Cary Franklin Smith

I'm a writer 

I write.  It’s not all I do, but I consider it a defining part of who I am.  I write as a wordsmith who forges moments of thought onto blank pages by hammering words together.  A writer is a visionary who sees events that never happened as though he was there and describes them to others in such a way that they believe them to be real. Being a writer is a privilege. Being a Christian writer makes it a sacred privilege, expressing far more than what I alone can bring to any piece of paper.

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The Year of Leland Thomson

...is a story about a sixteen year old boy from the Hills of Arkansas, who plays the cello with a maturity and grace that can only be explained by, “God gave him the gift.”  Leland lives with a calling, an inner voice urging him beyond life in the saw mill community of Pine Hollow. Ralph Watkins discovers Leland and persuades his family to allow him to go to New York and present his talent at Carnegie Hall.  Though asked not to pray publically before he played, Leland begins to play but soon stops.  He can’t go on without acknowledging the One who had given him the gift.  Ralph realizes his mistake and tells him to pray.  When he does, Leland reconnects with the music within, honors God and finishes the concert.

"The story of a boy who takes his cello and his faith to Carnegie Hall."

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