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

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Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

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...

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause...

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause...

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...

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

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

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...

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and...

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and...

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.

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,...

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.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is...

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less 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...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

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...

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels...

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

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.