And by the time I returned home, his contract was waiting in my email inbox. I saw Chip’s email on my iPhone, emailed back, and the next day he called while I was in a WalMart parking lot. To be contacted by an agent interested in your work. And during the third year, a reader with connections started the chain of events that led my agent, Chip MacGregor, to contact me. The blog attracted a fairly large, very devoted following. I’m not posting every week anymore, but any new posts always appear on a Friday evening. For about 2-1/2 years, I kept that schedule every week, come whatever. I wasn’t sure of how it would develop, but Friday evening turned out to be my time to post a new blog. When did you start blogging? Tell us about the moment Chip MacGregor contacted you and expressed his interest in having you write a book. Please consider ordering Ira’s beautifully written new book, Growing Up Amish (link provided at the bottom of the page). I have enjoyed our lunches at the DutchWay Value Mart immensely. An Anabaptist Libertarian (okay, that’s not entirely true, at least not the Anabaptist part). When I moved home to Lancaster, PA, almost two years ago, I started bumping into various writers in the community – Ira was one of them. Today I’m proud to introduce a friend of mine, Ira Wagler.
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