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Frequently Asked Questions About With
How similar was Lexie's pregnancy to your wife's? It was somewhat similar to all of them. I took bits and pieces from Cat's pregnancies and molded them into something Lexie could call her own. Did you panic like Jeremy when it was time to head to the hospital? No, I was a bit more calm. I did, however, take a shower (a quick one), but by the time I finished, my wife was having another contraction and was speaking to a friend on the phone. Let's just say that sweeter and kinder things have been said about me.
Where did you get the idea for the e-mails? I can't remember specifically, but I can say that it was an idea that I'd slowly been working toward all along. I knew I wanted to add some tension to the relationship, and Jeremy's situation (as described in True Believer) seemed the perfect way to do that. I wasn't sure, however, how Jeremy should begin the question whether the baby was his. Did someone new show up in town? Was it a phone call? A letter? In the end, I decided to use an e-mail.
Was this novel inspired by anyone in your family? No, not really. Lexie's character is modeled after Cat's (my wife), and her pregnancy was modeled after Cat's as well. Jeremy, in some ways, was similar to my brother; in other ways, he's similar to me. But there was no specific family member who inspired the story.
For the most part, they were all made up. There is, however, a Cedar Grove (Not Cedar Creek) Cemetery in New Bern, and I used this as the model for the cemetery in both True Believer and At First Sight. Have the film rights been sold? Yes. Rights have been sold for both True Believer and At First Sight.
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