My Christian fiction varies in genre but not in intent. My motivation is to present how believers actually live their lives. What I like to read more or less started with science fiction, then fantasy, and finally action-adventure—with a lot of political thrillers in the mix.
In high school I used reading to escape from society. I read phenomenal numbers of books. I know, for example, that for my ninth grade school year I read 390+ books. There was a school competition, so I kept track. The school library regularly said, “You couldn’t have read it that fast.” So, they’d test me, and I had a photographic memory. So, they finally left me alone. During that time I read almost every book available in our Carnegie Public Library for the county. I liked some, didn’t like others. I really didn’t care. I just needed the escape from the pain of social interactions.
Once I left high school, I got deeply into science fiction—until I ran out of books. Then I found the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, McCaffrey, Le Guin, and got into fantasy—until they started getting so grotesquely immoral. Even as a heathen, it began to bother me. Then I got into political-military thrillers: Clancy, Flynn, and many more. That got boring so I got into action-adventure: Cussler and many more.
My Christian fiction varies in genre
Actually, it’s become too realistic to fit into any genre. It’s now realistic, spirit-filled, reborn believers living out what the Lord calls them to do. Like my life actually is, day to day, there’s a lot of minor miracles and quite a few major moves of God. I talk with the Lord all day long—because He’s my best friend and the only one I trust. My characters do also.