Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Victoria Caine Victoria shares her favorite Bible verse, a Smashwords link to a free short story, "In The Shadow Of My Heart," and the first chapter of  Cotton. (See below). Favorite Bible Verse Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. This verse was a big part of my first novel, Alvarado Gold, available on  Amazon Favorite Recipe Corn Bread  1 cup flour 1 cup corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar 1 ½ cups milk 2 tablespoons melted shorting 1 egg Mix all ingredients together and bake at 425 degrees until golden brown. My mother, who is almost 104, wrote on the back of the recipe – Good luck Dear. Eat a piece for me – Love you, Mom About Cotton Running from a life of poverty, 16 year old Cotton Ramsey escapes the Savannah River bottomland to New York. Twenty years later, she has changed her name and run...

A Warm Welcome to Carol James Carol will give away an eBook of The Waiting . To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Hi, Gail. Please let me begin by thanking you for having me here. I appreciate the opportunity to share with your readers. It's my pleasure to have you. Tell us a little about yourself. I am the wife of one, the mother of two, and the grandmother of five. Retired, I enjoy spending time with my husband and Zoe, our Jack Russell “Terrorist.” I have a BA in English/Education and have taught children from kindergarten to high school age. My last job was in the international sales department of a medical device manufacturer. Were you an avid reader as a child? If so, what did you read? Oh, yes! I read everything I could find. I particularly enjoyed mysteries and tales of adventure. We lived in England during part of my childhood and got hooked on the Fantastic Five series. Two of my other favorites were Heidi and Robinson Crusoe....