In my last blog, I talked a bit about the scandalous goings-on in the Vatican during the 1980s that influenced my depiction of events in the This Generation Series. And I thought in this blog, maybe we could take a bit of time to discuss a relatively unknown figure from that time, Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani.…
I have long said that my favorite aspect of my books is the characters. When I am in writing mode, I awaken in the morning wondering what new and fun thing these people will bring to my life that day. In Penance, which takes place in our near future, the thrill comes solely from the antics of fictional characters. But in Precipice and Pentecost, some of the fun came from the ability to put the fictional characters into the sphere of influence of historical figures.…