Tracy’s spent the last ten years as a ghostwriter for many popular blogs and websites across the Internet and is best known for her simple living articles in the Simple Living Magazine. Growing up in Northwestern Pennsylvania’s Amish Country, Tracy takes her childhood experience with her Amish neighbors to heart as she takes her readers to the fictitious town of Willow Springs.

Laura: Welcome to another episode of Buggy Talk. I’m your host for the week. Laura Bradford. This week we have Amish fiction author Tracy Fredrychowski as our guests, Tracy spent the last 10 years as a ghostwriter for many popular blogs and websites across the internet, and as best known for her simple living articles in the simple living magazine, growing up in Northwestern, Pennsylvania, Amish country, Tracy takes a childhood experience with her Amish neighbors to heart as she takes her readers to the fictitious town of Willow Springs.

Hi Tracy, thank you for joining us today. How are you doing?

Tracy: I am doing wonderful. And thank you so much for switching chairs with me this morning. 

Laura: Before we dig into some of your projects. I thought our listeners would love to hear about their favorite authors' writing career. What inspired you to start writing?

Tracy: My husband and I lived on a little hobby farm, and for six or seven years, I ran a very popular homesteading blog called Our Simple Homestead and our readers we're very interested in living a simple life, and I have such a diverse background by growing up in Amish country. I took a lot of the experiences that I had growing up as a child and a young woman and took that to my blog posts.   

Laura: How do you come up with the titles for your books?

Tracy: Well, I may do things a little different I have to come up with the title first. And then the story wraps its way around the title where some authors it's the complete opposite.

Laura: What's the most challenging part about writing for you?

Tracy: I would say, finding quiet time.

Laura: Let's talk about Love Blooms at the Apple blossom Inn. What was the inspiration for this story?

Tracy: The inspiration for this particular story came from a visit to one of my favorite Amish bakeries in Wisconsin.

Laura: Now tell us about the process of coming up with the cover for Love Blooms at the Apple Blossom Inn.

Tracy: I had mentioned that my husband and I own a digital marketing company, and I have a background as a graphic artist. I spent probably 70 hours working on that cover. I love being creative like that.

Laura: If you had to describe your main character in three words, what would those three words be? Okay.

Tracy: The main character in the book is Maggie Fisher, and she is a 24-year-old girl from Wisconsin. And she gets sent to Willow Springs, Pennsylvania.

Laura: Great. Can you read us a snippet from the book?

Tracy: Reading from Love Blooms at the Apple Blossom Inn.  

Laura: Alright, now let's move on to the Amish Christmas Miracle Collection that we're doing. What is the title of your story for this collection?

Tracy: So, the title of my story is “A Gift Worth Waiting For.”  

Laura: What do you hope your readers take away from your story?