I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

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I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got...

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got...

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to...

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to...

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and...

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and...

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc.,...

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc.,...

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading,...

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading,...

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth...

Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth...

I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters...

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters...

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus...

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus...

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and...

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and...

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in...

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in...

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be...

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be...

Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is...

Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is...

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.