Guest Posts and Giveaway of “Bonnet Strings”

By Saloma Furlong | August 21, 2014 |

Lately I have been finding my way around the blog world, discovering many interesting new sites. And I have, as in the post with Amanda Luedeke on author platform, invited several people to write guest posts for me. As I meet new bloggers and introduce myself, I am also being invited to write guest posts…

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What is Author Platform?

By Saloma Furlong | August 19, 2014 |

  Amanda Luedeke is an agent with MacGregor Literary. Follow her on Twitter @amandaluedeke or on Facebook. Her marketing book, The Extroverted Writer, is available on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com.   I recently discovered literary agent, Amanda Luedeke, when I was purusing blogs for authors. I am now a fan of her column "Thursdays with Amanda"…

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Resources for Writers

By Saloma Furlong | August 17, 2014 |

I remember long before I started writing for a public audience and I was still living in my Amish community. I wrote a lot of letters. Sometimes on a Sunday, I would write as many as 10 letters. And each one of them was usually several pages long. I also did journal writing most of…

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Abducted Amish Girls Are Home!

By Saloma Furlong | August 15, 2014 |

I was shocked and horrified by the news about the two Amish girls in upstate New York who were abducted from their roadside stand. All day I've been watching for news about their whereabouts. Many prayers have been answered. The girls have been found and returned to their parents, according to a Syracuse News Report.…

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Scrabble

By Saloma Furlong | August 8, 2014 |

This is an update on my original post published on August 8. This is to clear up some of my mistakes, and also to answer some questions I've gotten from readers. The updates are in bold. One of the little known facts about me is that I love games. Mostly word games, but I like…

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American Experience Goes to the Emmys!

By Saloma Furlong | July 31, 2014 |

The PBS documentary "The Amish: Shunned" that aired on American Experience in February has been nominated for an Emmy Award for "exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking." The American Experience film "JFK" has also been nominated for an Emmy. I was very honored to take part in both "The Amish" and "The Amish: Shunned." I was…

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A Universal Sign of Hope

By Saloma Furlong | July 28, 2014 |

Yesterday afternoon was beautiful here in the Pioneer Valley. I had attended a church service in the morning, and then in the afternoon, I wrote. I was writing something hard, about a traumatic childhood event. At times I wanted to look away from the emotional pain it still causes to remember what happened. But I…

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A Treasure Trove

By Saloma Furlong | July 24, 2014 |

It is a gorgeous, sunny day. I'm looking down into the village, enjoying the beauty of a small town on a winter's day. Each house has at least one chimney, with white smoke curling out and above the white peaked roofs. It curls out in thick streams, then the stream widens as the smoke thins…

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Winner and another Giveaway

By Saloma Furlong | July 19, 2014 |

First, I'd like to mention that you have two more days to sign up for a chance to win a free giveaway copy of Bonnet Strings on Goodreads. I hope that you will sign up and let your friends know. And I also want to thank all of you who signed up for the giveaway…

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