Greg Abbott introduces 'Parental Bill of Rights' targeting state education system Pope Benedict XVI and the long history of scandal-plagued popes."We've really made these book a success one city at a time," he said in explaining why he continues to tour. Sparks noted he's never been reviewed in the New York Times or the Washington Post or the Chicago Tribune or Time magazine. So what if the critics seem to turn up their noses. He's quick to tick off books he sees as cousins of his - Erich Segal's Love Story, Robert James Waller's Bridges of Madison County, Nicholas Evans' The Horse Whisperer.īecause women make up a majority of readers of nearly all types of fiction, it isn't surprising that he estimates that 85 percent to 90 percent of his readers are female.
This distinguishes his books from romance novels, which he describes as fantasies. He strives for realistic, "universal," characters, he said. Sparks tries to vary the stories he tells while keeping them all love stories. He has already outlined his next three books and expects his fifth novel to be out in September. "I've got a big family," Sparks said, laughing, when asked if he worries about running out of material. Now 7, Ryan suffers from a learning disability. 1, he recalled his and his wife's ultimately successful efforts to teach their son Ryan to speak. For The Rescue, his first novel to hit No. He drew from his sister's life for his third book, A Walk to Remember.
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Message in a Bottle, which was made into a movie starring Kevin Costner and Paul Newman, arose from the experiences of Sparks' father, who lost his wife in a riding accident and mourned her for years before finding love again late in life.
"It was a real sweet story - he loved her no matter what was going on in their lives."
The Notebook, for example, was inspired by the final years of his wife's grandparents. Sparks, an earnest, affable man who exudes a salesman's confidence, has dipped into his own life and that of his family for the stuff of his fiction, he explained in a pre-luncheon interview.
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