Recently, someone criticized one of my books because one of
the main characters had been divorced several times. She said people like this
don’t change, and it was wrong to make him a hero. She had a point. The odds of
someone with multiple failed marriages succeeding in love are low. But the story
isn’t about averages; it’s about specific characters and the possibility of
redemption. It’s about hope.
I’m a lucky woman. I married my college sweetheart on the
same day we graduated, we have two healthy children who are in the process of launching,
and this year we’ll celebrate our thirty-second anniversary. We have very
little drama in our lives. I’d highly recommend this path to
happiness, but reading about it for two-hundred pages would bore you silly.
Much more interesting are people who have made mistakes or
faced hardship and are struggling to overcome. I love characters that are
flawed but likable, that I can root for and commiserate with. I love the
satisfaction of a happy ending after the struggle, especially when the
character had to work hard to achieve it. I believe in redemption, and I
believe in love.
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