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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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.

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

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.,...

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...

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going...

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going...

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 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...

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'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.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...