by Pepper Basham | Dec 8, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Over the next few weeks, I thought it would be nice to focus on a few popular hymns sung during the Christmas season. Songs we refer to as Christmas Carols. One of my all-time favorite ‘Advent’ Carols is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. If you don’t know...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 6, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
What’s the best way to send a book into romantic orbit? Put a kiss between two opposing forces within the first 2 chapters. And in Margaret Brownley’s newest book, A Suitor For Jenny, there is a WHOLE LOT of kissin’ goin’ on! It all starts with a stubborn and...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 4, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Romans 1: 11-12 “I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” God sends encouragers our way, people who help us to persevere, who wait with us through...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 1, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
There are some nice people in the world. Then there are some amazingly sweet people – ones who make random acts of kindness a daily occurrence. Well, today – I’d like to honor one of those people. Casey Herringshaw Apart from being an Alley –Cat for The Writers...
by Pepper Basham | Nov 29, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Patience – oooh, tough word. If you’re anything like me, my patience fruit isn’t too ripe on the spiritual vine. Whether it’s waiting on contest results, an editor’s response, or the first copies of your published novel – patience...
by Pepper Basham | Nov 27, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Perseverance My Granny has a saying – “When life gets tough, pray…and do the next thing.” Which means we never give up, we forge ahead along this path on which God has set us. Each rejection, each critique, help us to refine our skill and continue to reevaluate how...