Whenever someone discovers I’m a writer, the next question that pops out is “What do you write?”

Sometimes I give a broad term like “Christian fiction” just to see what their reaction might be. Will they be turned off by the Christian part of my answer? Will they want to know more? If they are unfamiliar with Christian fiction, often I can see the wheels turning in their head as if they are processing that piece of information and as they figure out how to respond.

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