by Pepper Basham | Aug 16, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews, inspirational fiction
You’re standing in front of a shelve of deliciously tempting books inside Barnes and Noble or Books a Million…or even the library. The smell of imagination cooking between fresh print pricks your curiosity and you scan the rows looking for a title or cover to push you...
by Pepper Basham | Aug 12, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Okay, so last Thursday I focused on the ‘show’ not ‘tell’ of anger in writing. I used an example of Francine Rivers and Steven James. Today I want to pull in an example from one of my all-time favorite authors, Mary Connealy. Mary uses a fine...
by Pepper Basham | Jul 27, 2010 | Christian authors
Well, I just had to share my news, cause I’m tickled down to my toenails. Last night, my roommate and I ordered our plane tickets – the LAST thing we needed to secure our plans for the ACFW conference in Indianapolis. Yes, that’s right. My VERY first...
by Pepper Basham | Jul 22, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
So, let’s take a look at some more of those cliffhangers. By creating suspense at the end of a chapter (or scene), by asking a question, or providing a dilemma. Conflict is the key ingredient here – and unresolved conflict at that. In fact, one writers conference...
by Pepper Basham | Jul 8, 2010 | Christian authors, Fiction Book Reviews
Yep, it’s another fabulous book by Mary Connealy. That woman can write books faster than Scarlet O’Hara can get into trouble…or maybe I ought to say, faster than Belle Tanner can fire a Winchester. Because when it comes to Mary’s books, it’s about cowboys,...
