I am pleased to bring to you today's guest, a brand-new-to-me & my blog author from Tyndale Publishing, Chris Fabry to share with us something he treasures.
Chris Fabry is an award-winning author and
radio personality who hosts the daily program Chris Fabry Live on Moody
Radio. He is also heard on Love Worth Finding, Building Relationships
with Dr. Gary Chapman, and other radio programs. A 1982 graduate of the W.
Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University and a native of West
Virginia, Chris and his wife, Andrea, now live in Arizona and are the parents
of nine children. Chris’s novels, which include Dogwood, June Bug, Almost Heaven, and The Promise of Jesse Woods, have won five Christy Awards, an ECPA Christian Book Award, and a 2017 Award of Merit from Christianity Today. His eightieth published book, Under a Cloudless Sky, is a novel set in the coalfields of his home state of West Virginia. His books include movie novelizations, like the recent bestseller War Room; nonfiction; and novels for children and young adults. He coauthored the Left Behind: The Kids series with Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, as well as the Red Rock Mysteries and the Wormling series with Jerry B. Jenkins.
Books have meant so much throughout my life. A few years ago I lost my treasures—signed copies of stories that touched me deeply, my writing books, stories from my childhood. All I had to do was look at them for inspiration. Devastating is too soft of a word.
Someone in South Carolina read about my loss and on my fiftieth birthday went to the home of one of my favorite writers, Pat Conroy. She knocked on the door and asked him to sign a book for me.
As a writer and a private person, I would not like that. I don’t know what the conversation was like. All I have is his inscription.
“To Chris, Happy 50th Birthday. My best to you in your writing life. Go deeper. Always go deeper.”
I treasure that not only because Pat died in 2016, but because his words are a challenge and a call to my writer’s heart. I hear him blowing a whistle and urging me to go into the mine of the soul and dig for nuggets of truth and beauty. Because words mean so much, this is one of my treasures.
Oh wow, Chris what a treasure! Thank you so much for sharing with us today.
Hope you enjoyed today's post. You can find out more about Chris by visiting his Website and/or Blog and by connecting with him on FaceBook and Twitter. Under a Cloudless Sky can be purchased at Amazon in Hardcover, Paperback and on Kindle.
Until next time, take care and God Bless.
PamT
3 comments:
Pat Conroy was one of my favorite authors too. It's good to know that he had a kind heart. Chris, wishing you much success with your writing!
Jacqueline, thanks for this comment! I think what reached me about Pat's writing was his honesty, humor and vulnerability. I hope my words can do the same for others.
What a wonderful treasure and very good advice. Good luck to you, Chris!
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