by Pepper Basham | Jan 26, 2011 | England, inspirational fiction
I’ve been working on a historical romance for 10 years. That’s right. TEN! Not to say I’ve been writing it for ten consecutive years, but the story idea started 10 years ago in my preschool office in Charlotte, NC. Since then, I’ve rewritten...
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 | Oct 12, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Oh boy, oh boy – guess who’s visiting today?!? Rachel Hauck. And let me just tell you a little about this gal. She loves to write – and has been since she was 10 years old (You are a kindred spirit, Rachel. I have my first two stories (of any length) that I wrote –...
by Pepper Basham | Sep 15, 2010 | Christian authors, Fiction Book Reviews, inspirational fiction
What a GREAT Cover of a Book!!! Making Waves by Lorna Seilstad is as fresh as the air around her world of Lake Manawa. With the heroine, Marguerite Westing, having a life as unpredictable as the sea – this DOES NOT fit in with her by-the-book mother who wishes to...
by Pepper Basham | Sep 12, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
This just in (as of last night)…. My novel, Here To Stay, won first place in the Inspirational portion of the TARA. The final judge was Barbour editor JoAnn Simmons. I’m really surprised, but very thankful, and am in hopes that JoAnn will tell me some ways...