Time gets “juggled” in two ways in my novels. First, the action usually takes place on more than one continent, separated by the Atlantic...

Almost every major character, good or bad, gets wounded or, in a few cases, actually killed, at some point in my stories, both in the...

A lot of things – good and bad – can happen below the surface of the ground or of the water. In the novel I’m working on now, a labyrinth...

Three breeds of highly intelligent dogs appear in my fourth novel for adults, which is titled Choose You This Day. Since many readers are...

“Th’ bg! Th’ bg! Dt’r Stf’d’s bg! H’r sh’s w’r unt’d! Th’ w’r unt’d!” What? What dialect is that? What language is that? Well, it’s...

I have already mentioned in an earlier post that the characters in my novels – adult novels and young-adult novels alike – are not based...

You may or may not know that there are artists who specialize in creating book covers. It’s what they do to earn their living. Other...

Occasionally I – like other authors – get thank-you notes from people who have read one of my novels. They sometimes write, “I really...

Adult readers at my book signings, or students in classrooms, often ask me what I like to read. I’m not sure what other fiction writers...

My wife Linda and I were visiting Rome, Italy, when I reached a particular point in my third novel for adults, Such Thy Mercies. I needed...

I became a Christian when I was 19 years old, while reading C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, and I’ve never stopped reading C. S. Lewis....

“My mother has a scar on her face that goes from here to here. The scar traces a flattened V-shape across her cheek. It starts near her...

My stories – adult and young-adult – often feature boats or ships at some point. What’s the difference? Well, the easiest way to think...

Dogs have important roles in my novels, both in the adult and in the young-adult stories. Some of my books have more than one featured...

Female Lead Characters and Writer’s Block Over the years, when I have been speaking to students in their classrooms, or to adults at...

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