Your new novel The Forecast sort of defies artistic labeling. You don’t classify it as Christian fiction, but the secular markets don’t know what to do with it. How would YOU define it? It’s sort of like asking a musician what kind of music he plays. I didn’t set out to package this book as a commercial enterprise. I’m a storyteller whose non-negotiable relationship with Jesus influences how I see the world. It’s as simple as that. If you really want to know what sort of thematic storyline it follows, I guess I could say Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors meets Kate Chopin’s The Awakening meets Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. On top of that, I called it a “counterfeit memoir” because the main character has such a strong confessional voice. Go figure.
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