The Amish lifestyle is much slower paced than ours. They value things like sitting around a quilting frame, gossiping (yes, they DO gossip), and sharing stories with each other. I can hardly imagine my daughter, Cat, and her friends gathering with older women to spend an afternoon quilting and talking. In today’s world, they’d most likely be on their smartphones, watching YouTube videos or surfing Facebook. Well, Cat probably wouldn’t show up because she’d be too busy training her horses (ha ha).


I love the idea of quilting. Unfortunately, I don’t quilt much anymore. After the birth of my children, I made them each a quilt. Alex’s wasn’t so great–I didn’t select the best fabrics for quilting and a lot of the squares tore after too many washings. Cat’s survived better but was for a crib, not a bigger bed. Today, my poor eyesight hinders any attempts at quilting. I don’t know if I could SEE well enough to STITCH a quilt.  

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Published on January 08, 2019 10:23

January 1, 2019

Mending Fences: Same Title, Different Books

Mending FencesSeveral people have contacted me, upset that Suzanne Woods Fisher “copied” my book title, Mending Fences. So I thought that I would address that with a short blog.


While I thank everyone for their concern, please rest assured that Suzanne did not copy me.


First of all, I consider Suzanne to be a “friend” even though we have never met. Second, she happens to be one of my all-time favorite authors. Her books are great stories and well-written…my two standards for being an author I highly recommend in this genre.


Secondly, in the publishing world, books are often submitted to publishers up to a year in advance. So my book, Mending Fences, came out probably about the same time as when she sent her work to her publisher.


Finally, book titles cannot be copyrighted. In fact, anyone could publish a book with a similar title—as many of those “fake” authors do in order to prey upon unknowing readers who then buy a book by the title, not checking the author’s name. Those authors use variations of popular authors’ names and titles simply to attempt boosting their own sales and show up in searches for legitimate authors who actually write their own books and love, honor, and respect the Amish culture and religion. They are unscrupulous copycats who only care about money, not the Amish.


Again, this is not something Suzanne Woods Fisher would do. She is a respected author with great morals and values. The books being named the same is purely a coincidence.


So, I hope that this clears up any confusion. Personally, I look forward to reading her upcoming book as I hope many of you do, too.


Hugs and blessings,


Sarah Price



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Published on January 01, 2019 10:52