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 | Aug 4, 2010 | Christian authors
As writers we’re constantly told to ‘show’ not ‘tell’, but how do we do that? How do we make ink on while paper breath emotion with such clarity the reader can feel it? Experience it? Well, let’s start with the basic emotions. Anger being one of the top ones on the...
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 19, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Hi guys, Running a bit behind on my day job duties, but I wanted to give you a heads up on my ‘hopeful’ post for tomorrow. I’m going to take a few examples from some of my favorite authors and show you how they add cliffhangers to the ends of their...
by Pepper Basham | Jun 11, 2010 | Fiction Book Reviews
Oh boy, time for another great week of Sizzlin’ First encounters. Check out the goods 🙂 Monday – Mary Connealy Tuesday- Pepper’s day off 😉 Wednesday – Debut Author, Melanie Dickerson Thursday – Colleen Coble Friday –...
