I was saddened to hear about the death of Sidney Sheldon earlier this week. I know I usually focus on Christian fiction in my blog, but I just felt I had to take a moment and talk about one of my favorite secular authors. I first started reading his books when I was in my early twenties, decades after his first book was published. A friend of mine knew how much I loved to read novels, so he recommended The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon. I read it and I was hooked. Since the man had been writing books for years, I had a Sidney Sheldon marathon of reading! I checked all of his books out of my library and read them! They were great! After that, I eagerly looked forward to his new releases.

Since I’ve been focusing mostly on reading and writing Christian fiction, I haven’t read any of his releases that were published in the last five years since my time is extremely limited. However, I do think that Hollywood, and the publishing industry, has lost a great writer.

Until next time,
Cecelia Dowdy
www.ceceliadowdy.com