by Pepper Basham | Feb 6, 2015 | Fiction Book Reviews
So, it’s been a long week of work and family. Some of the fam have some sort of cough/congestion/sore throat, so it can make the days get a little longer – but for the most part, everyone has kept the complaining low and hugs high. 🙂 In the middle of this...
by Pepper Basham | Feb 3, 2015 | Fiction Book Reviews
Ever feel like that phrase describes your life? It seems like it might describe a lot of people’s lives during this time period. Everyone’s in a hurry, but most things are ‘fast food’. Life is filled with rush, rush, rush – and then….waiting. And we certainly don’t...
by Pepper Basham | Jan 30, 2015 | Fiction Book Reviews
My good friend and fellow author, Ashley Clark, had a fantastic post on The Writers Alley yesterday. It caused me to ponder this whole transition from one side of ‘published’ to the other. A few weeks ago, Ashley was kind enough to remind me of something....
by Pepper Basham | Jan 27, 2015 | Fiction Book Reviews
I’m a big fan of lovely barns, especially red ones. There are some well maintained (and often used) ones scattered all throughout the Blue Ridge. Now usually they don’t look this picturesque, but IF they do – I love taking a pic. When I was a little...
by Pepper Basham | Jan 22, 2015 | Fiction Book Reviews
My upcoming novel, The Thorn Bearer, begins with my characters boarding the ill-fated Lusitania. This ship, a bit smaller than its predecessors like The Titanic, was in many ways just as elegant. The First Class Dining Saloon took up two decks and was topped with a...
by Pepper Basham | Jan 19, 2015 | Fiction Book Reviews
I used to love listening to my Granny tell stories. I’m actually blogging about it today over at The Writer’s Alley. For one thing, she was a great storyteller, for another I LOVED listening to her Appalachian dialect. One of the things I noticed was the...
