Chatting With Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning writer; Mike Jack Stoumbos! Mike Jack Stoumbos is a spec-fic author, disguised as a believably normal teacher, living with his wife and their parrot. Mike grew up with three brothers and over forty first cousins, who he enlisted as test audiences (and participants) for his imagined adventures, often reenacted with cardboard props or Star Wars action figures. His love of storytelling brought him to the stage as a musical theater actor, the role-playing table as a game master, and a career trajectory to teach English and theater. In the summer of 2019, however, Mike shifted his writing passion into a priority, and once again became a student: attending workshops, practicing daily, and braving the story submission gauntlet. Mike’s work has since appeared in several collections, including his first pro sale in Galactic Stew and a publication alongside a personal hero in Hold Your Fire: Stories Celebrating the Creative Spark. Shortly after he was named a Writers of the

Chatting With Sherri award-winning Cinematographer Roger Lanser! Roger Lanser at the ABC TV drama department as a clapper loader in 1976 on a series called The Outsiders, then went on to assist on the Alvin Purple TV series, along with Golden Soak, The Levkas Man,The Off Show. After many years as a Loader and Focus Puller he became camera operator to DP Peter Hendry on many ABC dramas such as Patrol Boat, Captain Cook, and Boy in the Bush where he met acclaimed British actor Kenneth Branagh.  Kenneth Branagh asked him to come to England and film the British comedy Peter’s Friends. Over the years he went on to do eight feature films for Branagh including three Shakespeare’s, and the big screen opera Mozart’s The Magic Flute in 2006 for which he won the Australian Cinematographer's Society; Cinematographer of the Year!  In Australia he did  Australian films such as The Cliff Young Story, Till Human Voices Wake Us, Charlie and Boots, and Strange Bedfellows, these last two with Paul Hogan. Roger has had the op

Chatting With Sherri welcomes best-selling author; Sagar Constantin! Sagar Constantin is a bestselling Scandinavian author with more than seven books. She writes stories that are both captivating but also highly inspirational. The In-Between series came to Sagar on her way home from a business trip to India, and she instantly knew that this was a story that she had to share with the world. Her deep desire to bring awareness to the world is done most elegantly in these books. She has a remarkable ability to make psychological issues easy to understand and comprehend, and through her reading, it is possible to grow inside and at the same time be highly entertained. Sagar is also an international speaker and lecturer for businesses. Every year, she trains thousands of people in personal development, change management, EQ, and High-performance teams. When she is not writing and teaching, she loves to spend time with her family and enjoys nature walks. Sagar lives in Denmark but travels the world with her work. w

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning writer; Brittany Rainsdon! Brittany Rainsdon started writing at a young age, penning poems and stories, and filling an overstuffed nightstand with spiral notebooks, pens, and floppy disks (yes, those were still a thing in 2007). But after entering college, Brittany lost touch with her writing and didn’t come back to it for several years. After having her third child in 2015 and needing a creative outlet, her passion for writing reignited. Once she found the Writers of the Future Contest, Brittany has not missed a quarter and has been a Writers of the Future finalist three times.    Brittany was a Published Finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest, now in its 38th year. Her story, "Half-Breed” is her first published story and as a winner this year, her story, "The Last Dying Season," will be published in Volume 38.

  Chatting with Sherri welcomes award-winning 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 u

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author;  Becky Bohan!   FINALIST: 2021 GCLS Award for General Fiction;A Light on Altered Land by Becky Bohan! NYC -MARCH 2022 "Bohan treats issues of aging, illness, spirituality, and family with maturity and integrity. Readers will be moved by this story of romance and second chances."--Publishers Weekly Ellie Belmont, a retired college teacher, wants to leave the house she shared with her wife, who died three years ago. Kathryn Kepler, a retired psychotherapist, finds life as a country club divorcée lonely. They meet by chance at a coffee shop and bond over downsizing. Sparks of attraction ignite on a road trip from Minnesota to California. After a romantic few days in Yosemite, they must deal with the real world—Kathryn’s homophobic daughter, medical cannabis, and a run-in with the law. A love story about mature passion and personal integrity, A Light on Altered Land has readers cheering for this winsome couple.   Author Becky Bohan, of North Fort Myers,

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back writer, publisher and podcaster; Scot Noel! Scot and I chat about the kickstarter to help pay their authors more and the new DreamForge Magazine's Channel  on YouTube. Scot Noel created DreamForge Magazine in 2019. He has been published in Eden Studios Zombie anthologies, Algis Budrys’ Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine, and has written novellas and interaction text for computer games.  Tangent, the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy, listed 20 DreamForge stories on their 2020 Recommended Reading List. DreamForge Magazine in 2022 by Scot M Noel — Kickstarter Dreamforge Magazine - YouTube

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back WOTF's Vice President of Public Affairs for Authors Services; Emily Goodwin! Emily Goodwin, Vice President of Public Affairs for Author Services, Writers of the Future. Author Services, Inc., talks abou the "L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Online Workshop" We chat about how well it has done and how helpful to upcoming authors.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back talented actor; Anthony J Sharpe! Anthony Sharpe best known as Cec Yates from Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries. And he is playng Erik Cowle  in Joe Vs Carole; Carole Baskin, a big-cat rescuer, sets out to end roadside zoo operator Joe Exotic's animal shows and cub-breeding business, inciting a bitter 10-year feud that threatens both of their livelihoods. He plays Cash in Black Water Abyss; Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry crocodile. He has also done some amazing work in; Paul in Carp Made The River Green, Keith in Mutt, Sig in 7 Storeys Down, Jasper in Initiation, Malcolm Rogers in Oh Brother!   He has also been busy in Los Angeles working behind the scenes on several film projects.  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back diverse photographer; Chris Loomis! "Design, art, nature, architecture, high-fashion, science, science-fiction, surrealism, the paranormal, music and even old cartoons...name some of the many things that inspire me personally as well as photographically. From personal project with high-concept productions to illustrative commissions for clients, I am constantly working to evolve my vision while maintaining the highest level of quality and art direction."

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author and Writers of the Future winner, Sean Patrick Hazlett!  What if there were a war after Armageddon? How would the survivors emerging from World War III’s radioactive slag heaps fight in this conflict? Would they wage it with sticks and stones . . . and sorcery? Or would they use more refined weapons, elevating lawfare to an art and unleashing bureaucratic nightmares worse than death? Would they struggle against themselves or inter-dimensional invaders? What horrors from the desolate darkness might slither into the light? Wipe away the ashes of civilization and peer into a pit of atomic glass to witness the haunting visions of World War IV from today’s greatest minds in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Sean Patrick Hazlett is an US Army veteran, speculative fiction writer and editor, and finance executive in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds an AB in history and BS in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and a master’s degree in public p

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back the Vintage Egyptologist; Dr. Colleen Darnell! We chat about her new book with her husband called; "Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth" by John Coleman Darnell and Colleen Darnell! Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. . Who are Akhenaten and Nefertiti? And what can we actually say about rulers who lived more than three thousand years ago? November 2022 marks the centennial of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and although "King Tut" is a household name, his nine-year rule pales in comparison to the revolutionary reign of his parents. Akhenaten and Nefertiti became gods on earth by transforming Egyptian solar worship, innovating in art and urban design, and merging religion and politics in ways never attempte

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Turkey native and USC student, Ms. Irmak "Max" Cavun she's the winner in the international illustration contest; The Illustrators of the Future ! She is currently living in Los Angeles and enrolled in The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Irmak Çavun, also known as Max, was born in 2000 in Albany, New York, but has lived most of her life in Turkey. Since there were no influential artists near her, Max’s inspiration has been based solely on her imagination. She grew up drawing and was interested in any and all forms of art. That is, until her contact with the gaming community. She was astonished by the level of design and the illustration aesthetics with such a welcoming community. So she shifted her focus toward game art and design, which she wants to pursue in college. Max's winning art is, "Yellow and Pink," and appears in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36. 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes the director and one of the stars of new film: "Switched at Love!" We chatted with the star of the film; Danny Arroyo  and  the director Jamal McWhorter!  "Switched At Love" follows two couples who discover that they may not have found "the one" after all. Whether they're ready to admit it or not, their friends will give them the push they need to find true love.  The romantic comedy "Switched At Love".  stars Danny Arroyo  (“Sangre Negra”), Mike Merrill (“All American”; “American Soul”), Shaquita Smith (BET Her Presents: The Couch’s “Baby Blue”; "Gravesend"), Jacky Oh, Candice Singleton (“Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda”), and Khalib McAdams (“Snapped Killer: Couples”).         Thanks,

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author; Peter Wacks! Caller of Lightning; When Halley's Comet blazed across the sky in 1759, onlookers saw a sight far more spectacular--and disastrous--than they ever could have imagined. Destroyed in a magical battle, the comet is rent in two and appears to strike Earth. The event is known as The Sundering, the moment in which the Old World is separated from the New, perhaps permanently isolating the Americas. What's more, The Sundering has brought magic into the world--creatures from folklore and fairy tales come to life, along with wizardry and magework unlike anything seen outside of legend. The New World is now far stranger than before, and the Europeans, Africans, and Indigenous peoples on the American continent must forge new bonds if they are to survive. So, when magic returns to the world of the 1700s, who does the world turn to for help? None other than the father of electricity himself: Benjamin Franklin! But Franklin is in for a shock if he thinks

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author F. J. Bergmann! F. J. Bergmann edits poetry for Mobius: The Journal of Social Change (mobiusmagazine.com), is the former editor of Star*Line, the journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (sfpoetry.com), and imagines tragedies on or near exoplanets. She has competed at National Poetry Slam as a member of the Urban Spoken Word team. Her work appears irregularly in speculative markets that don’t pay enough to be pro, and literary journals that should have known better. F.J. Bergmann. She is a winner of the international contest, The Writers of the Future and was honored at the awards event on October 22nd at The Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.  F.J.'s winning story, "A Prize in Every Box," is published in the anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 which has been on the bestsellers list in recent years!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author; Jillian Cantor! Beautiful Little Fools; On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby. Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire. Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby—before her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan. Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well. Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for women’s freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, who’s trapped in a terrible marria

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning illustrator and designer Phoebe Rothfeld! Phoebe, was honored the awards event at the Taglyan Complex on October 22nd was a black-tie gala honoring all the winners of Volume 36 and Volume 37 as well as announcing the grand prize writer and illustrator winner from each volume.   Phoebe Rothfeld is an illustrator and designer who grew up in the beautiful, tree-filled town of Chico, California and spent her childhood making up elaborate games with her siblings. Very early she found joy in drawing from life as a way to illustrate stories with a sense of seriousness, a devotion to detail and all things miniature, as well as an intense love for fantasy narratives. To this day she always has a sketchbook on her person. Phoebe attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and received her BA in Art and Theater Arts. While she works across a wide range of mediums that include ink, watercolor, gouache, and digital, her projects all come from the same goal—to inspire i

Chatting With Sherri welcomes fantasy art illustrator and best-selling poster artist; Tom Wood! Tom Wood is a fantasy art illustrator who is among the best-selling poster artists in the US and Canada. The “Tom Wood Fantasy Art” brand has sold millions of products since 2005. Tom’s creations of dragons and medieval, death-defying warriors have become iconic images of fantasy culture across America, Europe, and Asia. In addition as a commercial artist, Tom’s clients have included well-known companies: Warner Brothers, Disney, NBA, NFL, NASCAR, MLS, Reebok, Gatorade, and the NCAA. His formal education began at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville), where he was accepted on a full academic scholarship. His first professional work was in the screen-printing industry, art directing many sports designs. His early career launched and grew during the desktop revolution of the 1990s, where he quickly mastered his digital skills to become an art director and illustrator. This propelled his extensive freelance car

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Shireen Magedin! Lifelines; The world is changing, but not fast enough for Tanya Kareem. Her promotion to police inspector sends her to Nawabshah where she will have to prove herself and take a leading role in a man’s world. Sarah Shahzad Shah’s passion for learning and compassion for her patients make her a brilliant doctor in training. But she possesses psychic abilities that she doesn't know how to master... yet. Those gifts will come in handy when she handles some of her more puzzling cases that lead her to Inspector Tanya Kareem.   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 Po