When I became a Christian, I couldn’t write. Then, later, God opened the door through the story of Hosea. I could almost hear Him saying, “You’ve been writing about ‘love’ for years. So, write about love – MY kind of love.” It was a year of hard work and revelation. My desk faced a wall …
** SPOILER ALERT ** This is a question recently asked, and the simple answer is God would have found a way to save all those He already knew belonged to Him. Marcus would still have gone off to Judea to find answers and found God, but he might have married someone else. Julia’s struggle …
**SPOILER ALERT** In the original manuscript of A Voice in the Wind which was intended to be a stand-alone title, I had Hadassah die in the arena. It was my first novel in which I was writing blatantly as a Christian and not doing an allegory (Redeeming Love). My editor, Karen Ball, was …
** SPOILER ALERT** Each character in A Voice in the Wind represents a different way of thinking, during Roman times, but also during ours. Marcus was an Epicurean. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die! Julia went one step further and was a Hedonist, devoted to pleasure and self-gratification as a way of …
A Voice in the Wind has had four covers over the last twenty years. The first depicted characters Atretes, Hadassah and Marcus. The second was dark blue and had a faint shadow of Roman columns behind the large print title. The third is maroon and black with Hadassah praying in the center. The last cover, …
It is unlikely A Voice in the Wind will ever be made into a movie, but it’s still fun to dream. I’ve come up with various lists over the years of who would play which role. Someone asked me this question the other day and off I went again into my movie-casting dream world of …
Phoebe is one of my favorite characters from A Voice in the Wind. In the beginning, she is a pagan woman who has faith in her household gods. But her heart and mind are open and she observes Hadassah who lives out a life of faith in Jesus. Phoebe becomes a believer. As she was …
One of the questions recently sent to me is whether I still write novels focused on answering questions of faith, and if I’d answer old questions in a new way. Yummy food for thought. A Voice in the Wind, for example, was focused on answering “How do I live out my faith in Jesus in …
We never know what God will do. When I became a Christian, I couldn’t write. Nothing made sense or seemed worthwhile. After working hard to build a career, I came to an insurmountable wall. “All is vanity,” as Solomon said and I knew that to be true. It wasn’t until I gave up trying to …
My daughter and I get together for lunch/dinner and a movie as often as we can. So much depends on what’s in the theater, and our differing tastes. The last movie we saw together was “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” which we both loved. She suggested “Hope Springs” this time, and I jumped at the …