J:  Is it challenging for you or does it flow pretty easily?

F:  No, it's awful.  It's just awful. 

J:  That comforts me!

F:  I'm working on a new novel now, Evolution.  It's just tough, a lot of research and it's supposed to be a kind of comedy, which I've never done before, so.  I've always been one to kind of shy away from the pack.  I don't want to do what everybody else is doing.   Everybody's doing thrillers.  I've done thrillers.  I want to do a comedy this time.  I'm not going to do an end times book, man! 

J:  Laughter.

F:  I cannot believe how many end times books there are.  We don't need another end times book.  I have a big enough challenge dealing with the Christian right right where I am.  I don't need to be dabbling in worlds that might not even happen.  So..., but that's a whole other subject. 

J:  What kind of themes would you deal with in a comedy?