(May 2012)
"A small part of me is reflected in most of my main characters."
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(May 2012)
"A small part of me is reflected in most of my main characters."
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(April 2012)
"By reading and experiencing this take on God’s Word in a vivid way, people will hopefully be excited to read the real account."
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(March 2012)
"Titanic destroyed the illusion that because one is beautiful, strong and financially solvent (human or ship), they are 'unsinkable,' unstoppable."
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(March 2012)
"Tricia and I began kicking around an idea: what would happen if the Nazis decided to steal the Mona Lisa during the chaotic times of August 1944, when Allied forces were advancing on Paris?"
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(February 2012)
"Control is just an illusion. But the great news is that God has us in his hands!"
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(February 2012)
"I put my characters in real-life situations and if they possess faith, I allow that faith to guide them, just as my own has guided me."
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(February 2012)
"I feel strongly that Christians mustn’t delegate the telling of love stories to unbelievers. It’s our birthright. Love is our message."
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(February 2012)
"I do believe faith makes a difference - for me and for my characters."
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(January 2012)
"The chaos in Mexico in the wake of the Mexican Revolution makes for a dramatic backdrop."
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(January 2012)
"By the time I really get started with my books, my characters are not strangers at all. I feel like I really know them."
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(January 2012)
"In almost any great story about love there is a corresponding thread of sacrifice. Love always takes us to the place where we have to choose between self and the one we love."
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(January 2012)
"You can feel the honesty and the love, even as they wrestle with this topic."
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(December 2011)
"I love the fact that in addition to teaching me things, [books] can transport me to a different time and place."
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(December 2011)
"Not only do my stories affirm and encourage other Christians, but they get passed to unbelievers too who see faith in action in my stories."
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Ben Avery
(December 2011)
"It is a message of hope, in this world when so many of our youth come to believe they have no value, that they can’t make a difference, and that there is nothing to live for."
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(December 2011)
"God pursues us with a relentless and jealous love. He’s by far my greatest inspiration in writing romance."
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(December 2011)
"The spiritual lessons that the hero and heroine learned came almost directly from things I learned in my own life while I was writing the story."
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(December 2011)
"Characters are people readers can relate to, and then say, 'Hey, that’s just like me!' A light goes on and people understand so much better than if you sat down and told them these same truths."
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(November 2011)
"[The Regency era is] such a time of transition, social, spiritual and scientific enlightenment, I wanted to know more about it."
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(November 2011)
"I remember writing an essay for civics class in elementary school that eventually won a state contest—I was hooked."
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