The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like.

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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...

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'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...

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.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

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...

When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become...

When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become...

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...

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...

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

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

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

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...

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

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...

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.

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...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

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.

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...