Chanticleer 10 Question Author Interview Series with Dave Mason – Historical Mysteries, Award-winning book, Hemingway Grand Prize Award, Author Life, EO-N
Debut novelist hits it big with EO-N! Read the interview to find out more.
Debut novelist hits it big with EO-N! Read the interview to find out more.
Find out what drives multi-award-winning author and former underground storage tank operator, Laurel Anne Hill, and see what she's up to next in her Steampunk/Sci-fi world!
Elizabeth Crowens took home the GRAND PRIZE in TWO Divisions in 2021~ the CYGNUS Awards and the SHORT Story Collections. And she just landed a 3-book deal. She is funny and smart as a whip ~ a perfect Chanticleerian!
CHANTICLEER 10 QUESTION AUTHOR INTERVIEW SERIES with Meredith Wargo Meredith Wargo, multi-award-winning author is smart - and exceptionally passionate about animals, especially those in need of rescue. In fact, Meredith sent the book into our Hearten Awards, and DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them took home GRAND PRIZE in 2021! Chanti: Tell us a little about yourself: How did you start writing? Wargo: When I was first learning how to write, I used to copy Dr. Seuss’ books verbatim. From there, I started penning my own stories, always using colored construction paper and crayons as my medium. I would add little drawings to illustrate the story and staple my “book” down the long edge of the paper. My drawings were never that good, so I think that influenced my decision to focus on writing at an early age! But when I started college I chose music as my degree because I had taken piano lessons for ten years. After one semester of practicing in a tiny cubbyhole in the basement of the school’s music hall for hours every day while my roommates were out living life as normal college freshmen, I changed my major to journalism, realizing I’m happiest when I’m writing. Chanti: That’s wonderful! I’m glad you discovered your happy place early on. What a life changing decision. Besides, you can always play the piano, right? Let’s chat about your writing. Describe your work. And, what led you [...]
CHANTICLEER 10 AUTHOR INTERVIEW SERIES with award-winning author, Jennifer Kincheloe Jennifer Kincheloe won First Place in our Mystery & Mayhem Awards a few years back, but we still remember her contagious smile and her fabulous book, The Secret Life of Anna Blanc. Let's get into it! Chanti: Tell us a little about yourself: How did you start writing? Kincheloe: I used to be a research scientist/mother of two. (Actually, I still am) About ten years ago, bemused by the boastful Christmas letters I would get every year in the mail (this was before Facebook), I decided to write a humorous, sort of spoofy Christmas letter. I spent hours on it. And when people read it, they laughed. That’s when I discovered I loved writing. Chanti: When did you realize you that you were an author? Kincheloe: After I wrote my Christmas letter, I decided to write a screenplay because, in my naïve mind, they were shorter than novels and therefore easier. I had just recovered from an illness and wasn’t working, so I had time to spend on it. When I started writing, I couldn’t stop. It made me high. I wrote all the time. I barely stopped to eat. I would wake up in the middle of the night and write. I took my laptop everywhere. (I still do). When I stopped to consider this, I decided I must be a writer. And, by the way, my screenplay was terrible. Chanti: I love that feeling [...]
We sat down with 2021 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner Alex Sirotkin to talk about his work The Long Desert Road and the inspiration behind this award-winning novel.
Midlife Metamorphosis. Tom Sawyer. Mystery Muscles. Coffee. Cocktails. Riverboats. Is your interest piqued? Learn more about Laramie Grand Prize Winner E.E. Burke's writing journey.
"Until you have the foundation, you only have an idea! Once I get the foundation, I can go back and embellish and edit…two, three, four, five times, however many revisions it takes." - M.J. Evans
Meet award-winning author, Mark H. Newhouse in this 10 Question Interview and see what makes him larger-than-life and why we are so lucky to call him friend!
Barry Robbins, satirist-extraordinaire, lampoons #45 – Donald Trump – in a most delightful way. Laugh-out-loud is an understatement! Highly recommended!