Chatting with Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Agatha Christie author and expert; Dr Mark Aldridge! Agatha Christie's Marple; Expert on Wickedness- A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple. In Agatha Christie's Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist' Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead's most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to uncover new information about Miss Jane Marple's appearances on page, stage, screen and beyond. The Swinging Christies podcast- Agatha Christie may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Swinging Sixties, but her writing has much to say about the big topics of the day. Join Dr Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown on a rad journey through time with the Queen of Crime. A new surprise bonus episode was released on Nov. 24th! It's great! (I mispoke in introduction, i said Swinging Sixties instead of Swinging Christies,  it is about Agatha Christie in the 60's, an innocent slip of the tongue. ) Dr Mark Aldridge is a senior lecturer in Film and Television at Southampton Solent University, UK, specialising in film and television history.             

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author and WOTF Winner; Scott Barnes!  He is the author of the forthcoming Memories of Lucinda Eco and short fiction such as “Insect Sculptor,” “The Mark of Blackfriar Street,” and “The Last Job.” Publisher's Weekly describes his work as “lyrical.” He lives in California with his wife and two daughters who inspire him more than they know. The anthology Cosmic Muse was just released by Scott's publishing company, New Myths Publishing. It features his short story "A Galaxy of Cranks," a sci-fi mystery, and other stories by NewMyths magazinecontributors.   

Chatting With Sherri welcomes documentary filmmaker and author Dr. Elliott Haimoff! Elliott is known for the numerous documentaries he's produced as well as his recently authored books, Space Pioneers - Conversations with the Men of Apollo and Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling and how science fiction gave way to science fact.    

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning author Eileen Mueller! Do you love soaring on dragon back with the wind in your hair and your heart pounding? Are you obsessed with dragons, riders, mages and dangerous adventures? Her Kickstarter; In Lush Valley, it's a crime to even talk about dragons... When Ezaara becomes the new Queen's Rider, she's plunged into a world of cutthroat politics, traitors in every shadow and marauding tharuk monsters. Luckily, she has a dragon master — although rumors say she'd be better off with the enemy. If you love dragon & riders, romance on dragonback and adrenaline-fueled epic adventures, take flight with Riders of Fire today! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eileenmuellerauthor/riders-of-fire-2nd-deluxe-edition-dragon-fantasy-omnibus?ref=9t3whh Eileen Mueller is a USA Today bestselling and multi-award-winning author of adrenaline-fueled fantasy novels that will keep you turning the page. Dive into her worlds full of magic, love, adventure and dragons! Eileen lives in New Zealand in a cave with her dragonets, writing for everyone who loves adventure. Visit her website at www.EileenMuellerAuthor.com for Eileen's FREE books, new releases or to become a Rider of Fire!  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author; Ruth Poniarski! Ruth Poniarski set out to find the ideal friend and the perfect mate, but what she encountered were spells of paranoia, extreme anxiety, and hallucinations. Trying to navigate her cyclic malady, she undertook a rigorous architectural program in search of her passion. What she discovered on her journey is captured brilliantly in this unflinchingly honest memoir; Journey of the Self! Ruth Poniarski, the author, writes an unflinchingly honest memoir with her mental illness. She is married and lives on Long Island. 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Producer, Head Writer, Screenwriter and author; RJ Stewart!  RJ  and I will talk about his first job on Remington Steele, our mutual admiration of the late James Garner and his work as co-creator and producer of Xena, Warrior Princess. We will also chat about his new book; Crazy Hawk.  We have such a fun time chatting, he even likes my name. R.J. Stewart is best known for Xena: Warrior Princess with Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor (1995), and Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist(1982), Man of the People with James Garner (1991), Cleopatra 2525 with Gina Torres, Jennifer Sky and Victoria Pratt(2000).     

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Egyptologist and author;Dr. Colleen Darnell!   EXPLORING ANCIENT EGYPT with Dr. Colleen Darnell; Hieroglyph Update & Free Mummy Class-The introductory How to Read Hieroglyph class now starts October 14 and 16—see details below for times and how to register. Also, I am excited to share a free class in partnership with Varsity Tutors ALL ABOUT MUMMIES (best for grades 3-8, but fun for kids of all ages) on Wednesday October 9th at 6PM. Renowned Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell's areas of expertise include Late Period uses of the Underworld Books, ancient Egyptian military history, the literature of New Kingdom Egypt, and Egyptian revival history. Her research in Egyptian military history has led to the first recreation of the tactics of the Battle of Perire, c. 1208 BCE and her study The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah "replaces all other earlier studies of the key historical narratives relating Merneptah's war against the Libyans." Her research on the military role that Tutankhamun might have taken on as pharaoh of Egypt contributed to Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest in Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty (co-authored with John Darnell) and was featured in the historical section of the documentary "King Tut Unwrapped." Through books and documentaries, Darnell has brought ancient Egyptian warfare and tactics to the broader public. In Egypt, she has made several important archaeological discoveries as the director of the Moalla Survey Project, an ongoing archaeological project.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes artist and Illustrator Arthur Haywood! Arthur's father is Pennsylvania State Senator Art Haywood.  Creating graffiti murals as a teenager with his teacher, Pose 2, inspired him to share his work publicly in murals. Having a father who has organized reading camps as a State Senator, and a mother who has been president of the local school board showed him the influence of reading on the lives of students.  Being an avid reader, who judged books by their covers, led him to sharing stories he loves with others through illustration. He is focused on making book covers, murals for libraries and schools to engage youth in reading. His paintings are seen in Space and Time Magazine, murals for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, St. Joseph's University, Elkins Park School, Summer of Soul film, and his book, The Great Library. He is a recipient of the 2020-2021 Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris. He is a recipient of the 2022 - 2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship where he is continuing his series of paintings for public schools and book covers to inspire reading.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes actor, improviser and voice artist Jim Meskimen! Jim Meskimen is an accomplished actor, improviser and voice artist whose work has been seen and heard on television, in movies and on stage for many years. He is a veteran of hundreds of TV and radio commercials, for AT&T, IBM, Subaru, Tic-Tacs, Quality Inns Hotels, and many others. He has appeared on series television in Whose Line is it, Anyway?, a British comedy-improv show now seen on Comedy Central, and in a recurring role on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Other television credits include Seinfeld, Third Rock from the Sun, Grace Under Fire, Ned and Stacey, Seven Days, Family Matters and To Have and To Hold. Jim's feature film debut was in Ron Howard's The Paper (1993), starring Michael Keaton and Glenn Close. He was featured as a mission controller in the hit Universal movie, Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon. He recently was seen in the Touchstone pictures comedy The Other Sister directed by Garry Marshall, and in Ed TV directed by Ron Howard. He also completed a featured role in Inherit The Wind for MGM, starring George C. Scott and Jack Lemmon that aired on Showtime and NBC. Jim played officer Who-Lihan in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" for Director Ron Howard.   

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author and WOTF winner; Galen Westlake! Galen practices law in Toronto and spends his days talking a great deal to a great many people. His family of four, however, confidently assures him the less he says the better. To this end, he more quietly expresses himself by writing stories during his daily commute on the train. When the stranger sitting next to him stops reading over his shoulder, he knows his tale needs a little something extra.  Galen's fiction has appeared in Galaxy's Edge and Unidentified Funny Objects. He is forever indebted to the Writers of the Future forum and to his beloved writer's group: the One Ring. But right now, he needs to go chase some kids off his lawn.  Galen's story, "The Imagalisk," is published in the recently released L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40.                            

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning novelist;R.W.R. McDonald ! R.W.R. McDonald is an award-winning author, a kiwi living in Melbourne with his two daughters and one HarryCat. Happy Millionth Birthday-Jack Wolf wants what EVERY child wants! More birthdays and even MORE presents! Find out what happens when Jack's wish comes true, and he celebrates a birthday every single day! Jack Wolf and his wacky friends will surprise you until the final page. An Ambush of Widows-New York Times  bestselling author Jeff Abbott's latest novel of riveting psychological suspense, an uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands' deadly and dangerous secrets—as they try to protect their own. His debut novel, The Nancys, won Best First Novel in 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards, as well as a finalist in the Best Novel category, and it was shortlisted for Best First Novel in 2020 Ned Kelly Awards. His second novel, Nancy Business, a sequel to The Nancys was published in June 21, and was a finalist in 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best Novel.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Country artist and songwriter Anthony Bonnette!   Country artist and songwriter Anthony Bonnette releases his next single, "Lion Tamer," on March 22, 2024. He is best known for his song "Funny Man," published by Bluewater Music, produced by Merle Haggard and Toby Keith, and covered by Rodney Carrington for Capitol Records Nashville. His latest  single “Lion Tamer!” 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning artist and illustrator; Pedro N! Born in Porto in 1986, Pedro N. is a Portuguese self taught artist who started to draw at a very young age, inspired by the works of the great masters of illustration. He carries out his work using traditional means of painting, with special emphasis on oil painting. Despite being versatile, he finds his comfort zone in fantasy and sci-fi, themes that he frequently addresses in his works. Believer of hard work, he aspires to reach the same level of excellence of the masters who inspired him to embark on his journey and leave his mark on the art world. See more of Pedro's art here,...  https://pedronart.wixsite.com/pedronart   His art for the story, "Son, Spirit, Snake" by Writers of the Future winner, Jack Nash of Arlington, Virginia, United States, is published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40  which has been on bestseller lists numerous times in recentyears.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Barbara Lund!   Barbara Lund was the grand prize winner of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest for 2021 (Volume 37) on Oct. 22nd, 2021 at the L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Event at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California earning her The Golden Pen Award trophy and a cash prize of $5,000.  Barbara was paired with artist and Illustrators of the Future winner, Mr. Will Knight of Los Angeles, California and this is the illustration Will created for Barbara's story, "Sixers". Award-winning speculative fiction author Barbara Lund has several indie-published novels, dozens of short stories, and has been traditionally published in Daily Science Fiction. She is currently (and always) working on another novel and a couple short stories.    

Chatting With Sherri Welcomes back illustrator & game artist Jeff Sturgeon & author Peter Wacks! Jeff Sturgeon a long time illustratorgame artist and designer. He is an avid outdoors-man and spend as much time in the mountains or on the coast and in the woods as much possible especially near my home in the foothills of the Cascades with his wife Leslie and twin sons Corwin and Duncan. He is an avid reader and collector of books and art. Peter Wacks is a bestselling cross-genre writer who has worked in various capacities across the creative fields in gaming, television, film, comics, and most recently, when not busy editing, he spends his time writing novels. Praise for Jeff Sturgeon's Last Cities of Earth; World building aficionados will be eager for additional creative works set in this fascinating future."—Booklist "Every entry is top-notch, managing to balance creative imaginings with moments of true humanity. There are enough riches here to justify further explorations of this same future." Coming soon; Jeff Sturgeon's LLast Cities of Earth. 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Agatha Christie expert and author; Dr Mark Aldridge! Agatha Christie's Marple; Expert on Wickedness- A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple. In Agatha Christie's Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist' Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead's most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to uncover new information about Miss Jane Marple's appearances on page, stage, screen and beyond. The Swinging Christies podcast- Sex. Drugs. Rock 'n' Roll. Agatha Christie?? Agatha Christie may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Swinging Sixties, but her writing has much to say about the big topics of the day. Join Dr Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown on a rad journey through time with the Queen of Crime. Dr Mark Aldridge is a senior lecturer in Film and Television at Southampton Solent University, UK, specialising in film and television history.               

Chatting With Sherri welcomes expert on, as well as a collector of vintage paperbacks; Jules Burt! Jules Burt has been a collector of vintage paperbacks, amongst other things, for over forty years. In his lifetime, he has owned and run a comic, book and record store, Purple Haze, been a book shop manager and book buyer for a national UK chain as well as, when time allows, doing a bit of acting, including an appearance in Doctor Who! He has written for many magazines and books in that time but now concentrates his efforts on YouTube where he shares his many passions and collections with a wider audience.  His videos have just surpassed 4.5 million views with a 26,000 subscriber base.   On YouTube check out ‘Jules Burt'', on Twitter @julesburt and on Instagram @penguinbookaday

Chatting With Sherri welcomes; author and Writers of the Future winner, Mr. Lazarus Black! Lazarus Black is an American author of genre fiction living under the shadow of a Pacific Northwest volcano with three Goddesses, his wife and two daughters. “Psychic Poker” is Lazarus's first sale, but hardly his last. It juxtaposes poker, the synthesis of probability and human behavior, with psychic powers, the solution to both probability and the chaos of free will. What if every player is psychic? What if no player has an advantage? What if their lives are at stake? But the strength of the story is in the reluctant main character: Tyson Young, a middle-aged Aussie with an acute wit.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Director of the  Writers of the Future Contest; Joni Labaqui! Joni Labaqui has been the Director of the Writers of the Future Contest since 1995 and is also proud to have been present at Author Services when L. Ron Hubbard launched the Contest in the early 1980s, working with every Coordinating Judge - of both Contests ever since.   

Chatting With Sherri welcomes chart-topping Texas country music artist Jake Bush! Chart-topping Texas country music artist Jake Bush announced the release of  “Somewhere Better To Be.” A genuine purveyor of timeless, boot-scootin'' country tunes, perfectly suited for the loyal honky-tonk faithful. Download and stream the new music. “I knew the second I heard the hook of this song that I was living it. Being newly married and 2.5 years sober, I really spend my time differently off the road. I'd rather be on the couch with my wife & dog instead of in the barroom on a day off. That is my "somewhere better to be,” expressed Jake Bush. “2024 is going to be a great year. Not only is there new music but I have a new team, and there is excitement building all around. Y'all be sure to stay tuned,” exclaimed Jake Bush.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back multi-talented photographer; Ian L. Sitren! Ian L Sitren is a multi-talented photographer. He creates amazing pictures of fast food, athletes, models, actors and aircraft! "As a little boy I used to build military aircraft models and hang them from the ceiling in my room. Now I get to photograph them and fly in historic and military airplanes from World War II and many others.” Inspired by the controversy surrounding fast food photography, I decided to take matters into my own hands. Critics seemed intent on making fast food look unappealing by squashing burgers and manipulating the presentation. On the other hand, advertising images are meticulously staged and often unrealistic. I chose to photograph the food exactly as it comes out of the bag, against a simple black background, capturing its true form. To my surprise, the food actually looks quite appealing. I am now planning to create large-scale photographs for an exhibit, along with an accompanying photo book, offering what might be a historical perspective on fast food. "Photo excursions started out a few years ago with me just looking for interesting shoot locations. Then a couple of my friends wanted to come along so they became road trips for the purpose of finding the odd and unusual. One of the guys in our group does paintings from his photographs and is now in galleries here in Southern California and Montana and has been in number of prestigious art shows. Another of our group has also been successful in art shows with his photographs, here and abroad. Art Patron Magazine last year did a story about our photo excursions."

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author and screenwriter; Buzz Dixon! CHEEKY -When troublemaker Dimbulb Gilhooey learns an old clothing-optional law is still on the books, he starts a movement that turns the town of Newbridge topsy-turvy. It's a summer of sun-baked shenanigans as Dimbulb and his followers challenge pastors, police, politicians, and public propriety for the right to bare arms -- as well as the rest of their bodies. Preposterous? Far-fetched? Utterly unbelievable? Maybe -- if it wasn't inspired by actual real life events! (cover art by Travis Hanson)"  Heartbreaks & Half-truths: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense -, Buzz Dixon (Contributor),- Lovers and losers;The twenty-two authors represented in this collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme of “heartbreaks and half-truths” in their own inimitable style, where only one thing is certain: Behind every broken heart lies a half-truth. And behind every half-truth lies a secret. Buzz Dixon is a  writer of novels, comic books, films , and cartoons. His cartoon work includes both writing and editing credits. He wrote numerous episodes of GI Joe: A Real American Hero, The Transformers, Thundarr the Barbarian, Jem, Inhumanoids, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Tarzan and the Super 7, Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Dungeons & Dragons and Teen Wolf. He also served as a story editor for the GI Joe and Teen Wolf series, and was a story consultant on G.I. Joe: The Movie and My Little Pony: The Movie.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author, editor and publisher Bill Fawcett! After writing for the early issues of Dragon Magazine in the 1970s Bill Fawcett became one of the founders of and lead designer at Mayfair Games. He has continued his board and electronic game design work including a number of RPGs and PC games. His first books were chosen path novels for TSR in the early days of D&D. His first fantasy series was Lord of Cragsclaw in the 1980s. Bill's historical "Mistakes" series includes It Seemed Like a Good Idea, It Looked Good On Paper and You Did What, How To Lose A Battle, How To Lose a War, How To Lose WWII, How To Lose a War at Sea, and How To Lose the American Civil War.  Among his non-fiction books are Oval Office Oddities, 100 Mistakes that Changed History, 100 Leadership Mistakes that Changed History and 101 Stumbles in the March of History. As an author Bill has written or co-authored over a dozen fiction books plus close to fifty articles and short stories. Bill collaborated on several mystery novels with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro including the authorized Mycroft Holmes novels. He interviewed for and edited two oral histories of the US Navy SEALs Hunters and Shooters and The Teams. www.billfawcett.com   

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author Leah Ning! Leah lives in northern Virginia with her husband and their five animals: two cats, a dog, and two sugar gliders, all of whom are exactly as cute as they sound. Despite her years of residency here, both past and yet to come, her heart lies in the cold, snowy north, and she hopes to get back there someday. She works full time as a programmer and spends her spare non-writing time drawing, playing video games, and learning to make delicious new foods. “Yellow and Pink” is her first writing sale. Some other published stories from Leah; Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #359  "Witchbreaker" by Leah Ning Cossmass Infinities - 2020: The First Year; The Anthology of all the stories from The FIrst Year of the Science Fiction and Fantasy short story magazine Cossmass Infinities. Including 6 brand new stories by P H Lee, Leah Ning, Greta Hayer, Candace Cunard, Avery Parks and Beth Goder. Leah is now a reader for the Writers of the Future contest.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winnig author, editor and publisher William Joseph Robert! In a previous lifetime, William Joseph Roberts was an F-15 mechanic and Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force. He has traveled the world and experienced many things in his few years. He has been called a Jack of all trades, a Renaissance man, and an insane squirrel wrangler by his peers. Since his enlistment ended, he has pursued careers as an industrial and architectural designer, design engineer, and is now an award-winning author, editor, and publisher with Three Ravens Publishing. William Joseph Roberts currently resides in the quaint southern town of Chickamauga, Georgia with his loving wife, three freaky-smart nerd children, and a small pack of fur babies. Find out more about William,.WilliamJosephRoberts.com William has been entering Writers Of The Future for years and has recieved many honorable and silver honorable mentions.  William says he will keep submitting.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back very talented author: Jessica Brawner! Jessica Brawner has a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles to her credit, including most recently The First Sin (Published 2020), the first novel in The Adventures of Captain Jac. Ms. Brawner's fiction has appeared in Steampunk Trails II (2014),  Steampunk The Otherworlds released by Villainous Press in 2015, the 2014, 2015 & 2016 Story of the Month Club anthologies, & Ghost Hunting Critters released by Inkwolf Press in 2017. Booking the Library: A Guide for Entertainers, Musicians, Speakers and Authors- In Booking the Library you will find: Sample phone scripts, contracts, and emails Detailed instructions on finding library contact information quickly and easily Suggestions on best practices Information on performer showcases And many more tips and golden rules to help keep you happy, healthy, and sane as you pursue your passion. Charisma +1: The Guide to Convention Etiquette for Everyone-Embark on a gaming-inspired journey where life's attributes become your starting point. Charisma, Strength, Will, Wisdom, Intelligence, and Constitution are your inherent qualities, just like in the game of life. Whether you're a seasoned convention-goer, a first-timer, a volunteer, vendor, or guest, we all crave a boost in our "stats." Jessica sprouted in the wilds of South Texas and plotted ways to spend her life traveling the world. She has been remarkably successful at that endeavor, and is currently based in the Los Angeles area. In addition to her writing career, Ms. Brawner is currently the Director of Business operations for the US division of a German based Residential Energy Storage company. You can find her online on Twitter (@JABrawner) on Facebook facebook.com/jabrawner or on the web at www.jessicabrawner.com

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back crime novelist, editor and President of the Detection Club; Martin Edwards! Martin Edwards has drawn on more than 30 years' experience as a crime novelist. He is also an internationally acclaimed editor of crime anthologies for the British Library and other publishers. In addition to enjoying many years of success as a crime writer, he is the only person to have been elected to serve as Chair of the Crime Writers' Association and President of the Detection Club at the same time. This experience gives him a special understanding of the challenges facing crime writers. Having combined his writing life with more than 30 years as a partner in a law firm, he is ideally equipped to encourage aspiring novelists to write while coping with a day job or other commitments. The Life of Crime: Unravelling the Mysteries of Fiction's Favourite Genre-In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction. Coming soon from Martin Edwards; The House on Graveyard Lane-The woman in white—surreal artist Damaris Gethin—has invited a select group to the opening of her exhibit "Artist in Crime," held in the eerie subterranean Hades Gallery. As costumed models reenact famously violent deaths, the artist herself portrays Marie Antoinette on the day of her execution, complete with a guillotine on the stage. It's not a prop; within ten minutes of Rachel's promise to solve Damaris's future murder, the artist slips her neck into the collar of the device and the very real blade sends her head rolling at the feet of her horrified audience.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning composer; David Raiklen! David Raiklen is an American composer best known for the science fiction series Space Command and for the Emmy winning Mia, A Dancer's Journey. David was mentored by Oscar winner John Williams and Pulitzer Prize winner Mel Powel. Dr. Raiklen studied at USC, UCLA, and CalArts and later taught at those universities. He has worked for the major studios including Sony, Fox, Disney, Sprint, Mattel, Warner Bros and PBS, plus many independent productions. His projects have starred Elliott Gould, Doug Jones, Blythe Danner, and Martin Sheen. David made the New York Film Critics Top Ten with the documentary Heist, the short list for an Academy Award® for Worth, and Mia, A Dancer's Journey won the Emmy. An oratorio for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial titled Discovery, a mixed reality giant projection event for the Center Theater Group's 50th anniversary, episodes of Star Trek Continues, and a violin concerto for festival darling Worth. David Raiklen compositions have been performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall. He was also host of a successful radio series, Classical Fan Club, where guests include Yo-Yo Ma and John Williams; and was host and leader of The Academy of Scoring Arts seminars. David  produced and composed for Space Command, a series of epic adventures set in a hopeful future, and producing Augmented Reality experiences. And his latest project is the soundtrack album to Space Command, recorded with symphony orchestra, choir, and cool electronics - available everywhere!  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back screenwriters and novelists; Lauren Cipollo and Matt Conant! I was so happy to catch up with Lauren and Matt and hear all the excitement about their new novel, The official April 9th release of PARALLAX: ORIGIN! Lauren Cipollo is a screenwriter, novelist, and illustrator specializing in science fiction, fantasy and other genre fare. Lauren designed over a dozen species and countless mechanics for the space adventure tabletop role-playing game Parallax. She then co-wrote The Parallax trilogy of novels with Matt Conant, coming soon from Aethon Books. Lauren also authored the epic fantasy novel Dark & Zarus, which just went out on query. Matt Conant is a show creator living in Los Angeles, with twenty years experience as a writer and director on comedy, sci-fi, and genre properties for film, TV, and digital. Matt is a writer on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Netflix, others), as well as The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live Tour. He has also created/written/directed many digital comedy series including Nerd vs. Geek, Moot, OverAnalyzers, and Society: Why It's Wrong, and served as co-writer and frequent collaborator on The Angry Video Game Nerd, Super Plumber Bros and Living in 8 Bits. He is currently adapting a neo-noir video game property for TV, as well as writing and producing web series The Box with esteemed animation writer Jonathan Callan.   

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning writer; Scott T. Barnes! Scott T. Barnes is the Writers of the Future Award-winning author and published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 28.  He is the author of the forthcoming Memories of Lucinda Eco and short fiction such as “Insect Sculptor,” “The Mark of Blackfriar Street,” and “The Last Job.” Publisher's Weekly describes his work as “lyrical.” He lives in California with his wife and two daughters who inspire him more than they know. The anthology Cosmic Muse was just released by Scott's publishing company, New Myths Publishing. It features his short story "A Galaxy of Cranks," a sci-fi mystery, and other stories by NewMyths magazine contributors.  His first novel, a YA fantasy set in Baja California, will be released by New Myths Publishing on September 17, 2024. Lauren Kate, author of the Fallen series, mentored this project.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes artist and Illustrator who created covers for Dungeons & Dragons; Larry Elmore! Leonard Elmore has been creating fantasy and science fiction art for more than forty years. In the 1970s he began freelancing and was published in a few magazines, including Heavy Metal and National Lampoon. After being contacted by TSR Inc., the company that produced the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, Larry worked there from 1981 to 1987. While at TSR, he helped set the standards for gaming art in the role-playing genre. Besides creating covers for Dungeons & Dragons, AD&D, Star Frontiers and other gaming books, he may be best known for his work with the world of Dragonlance. Since 1987 he has worked as a freelance illustrator, creating covers for comics, computer games, magazines, and fantasy and science fiction books and projects too numerous to list. In recent years, he has been creating paintings for collectors and fans around the world. He has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2012. Larry was presented with the L. Ron Hubbard Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts in 2018. “The Illustrators of the Future is true competition. It's a wonderful competition. If I had something like this when I was young to attend, it would blow my mind because I never met a real professional artist till I was out of school, out of college.” —Larry Elmore

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author; Elaine Schroller! Elaine Schroller writes about love, loss, and redemption experienced by Australian, American, and French characters during WWI and WWII.  DARE NOT TELL is the story of Joe Parker, an Australian WWI vet, and his American wife Sophie, a WWI nurse. It begins with Sophie and Joe's chance meeting in 1916 Paris and chronicles their relationship through thick and thin up to the threshold of WWII.  THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS is set in Australia and the South West Pacific Area during World War II and explores how the women who wait at home must be the bravest soldiers. The book features Sophie and Joe, their sons, visitors from the US, plus a new romance and a trio of children whom life has treated very unfairly.  Elaine is currently writing the next chapter in Sophie and Joe's story to discover the truth about what happened to Joe's brother Robbie, who was declared ‘Missing, presumed dead' in April 1917. She was an oil brat, and attended high schools in Algeria, England, Texas, and Lebanon. Her degree is in History, which gave her the perfect training for researching specific places and events in DARE NOT TELL and THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS. She has traveled to all but one of the countries in the books and visited all the sites where the stories take place, some more than once.  For many years she has lived in Bellaire, Texas where she and her husband raised their son and had multiple rescue cocker spaniels underfoot.  She's a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Women's Fiction Writers Association and hopes you will love reading her books as much as she loved writing them.    

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back multi-talented; Producer, Writer and actor; Steven L Sears!   I am so excited to have Stevem L Sears back to chat about writing and his acting! We chat about a lot of things, the Xena Con, his writing and several topics that just popped into our heads.  Steve is always fun and informative, he was one of my first guests, he has always been a great support to my podcast and when I introduced Sherri's Playhosue he turned it around and interviewed me about my new venture, (at the time,) so get a cup of tea, sit back, relax and enjoy. Steven is an author, screenwriter and television producer whose career spans over thirty five years. His screenwriting and producing works include such classics as THE A-TEAM, STINGRAY, WALKER, TEXAS RANGER, SWAMP THING, SUPERBOY, SHEENA, XENA-WARRIOR PRINCESS, and many other TV series. He has developed series concepts with most of the major studios and networks as well as doing consulting work for established production companies. His work also includes digital media, animation, and game play. As an Author, his work includes the non-fiction book THE NON-USER FRIENDLY GUIDE FOR ASPIRING TV WRITERS as well as many short stories in anthologies such as JEFF STURGEONS LOST CITIES OF EARTH and the upcoming release ALIENS VS PREDATOR: ULTIMATE PREY.  Co-Writing with Times Bestselling Author Kevin J. Anderson, their graphic novel STALAG-X is currently in development as a major motion picture.  

Chatting with Sherri welcomes back award winning author; Tim Powers! Tim Powers published The Skies Discrowned and Epitaph in Rust in 1976. Tim's subsequent novels are The Drawing of the Dark, The Anubis Gates (winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and the Prix Apollo), Dinner at Deviant's Palace (winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award), On Stranger Tides (the novel the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was based on) The Stress of Her Regard, Last Call (winner of the World Fantasy Award.) His most recent book is Hide Me Among the Graves. The Manchester Guardian called Powers “the best fantasy writer to appear in decades.”  Tim teaches the annual Writers of the Future workshop. He has been involved with the Contest since its early years, serving as one of the instructors (along with Algis Budrys and Orson Scott Card) at the very first official WotF workshop in Sag Harbor.  “I think I've been a judge for most of the quarters in the past two decades. This means that several times a year I get a stack of manuscript photocopies via next-day mail, and take a day off from my own writing to read them all and evaluate them; this is no chore, since Dave Wolverton or K.D. Wentworth has already culled them from the total volume of submissions, and invariably there is at least one story that I'm grateful to have a chance to read. I send my verdicts in, and usually I hang on to a couple of the photocopies, just because I want to have the chance to read them again before the actual anthology is published.” — Tim Powers  

  Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Vice President of Public Affairs for Author Services for  Galaxy Press; Emily Goodwin! Emily Goodwin has been involved with book publishing since 2007, including the international Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests. She is the producer for the Writers of the Future annual Achievement Awards as well as the online writing workshop. She has been active with the IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) as a contest judge for the Benjamin Franklin Awards. She is involved in community activities in the greater Los Angeles area and has been Vice President Community Outreach for the Hollywood Christmas Parade since 2014. Emily has also been an Honorary Commander for the US Air Force since 2018.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning writer; Elaine Midcoh! Elaine Midcoh (a pen name) is a short story writer and an award-winning author of science fiction. She's a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award and “The Writers of the Future” contest. Her stories have appeared in the anthologies, “Writers of the Future, Volumes 37 & 39” (Galaxy Press, Nov. 2021 & May, 2023), and “Compelling Science Fiction Short Stories” (Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2022), and in the magazines/literary journals, MetaStellar, Escape Pod, Galaxy's Edge, Daily Science Fiction, Jewish Fiction .net, Flash Fiction Magazine and The Sunlight Press. She's a retired criminal justice/law college professor and recently participated in a 3 day Life on Mars simulation sponsored by The Space Foundation, proving that writing sci-fi can lead to fun and interesting adventures. You can visit her web page at: https://ElaineMidcoh.wordpress.com and can connect with her on Facebook @Elaine Midcoh.

I'm so happy to welcomes back producer, director, screenwriter & actor; Jamal McWhorter to Chatting With Sherri! Jamal McWhorter is an actor turned film producer/director born and raised in Atlanta, GA. With a strong passion for making quality films, Jamal starts with a great story and bring it alive with eye-catching visuals. Dramas, horrors, and comedies are the genres he loved growing up, and he likes to have fun with those elements of his films today. In 2013 he wrote, produced, and starred in his first production LOUD, a semi-autobiographical tale about a young musician trying to make it. Shortly after completing the movie, Jamal and his business partners started L.O.U.D. Films, an indie film company committed to excellent storytelling. His upcoming feature-length directorial debut Switched at Love, a romantic comedy set in Atlanta, is set for release in Winter 2022. His latest film is Blood Money!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back the talented and fun; Adrienne Wilkinson!  Adrienne  is a wonderfully talented actor, she is best known as Xena's daughter Eve/Livia on Xena Warrior Princess.  She is also a writer and director. She is so talented and she is stretching out to new pursuits. She is on TikTok;  Eve & her mom. Ancient Roman Warriors now living in L.A. #WeHaveManySkills tiktok.com/@yoadriennew What is Adrienne's Plan A Media Group? "Every Human is a creator.  We create ourselves, our lives and our work every day, by understanding our talents and resources and through each brave choice. Adrienne Wilkinson through Plan A Media Group amplifies the greatest potential of creators, their projects, and the daily adventure of living well. Plan A Media Group  is an inspired space helping filmmakers, writers, creators and YOU find impactful solutions, make bold choices, produce extraordinary work and take brilliant next steps by providing expert feedback, supportive creative consulting, inspiring unique answers, fine-tuning through fresh perspective, powerful brainstorming, and dynamic project-collaboration. This is a space to deeply explore, discover ways to reach your goals, achieve results and surpass expectations.   If you've felt stuck in your current experience, or are hoping to transform or finish a project - reach out and schedule a consult."   www.PlanAMediaGroup.com  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning artist; Ximing Luo! Ximing Luo  has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil, discovering her love for art and creativity during her time in preschool. Inspired by children's books and illustrations, she started illustrating and has never looked back. Though Ximing is the only artist in her family, her parents were always supportive throughout her artistic growth and journey. Ximing's current works explore the cohesion of reality and illusions in dreams and nightmares, consisting of surrealist pieces investigating the hallucinations of the subconscious human psyche. Ximing finds herself experimenting with all sorts of media and concepts with an unquenchable thirst for novelty and originality, always looking for a way to push her craft and imagination to the next level. In the past, she has worked with digital media, but for the time being, she finds her passion in traditional media. Recently she has explored woodburning, scratch art, and assembling geometric structures. Ximing  is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest and was honored along with eleven other winning artists and twelve winning writers at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California on April 28th.  Ximing created the illustration for the story, "The Withering Sky," by author Arthur H. Manners, a Writers of the Future winner.  The story and illustration along with the other writers' and illustrators' stories and art are published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning writer, Devon Bohm ! Devon is a poet and writer who received her BA from Smith College and her MFA in Poetry and Fiction from Fairfield University. At Fairfield, Bohm became increasingly frustrated with the denial of genre fiction as “Literature” and began exploring the big question of why people were attracted to different forms of speculative fiction. The answer she found didn't surprise her, as it was what she'd always valued about her favorite writers: genres like fantasy or science-fiction perform the same function of all good literature by finding new and inventive ways to help the reader see their world (and self) more clearly. Devon  is a winner in our international contest, The Writers of the Future and her winning story, "Kitsune," is published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 

Fostering Love-Families are the foundation of society. When we care for and protect children, we ensure that future generations thrive as well. The devastation that abuse and neglect cause have taught us the immense impact—good and bad—that parents have on children. This book will enlighten readers beyond those directly involved with foster children to see the resiliency and potential that can be hidden in these vulnerable girls and boys. Each of our foster children has blessed our lives with their own unique story.   Kathleen M. Paydo's goals are to teach others about the foster care life and to help members of the community understand how they themselves can use their talents to impact the life of a foster child. Kathleen believes that families are the foundation of society, and when children are protected and well cared for, future generations thrive as well. Kathleen is a licensed foster parent and author who promotes child-care advocacy in her home and in the community. She is a member of the National Foster Parent Association and is a registered nurse in the state of Ohio. Kathleen and her husband, Ron, have been married for thirty-five years and are blessed with four beautiful children. Kathleen and Ron have opened their home throughout most of their marriage, to 165 foster children who have no one to care for them and nowhere else to go.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Shireen Magedin! Heartlines-Discover an epic tale of thrilling action and suspense in the conclusion to the Journey series. Join Doctor Sarah Shah and Agent Tanya Kareem as they embark on a perilous mission, one that will take them to the edges of their courage and ingenuity. Beginning with a mission to aid earthquake victims, their journey quickly escalates into a whirlwind of action, betrayal, kidnapping, and chases infused with a dash of the paranormal. Will Sarah and Tanya survive in this heart-stopping adventure? Find out! Dr. Shireen Magedin is a practicing pediatrician who has studied in Pakistan, England, and Ireland. She has always had psychic abilities, and in the beginning they scared her, until she received guidance from trainers and connected with people who had similar abilities, thus knowing she wasn't alone. Connecting psychically and intuitively with her patients has helped her hone her medical skills. She lives with her cat Pompi (aka Madam Pompadour) and enjoys visits from her daughter Sharmeen, son Nadir, and daughter in law Mariam. https://ausxippublishing.com/writers/shireen_magedin/ https://shireenmagedin.com

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning crime novelist; Martin Edwards! Martin Edwards has drawn on more than 30 years' experience as a crime novelist. He is also an internationally acclaimed editor of crime anthologies for the British Library and other publishers.  He is President of the Detection Club and Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, and Archivist of both organisations. Martin's latest novel; The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge; 1930: Nell Fagan is looking for a second chance at a career in investigative journalism and the call of Blackstone Fell's sanatorium is irresistible. In 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, Rachel Savernake  Looking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in Yorkshire, with its eerie moor and sinister tower. With help from her friend Jacob Flint – who's determined to expose a fraudulent clairvoyant – Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances at Blackstone Fell where people go in, but never come out. In addition to enjoying many years of success as a crime writer, he is the only person to have been elected to serve as Chair of the Crime Writers' Association and President of the Detection Club at the same time. This experience gives him a special understanding of the challenges facing crime writers. Having combined his writing life with more than 30 years as a partner in a law firm, he is ideally equipped to encourage aspiring novelists to write while coping with a day job or other commitments.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author and WOTF Judge Nina Kiriki Hoffman! , Nina Kiriki Hoffman has creaed adult and young adult novels and stories and books for 40 years now.she's sold about 400 short stories and a number of novels and young adult books, plus several collections.. Her works have been finalists for the World Fantasy, Mythopoeic, Sturgeon, Philip K. Dick and Endeavour Awards. Her first novel, The Thread That Binds the Bones, won a Bram Stoker Award, and her short story “Trophy Wives” won a Nebula Award in 2009. Her most recent novels are Fall of Light and Thresholds. She's teach science fiction, fantasy, and horror short story writing on Zoom through Fairfield County Writers Studio. I also teach through Wordcrafters in Eugene. Hoffman does production work for the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and she also works with teen writers. As one of the original winners of Writers of the Future, she was published in Volume 1. She became a judge of the Writers of the Future Contest in 2000.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author, artist and illustrator; Bea Jackson! Bea Jackson creates to encapsulate a moment in time, challenging herself to combine her boundless imagination with experiences and emotion and capture the result on paper. A lifelong collector of both picture books and comics, she admires art's ability to speak perfectly on its own and translate ideas without words. As a digital painter using textures that mimic pastels, oil paints, and watercolor, she pursues the rainbow in her palette, seeking to add a touch of childhood magic to her work. From one of her earliest illustrated picture books, Hair Like Mine, to the New York Times bestselling Parker Looks Up, Bea explores themes that unify rather than divide. Brittany Jackson, also known as Bea, is an award-winning freelance illustrator born and raised in the “Motor City” of Detroit, Michigan. She is a former grand-prize winner of the Illustrators of the Future Contest and published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 24. She has been a judge since 2021. “From my first time participating in the Contest, I looked up to the judges after meeting them. I loved their work, their passion for the field, and how they were willing to give back and share their wisdom with artists like me, who at the time really needed someone to take me under their wing. They taught me how to pursue my career, how to avoid pitfalls as an artist. They made themselves available if I or any of the other artists needed it. They became an invaluable resource in my life and helped to shape my career today.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back; author, director, playwright and actor; Everett Robert! After this chat we will present for the first time on Sherri's Playhouse; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Everett Robert! We get to chat about this classic tale, adapted into a radio play by Everett, it's based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson! We talk about the plot, the characters and how he adapted for our radio theater playhouse. To listen to Everett's play; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,  just click on the link;  http://tobtr.com/12287516 This episode was recorded earlier. If you would like to help support our radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author; Jeff Crawford! Jeff Crawford of western N.C. And writer of suspense and horror novels. Former cowboy and current outdoorsman as well as unapologetic devoted univ of Florida athletics fan. 5 novels have been published so far and 4 are currently available. Southern fiction with strict attention to regional dialect and vocabulary along side relatable characters, highly suspenseful imaginative stories and an always unexpected ending make up each of these novels.    Fields of Ghosts; Rob and Jennifer set out on a weekend trip to save their marriage, but car trouble forces a detour. The kindly old man who helps them seems very generous, but does he have an ulterior motive? Stranded in a small town in Virginia, Rob is enjoying the history and camaraderie, but Jennifer is climbing the walls, wishing with every fiber of her being to be transported back to their old life-and likely her wealthy lover. When they meet the local matriarch, Alma Lee, and learn the deep, dark secret that this town has kept for more than 150 years, their first reaction is to run as far and as fast as they can. But the town elders have different plans for them. Plans that will last a lifetime.

Sherri's Playhouse Presents; The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde! Our story was adapted from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde into a radio play by Everett Robert! It's based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Editing and Special Effects by Jay Wall. This was recorded earlier. If you would like to help support our radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard

  Chatting With Sherri welcomes the cast of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Everett Robert! We get to chat with the cast of this classic tale, adapted into a radio play by Everett Robert! It's based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson! We talk about the plot, the characters and how the cast feels about this tale of identity and addiction. This episode was recorded earlier. If you would like to help support our radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning speculative writer; Desmond Astaire! Desmond Astaire is a speculative fiction storyteller from Central Illinois, where he navigates the journey of life alongside a devoted wife and forever-loved son. In his other life, Astaire is a senior enlisted leader for a military public relations unit, supervising the training, development, and operations of multimedia content creators. Astaire's lifelong obsession with science fiction and fantasy was forged as a child in the halls of local public libraries. The addiction was enabled by reading programs like Accelerated Reader and BOOK IT!, and the revelation to write professionally was born after his discovery of Dean Wesley Smith's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthology. For these formative experiences, he is forever grateful. Astaire can be found Saturday mornings in Peoria metro-area coffee shops conducting weekly writing sessions and trying to apply Denzel Washington's adage that “Dreams without goals are just dreams, and they ultimately fuel disappointment..” Desmond Astaire is the grand prize winner in The Writers of the Future contest earning him the Golden Pen Award and cash prize of $5,000, in addition to having his story, "Gallows," published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38.  

Sherri's Playhouse proudly presents a reprise of the amazing Joe Kronus!  Come along for adventure with Joe Kronus in this time travel radio play!   Join Joe to see other times and listen as Joe stops those who would interfere with time.... What Does Jane Austen have to do with Gold in California?  Find out!   Written and Directed by Sherri Rabinowitz Music and Special Effects by Nicholas Davidge Editing and Additional Special Effects by XV Podcasters   If you would like to help support our radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard