How do you mark your place in a book? Book mark, dog-ear, bubble gum wrapper, or last month's light bill? I have a strange obsession with matching the bookmark with the the colors on the cover.Sheesh!

You're so crazy...I love it :-) I do use a bookmark, or a discarded piece of junk mail, or sometimes the return-date slip the library tucks inside the book. Dog-earring drives me nuts--it's like defacing the Mona Lisa!

Would you rather have a house full of books or use an electronic reader? Me, a house full of books but an electronic reader for travel. But I would still carry an overnight bag full of books. So what's the point of the reader, right?

A house full of books! Oh wait, I already do :-) And now you've just given me a great idea about the e-reader. What a perfect way to travel light.

What's next on the horizon?

Can you tell us what you are working on next?

My singles book just came out, "Where Have All the Good Men Gone?" a nonfiction title from Harvest House about the disconcerting cultural trend of so many Christian women still single despite their longing for marriage. But I'm itching to get back to fiction, and as the love story between Claire and Colin grew I knew this would be the direction my next novel would take. Every reader who gives me personal feedback on the story indicates they want to hear more about these two, so now my head is buzzing with ideas andplotlines. Alas, I just need to get away so I can write again (sigh).

Any final thoughts?

We love stories and so that’s why we read them. But never forget that your own life is a story—a magnificent, still-being-written story with you as the protagonist and God as the Author. The writer of Hebrews describes Jesus as the "author and finisher of our faith." How profound it is to be in the midst of a story—both our own (fulfilling our individual destinies in life) and His never-ending story, which will sweep us all into eternity. To me that’s exciting.