>>
>> Host:
>> Host: UNLESS YOU WERE INTO ROMANCE NOVELS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THERE IS A HUGE MARKET FOR TH4@
>> Host: UNLESS YOU WERE INTO ROMANCE NOVELS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THERE IS A HUGE MARKET FOR TH4@@
AMISH CULTURE.
IT IS MARKETED 4@ASHLEY EMMA
TAPPED INTO AT A YOUNG AGE4@. S
WROTE CRIME NOVELS INVOLVING
THE AMISH 4@TO AMISH ALIENS.4@
>> Host: ASHLEY4@ EMMA IS NOT
AMISH BUT SHE DID RESEARCH
BEFORE DOING A NOVEL ABOUT A
POLICE DETECTIVE4@.
>> IT IS LIKE STEPPING BACK IN
TIME AND IT IS SAID IN THE
MODERN WORLD4@. IT'S LIKE MY TW
FAVORITE THINGS.
IT'S WHAT SELLS AND WHAT I
REALLY LOVE TO WRITE.
>> Host: IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
PEOPLE YOU ARE AMISH AND THEIR
CULTURE4@. WHY WAS THAT?
>> I WANTED IT 4@TO BE ACCURATE
PEOPLE YOU ARE AMISH AND THEIR CULTURE4@. WHY WAS THAT? >> I WANTED IT 4@TO BE ACCURATE@
FOR THE AMISH CUSTOMERS AND
THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND 4@ALSO FO
THE POLICE P4@ROCEDURAL4@ THING
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS A POLICE
OFFICER AND HE HELPS ME WITH
THAT.
HE WILL 4@LEAVE COMMENTS.4@
SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS
IS ON CSI4@ AND THAT'S HOW IT
HAPPENED BUT IT'S NOT TRUE.
HE SAYS DON'T TRUST THE POLICE
SHOWS 4@LIKE CSI.
I ENDED UP CHANGING A LOT AT
THE END TO MAKE SURE IT IS
REALLY ACCURATE.
>> Host: THERE MUST BE BALANCE
BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT AND
ACCURACY, OBVIOUSLY.
>> IF ANYTHING IS INACCURATE
AND WOULD BE 4@LIKE IF THE MAIN
CHARACTER IS A POLICE OFFICER
AND MESSES UP.4@
SHE REALIZES SHE DID 4@SOMETHIN
STUPID. THAT HAS HAPPENED ONCE
OR TWICE. PEOPLE DON'T 4@MIND I
AND THEY LIKE WHEN CHARACTERS
HAVE FLAWS I 4@MAKE MISTAKES.4@
>> Host: SHE WAS SO CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ACCURACY THAT 4@SHE
MOVED IN WITH AN AMISH FAMILY
AND HERE RESEARCH TOOK HER TO
UNITY4@.
>> I THOUGHT ALL THE AMISH WERE
IN PENNSYLVANIA BUT THEY ARE
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I CALL 4@
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA. I
FOUND AN AMISH BUSINESS THERE
AND I ASKED IF I CO4@ULD STAY
WITH YOU?
THEY SAID IF YOU'RE FROM MAINE,
WHY DON'T YOU GO4@ TO THE ONE I
MAINE?
THERE ARE AMISH IN MAINE? 4@
THEY GAVE ME THE NUMBER FOR THE
COMMUNITY 4@MARKETING UN4@ITY W
IS RIGHT WHEN YOU DRY IN THE
DRIVE-IN.
I CALLED THEM4@ AND THEY SAID,
YOU CAN STAY WITH US.
I STAYED WITH THEM FOR A
WEEKEND AND MY MOM CAME WITH ME
AND4@4@ I WAS 20.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
AND WE BROUGHT HER OWN TOILET
PAPER.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR.
WE WENT TO GOODWILL AND BOUGHT
LONG DRESSES TO FIT IN AND NOT
OFFEND THEM WITH JEANS.
WE SHOWED UP AND THEY ARE LIKE
YO4@U CAN WEAR JEANS, WE DON'T
CARE.
THEY WERE NICE AND THEY DID 4@N
EXPECT US TO DO WHAT THEY DID,
BUT I WANTED TO FOR THE
EXPERIENCE.
I WENT BACK FOR A 4@WEEK WITH
THAT MAN'S SISTER, 4@SHE INVITE
ME BACK FOR A WEEK.
>> Host: DID 4@IT SURPRISE YOU
THEY WERE SO WELCOMING?
>> I THOUGHT I WOULD SHOW UP
AND THEY WOULD SAY, YOU HAVE TO
WEAR THIS AND YOU CAN'T USE
YOUR PHONE.
IT SURPRISED ME THAT HAD INDOOR
TOILETS 4@AND THE SHOWER4@. OTH
THAN THAT, THEY DID NOT USE
ELECTRICITY.
SOME HAD SOLAR PANELS BUT THEY
DID NOT EXPECT US TO DO WHAT
THEY DID BECAUSE THEY KNEW WE 4@
WERE NOT AMISH. THEY DIDN'T
EVEN MAKE ME COVER MY HAIR OR
ANYTHING4@4@, SO IT WAS NICE.
I DID WANT TO BLEND IN AND DO
WHAT THEY DID AND I TRY THE
BEST I COULD TO GET THE FULL
EXPERIENCE.
>> Host: THEY ARE FAIRLY
PRIVATE.
DID THEY KNOW YOU WERE WRITING
NOVELS ABOUT THEIR CULTURE?
>> THEY DID4@. I TOLD HIM I WAS
GOING TO WRITE SOME NOVELS AND
THEY SAID, WE 4@DON'T MIND IF Y
WRITE ABOUT US. WE ASK YOU NOT
USE LAST NAMES4@ AND THEY
ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK I WROTE
ABOUT THEM WHEN I WAS THERE AND
THEY 4@LOVED IT. THEY WERE
ACTUALLY HAPPY. 4@
THEY SAID, FINALLY AN AUTHOR IS
DOING RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE IT
IS ACCURATE. I LIKED THAT AND
IT WAS NICE.
>> Host: SHE DID 4@NOT JUST GET
CREDIT FROM HER AMISH FAMILY,
SHE GAINED TRAFFIC AS A WRITER4@
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST BOOK4@ YO
HAD PUBLISHED ABOUT THE AMISH
CULTURE AND IT BECAME A
FINALIST.
DID THAT TELL YOU THAT YOU WERE
ON THE 4@RIGHT PATH?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT DID.4@ 4@
I'M ALWAYS4@ THINKING I'M DOING
OKAY.
MANY WRITERS HAVE AN IMPOSTER
SYNDROME.
MY ROYALTIES DOUBLED4@ AND I
DECIDED TO DO 4@THIS FULL-TIME
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THREE KIDS
AGES FOUR AND UNDER.
>> Host: THAT'S A LOT IN ITSELF.
WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU
WRITE STORIES4@ 4@ABOUT AN
UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE WHO CAME
FROM THE AMISH COMMUNITY, WHAT
DO PEOPLE SAY TO YOU?>> THEY
ALWAYS SAY, ARE YOU AMISH?
>> Host: 4@SHE