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Is it true you use friends' names for characters in your books?

By Randy Alcorn

April 8, 2011

In this audio clip Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Is it true you use friends' names for characters in your books?"

Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixty books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

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