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Faith, Whatever That Faith May Be: The Story Be...

Recently I received this e-mail:   I enjoyed the books I read in the Emily trilogy but was somewhat perplexed by some of the characters in the book, Emily’s character...

Faith, Whatever That Faith May Be: The Story Be...

Recently I received this e-mail:   I enjoyed the books I read in the Emily trilogy but was somewhat perplexed by some of the characters in the book, Emily’s character...

Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again: The Story Beh...

Setting/towns/geographies move me. I fall in love with the slope of a hill, the rustle of leaves, the way sunlight changes colors on the face of a rock cliff. I...

Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again: The Story Beh...

Setting/towns/geographies move me. I fall in love with the slope of a hill, the rustle of leaves, the way sunlight changes colors on the face of a rock cliff. I...

Judge Not: The Story Behind the Story of Hell t...

Despite over a year of conversations about the plot and characters in the Emily books, it was on the eve of drafting Heaven to Betsy that game-changing inspiration struck. I discovered a terrorist...

Judge Not: The Story Behind the Story of Hell t...

Despite over a year of conversations about the plot and characters in the Emily books, it was on the eve of drafting Heaven to Betsy that game-changing inspiration struck. I discovered a terrorist...

Who Hoo: The Story Behind the Story of Earth To...

Where to start? Earth to Emily was an accident. I had thrown out a few clients that Emily and Jack were working on when drafting Heaven to Betsy, the first...

Who Hoo: The Story Behind the Story of Earth To...

Where to start? Earth to Emily was an accident. I had thrown out a few clients that Emily and Jack were working on when drafting Heaven to Betsy, the first...

Your Roots are Showing: The Story Behind the St...

So here’s the truth behind Heaven to Betsy: I wanted to throw Katie’s best friend Emily back into her conservative hometown, after she’d moved away and become more moderate. Almost...

Your Roots are Showing: The Story Behind the St...

So here’s the truth behind Heaven to Betsy: I wanted to throw Katie’s best friend Emily back into her conservative hometown, after she’d moved away and become more moderate. Almost...

More Than the Eye Can See: The Story Behind the...

When I sat down to write novels in my thirties, I had no idea what kind of writer I wanted to be or what sort of stories I would tell. I...

More Than the Eye Can See: The Story Behind the...

When I sat down to write novels in my thirties, I had no idea what kind of writer I wanted to be or what sort of stories I would tell. I...