by Pepper Basham | May 28, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
A vivid story of a private grief, a secret painting, and one woman’s search for hope Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident, Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a quiet cottage where four years earlier she had poured out her...
by Pepper Basham | May 26, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
Doesn’t that seem so sad? Our best stories are based on conflict. I laughed at Ron Benrey’s evident confusion that women love to read about other women’s angst. How horrible! How true! Most women’s fiction is about a woman + lots of horrible...
by Pepper Basham | May 25, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
Jillian Dare leaves her Shenandoah Valley foster home behind and strikes out on her own as a nanny at a large country estate in northern Virginia. She is delighted with the beauty of her new home, the affection of her young charge Cadence Remington, and the...
by Pepper Basham | May 25, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
Country-bred Ariana Forsythe has a habit of allowing her emotional sensibilities to run frightfully out of hand, which force her parents to make a drastic decision: Send her to London with her wealthy Aunt Bentley. In early 19th century England, coming out in the...
by Pepper Basham | May 22, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
In a course taught by author Ron Benrey, he spoke about the 5 keys to publishability. A more detailed description can be found in his book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Christian Fiction. (Curiously, was he trying to make a statement about this –...
by Pepper Basham | May 21, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
I’m finished with the Blue Ridge Christian Writers’ Conference this year and the first thought in my head is…overwhelmed. For the hour and a half drive back over the fantastic mountains to my home in Tennessee, I contemplated the impossibility of my...
