SUBMIT TODAY I HAVE MY HANDS ON
THIS ONE CALLED SUPERSTAR OF
THE BOOK THAT FOLLOWS NIXA
DAVIS A CHARACTER LIKE THE
AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER ALONG
HIMSELF THEY BOTH GOT THEIR
START OF A MUSIC INDUSTRY AT A
YOUNG AGE.
CHRIS TOURING WITH POISON THE
BAND YOU MAY KNOW FOR SEVERAL
YEARS.
HE WILL LOVE THE AUTHENTICITY
AND STORYLINE AND APPRECIATE
WHERE IT TAKES PLACE.
I SAT DOWN TO GIVE YOU AN
INSIDE LOOK AT THIS THRILLING
BOOK.
SUPERSTAR IS THE STORY OF
FOR SURVIVAL.
I AM HERE WITH CHRISTOPHER
ALONG WHO HAS A NEW NOVEL OUT
CALLED SUPERSTAR.
FIRST EXPLAIN YOUR SPRINGFIELD
HERITAGE.
SPRINGFIELD CONNECTION.
I GREW UP IN SPRINGFIELD.
IT'S WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL.
WHERE MY FRIENDS WERE THEY TELL
US EARLY ON IN THOSE CREATIVE
WRITING CLASSES, WRITE WHAT YOU
KNOW AND WHAT YOU ARE
PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I KNOW
SPRINGFIELD AND I AM PASSIONATE
ABOUT SPRINGFIELD.
AND THAT COULD NOT HELP BUT BE
REFLECTED IN THE SUPERSTAR
STORY AND WHAT MAKES THE
CHARACTER OF TRENT DAVIS
INTERESTING IS THAT HE IS FROM
SPRINGFIELD.
SO MUCH OF THE BOOK TELLING HIS
EARLY STORY PLAYS OUT RIGHT
HERE.
THERE ARE SO MANY
SPRINGFIELD REFERENCES.
MUSIC AND PLAYED IN SEVERAL
BANDS AND THAT BROUGHT ME TO A
CAREER IN ENTERTAINMENT WRITING
MUSIC JOURNALISM WRITING FOR
DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS AND
AFTER THAT I GOT OPPORTUNITIES
TO WORK AND TAKE AUTHENTIC
EXPERIENCES ARE REFLECTED IN
SUPERSTAR ALSO.
IS A STORY OF REDEMPTION
THAT TIES INTO CHRISTIANITY AND
YOUR FACE.
THAT'S THE BASIS OF
SUPERSTAR FOR ME.
THAT'S WHAT DROVE THE STORY.
THE CHARACTER, TRENT DAVIS IS
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
HE MAKES IT VERY BIG VERY
YOUNG, VERY FAST AND HE MAKES
THE WRONG CHOICES IN LIFE AS
MOST DO IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS.
HE CRASHES AND BURNS AND AT THE
DARKEST POSSIBLE MOMENT JESUS
SHOWS UP AND WE SEE HOW THAT
PLAYS OUT
I THINK WHENEVER THERE IS A
MOMENT WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP IT
COMPLETELY ALTERS YOUR LIFE.
ADD THE RELIGION PUSHED ME AWAY
AND MANY YEARS LATER AFTER I
MADE SIMILAR MISTAKES THE
RELATIONSHIP IS WHAT BROUGHT ME
BACK IN.
IF THERE IS ONE TAKE AWAY
YOU WOULD LIKE READERS TO GET
OUT OF THIS BOOK, WHAT WOULD IT
BE?
HOW ABOUT TWO TAKEAWAYS.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE
ENTERTAINED, AND TO READ A
STORY AND THAT WAS A GREAT RIDE
IN THE OTHER TAKE AWAY IS THE
CAN'T MISS HIS GRASP.
NOW THAT YOU'RE COMPLETELY
INTRIGUED HE HAS A BOOK SIGNING
AT ABC BOOKS TOMORROW NIGHT IN
SPRINGFIELD AS THURSDAY AT 7 PM
HIS EXCITED TO RECONNECT WITH
OLD PALS AND MEET SOME NEW
ONES.
I HAD A GOOD TIME TALKING WITH
HIM YESTERDAY.