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Rene’s novel paints a new perspective on the renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh through the eyes of Maria Hoornik. Family, poverty, and genius blend themselves together in a mesmerizing canvas of tragedy and hope.
The passionate ideas come when the critic in our mind is silenced. Go ahead, Fall in Love with Your Story! Pour your heart and soul into the rough draft with reckless abandon--whether or not you NaNoWriMo.
Nothing kills a book faster than never finishing that initial draft. Michelle Rene, multi-award winning, published author shares her secrets to crossing the Finish Line of writing a story. NaNoWriMo or Not!
As in Chaucer's words in the Nun's Priest Tale of the Canterbury Tales, "For crowing there was not his equal in all the land." And crowing we are about these CHAUCER Book Awards for Historical Fiction Award Winners!
Love at FIRST DRAFT. Writing a book is like starting a new relationship--this is because you are in the beginning of a book affair. Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize award winner for Best Book, Michelle Rene, shares her writing secrets.
And some interesting tidbits about Geoffrey Chaucer of "Knight's Tale fame." The Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction Hall of Fame First Place and Grand Prize winners!
Meet Michelle Rene, creative advocate, and award-winning author in our 10 Question Author Interview series!
CAC17 Faculty Archive We have a spectacular line-up of experts in marketing, book publicity, and publishing for the 2017 Chanticleer Authors Conference! Hashtag: #CAC17 Updated as of 3/28/2017. Please check in later as more faculty is being added as we get confirmations. Although we do our best to confirm the faculty before we post, unforeseen events will occasionally change their availability. Special Guests: Keynote Speaker: C.C. Humphreys: Author, Actor, Swordsman As an actor Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has performed on stages from London’s West End to Hollywood. A playwright, fight choreographer and novelist, he has written ten adult novels including ‘The French Executioner’, runner up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers; The Jack Absolute Trilogy; ‘Vlad – The Last Confession’; ‘A Place Called Armageddon’ and ‘Shakespeare’s Rebel’ – which he adapted for the stage and which premiered at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, in 2015. He also writes for young adults, with a trilogy called The Runestone Saga and ‘The Hunt of the Unicorn’. The sequel, ‘The Hunt of the Dragon’, is published in Fall 2016. His recent novel ‘Plague’ won Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in 2015. The sequel, ‘Fire’ is a thriller set during the Great Fire, published Summer 2016. He is translated into thirteen languages. Last year he earned his Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of British Columbia. [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container] Margie Lawson: Editor & International Presenter Margie Lawson —editor, and international presenter – teaches writers how to use [...]
The 2014 CHAUCER FIRST PLACE category winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala that will take place in September 2015. The CHAUCER 2014 Grand Prize winner will be announced at the Awards Gala.
Congratulations to the CHAUCER Awards 2014 for Historical Novel Competition Finalists! They will compete for the coveted First-in-Category positions. We are now accepting entries for the Chaucer Awards 2015 Writing Competition until May 31, 2015.