Chatting With Sherri

 Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning writer Elaine Midcoh! Elaine Midcoh, will travel to Hollywood as a Published Finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest, now in its 38th year. Her story, "The Battle of Donasi," will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37. Elaine lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida. At age 8, she wrote to NASA asking to be an astronaut, but was rejected. Undeterred, she penned her first book which featured a young girl as NASA’s first child astronaut. Yes, the kid’s name was Elaine. To seal the deal she bought herself a Jr. Astronaut medal which she still wears on special occasions. Later, when adulthood loomed, she diverted to law school, became an attorney and spent many happy years teaching college students about Criminal Justice and the Bill of Rights, while still writing an occasional tale.  

Chatting With Sherri  welcomes award-winning Illustrator Jennifer Bruce! Jennifer Bruce was born in 1991 near Detroit, Michigan. As a child she had an avid interest in drawing but didn’t have access to art classes until high school, so she was largely self-taught. After high school, forced to choose a career in college, she struggled to settle into a major that felt fulfilling, but avoided an art major because it felt daunting and impossible. She eventually regained her confidence and attended the College for Creative Studies in downtown Detroit, graduating with honors and a bachelor’s in illustration (and a minor in concept art). She is now pursuing a career as a freelance artist, with a focus on young adult and children’s literature book covers. Her style of illustration mixes her foundation of traditional media with the ease and flexibility of digital media. Her digital paintings combine semi-realistic figures with graphic elements, texture, and patterns, infused with dramatic emotion and narrative. She

Sherri's Playhouse reprises the radio play; Dimness! All alone. In a small room.  All you can remember about yourself is your name. Three lonely people reach out to each other in the dimness, al they know are their names and how they are dressed. Radio play by Sherri Rabinowitz (I directed it too.) Original music by Ray Dafrico. play is followed by a rebroadcast of the cast interview from earlier this year, please stay tuned to listen to our chat This a repeat of a performance from last year.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes poet Sherry Hicks!  Sherry Hicks graduated from Wichita State University with honors in Social Work, and is a member of Golden Key Honor Society. She was entered into the 2001 edition of Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities. Attending Wichita State University a second time with graduate studies, she took courses in Cultural Anthropology and Criminal Investigations. Furthering her graduate studies, she attended Grand Canyon University where she studied Professional Counseling. In 2019 Sherry completed a Doctoral degree in Spiritual Counseling. Sherry has worked with various agencies ranging from child services to services targeted at supporting adults recovering from drug and alcohol abuse. Shadowed Past; Have you ever felt isolated and alone? Are you a people pleaser, responsible for other people and how they feel? Have you ever judged yourself harshly? Do you identify yourself as a victim? This is exactly what will happen if your dysfunctional past shapes your future. Do

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author; Katherine Kovacic! Katherine was a veterinarian but preferred training and having fun with dogs to taking their temperatures.  Katherine spends her spare time writing, dancing and teaching other people’s dogs to ride skateboards. @sistersincrimeau Readers Choice.  Congratulations to Katherine Kovacic for winning this award for The Shifting Landscape. The Canberra Times said: Katherine Kovacic puts an Australian spin on a classic crime thriller trope. If you haven't read Katherine Kovacic before, and you like art mixed with crime, you're in for a treat. @echo_publishing 'The Schoolgirl Strangler', as she recounts the chilling true crime story consisting of a failed police enquiries, a serial killer with a Jekyll and Hyde personality, and four families left shattered from tragic losses. A research geek, Katherine is currently fired up by the history of human relationships with animals, particularly as they appear in art. Her first book, The Portrait o

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back international award-winning authors; Lee Murray and Dan Rabarts! Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray are award-winning author-editors from Aotearoa-New Zealand (16 Sir Julius Vogel & 5 Australian Shadows Awards). A Bram Stoker- and Shirley Jackson Award-winner, Lee’s work includes horror-thrillers, the Taine McKenna Adventures, and debut collection Grotesque: Monster Stories, while Dan is the author of steampunk-grimdark-comic fantasy series Children of Bane from Omnium Gatherum Media. Together, they co-write crime-noir series the Path of Ra from Raw Dog Screaming Press (Hounds of the Underworld, Teeth of the Wolf, Blood of the Sun), and co-edited horror anthologies Baby Teeth - Bite-sized Tales of Terror and At the Edge. Websites: leemurray.info & dan.rabarts.com. Lee Murray, Writer leekiwi@gmail.com www.leemurray.info  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author; Luke Wildman! Luke Wildman was born and raised in West Africa, came to the U.S. for college at nineteen, and has lived with his wife in Indianapolis ever since. When not terrorizing the countryside, Luke reads copiously, devotes unhealthy amounts of time to working on his novels, and dreams of making his living through fiction. His work has appeared in Havok magazine and Parnassus, Taylor University’s literary journal. Luke Wildman, will travel to Hollywood as a winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, now in its 38th year and his winning story will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37.                                

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author; Deirdre Maloney! Do you have a dark secret that’s holding you back from loving yourself? After multiple breakdowns while managing bi-polar disorder, four kids, and trying to keep up the visage she had created, Deirdre finally felt the world crashing down on her. The skeletons in her closet were on the attack, and if she didn’t deal with her past, it was going to deal with her. Sexual abuse, rape, and underage prostitution are only the beginning of Deirdre Maloney’s story. She digs into her darkest secrets to release the relentless thoughts of not being good enough. Unfold Me is a lesson on self-acceptance in the deepest way. Deirdre believes we must face the darkest parts of ourselves to be wholehearted. Walking through the fire of difficult emotions is the only way to move forward. The unfolding of one woman who felt so much shame for the life she lead as a young adult will help you to connect with a side of yourself that will bring you home. Deirdre Maloney is the fo

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Journalist and Author; Mark I. Jacobson! Mark I. Jacobson tells a bit about his book and himself; "TheYearOfMyLifeVR.com is a Continuum book series. When the book ends, the story doesn't. In between their adventures in virtual reality, The Writer and Victoria live and interact in the actual world. They have nothing in common, but they may be civilization's only hope as they set out to save the human species from extinction. Get to know them in real time as the story continues and fiction becomes reality!  There is one last thing that makes this book so real. The main character is an actual person caught up in a fictional adventure. The prologue, his world view, and The Writer's Reality blog (both in the book and on the Continuum website), is taken from his actual life. I know this for a fact because I am The Writer." "I graduated from the University of Arizona, took my journalism degree, and moved to Los Angeles. I started writing feature articles and a column for a monthly ma

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back prolific and award-winning author; Dean Wesley Smith! As a published Finalist at the inaugural Writers of the Future ceremonies in 1985, Dean Wesley Smith was the first person ever to receive a WotF Award, accepting his framed certificate from judges Dr. Gregory Benford, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg and Algis Budrys. Smith has published nearly 200 novels in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres.  He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller and romance, as well as books for television, movies, games and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghostwriter or under house names. With his wife (and fellow WotF judge) Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he wrote The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. Smith has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC and Dark Horse. Smith is an avid poker player

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Brittany Rainsdon! Brittany Rainsdon Headed to Hollywood as Writers of the Future Published Finalist; Brittany 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. “Half-Breed” is her first published story and she hopes to publish many more.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Mitzi Szereto! Her latest book; The Best New True Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals ; This international true crime anthology reveals more than a century of classy crooks and principled pirates from East Chicago to the South China Sea. Sometimes the nicest people make the best criminals. This volume introduces real-life characters who broke the law for all the right reasons—or committed devious acts with the friendliest of faces. It features incredible stories from across the globe, written by award-winning crime writers, true-crime podcasters, and journalists such as Tom Larsen, David Blumenfeld, Anthony Ferguson, Dean Jobb, Paul Willetts, Janel Comeau and David Breakspear. Mitzi is an author and anthology editor whose books encompass true crime and crime fiction, gothic fiction, cozy mystery, satire, parody, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, and non-fiction. Her novels, short stories and anthologies have been translated into several languages. She

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning Costume Designer; Marion Boyce!  Marion's most recent award for her work was on the movie; "The Dressmaker." She has been working in this industry for many years, including the popular Australian series, "Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries!" Marion's career and her passion for Costume Design is very inspiring.  Marion Boyce was nominated for 2015 AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in a Television Series for Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries.   

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Katherine Kovacic about her novelization of Ms. Fisher Modern Murder Mysteries; Just Murdered! Katherine was a veterinarian but preferred training and having fun with dogs to taking their temperatures.  Katherine spends her spare time writing, dancing and teaching other people’s dogs to ride skateboards. A research geek, Katherine is currently fired up by the history of human relationships with animals, particularly as they appear in art. Her first book, The Portrait of Molly Dean, was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award for best first fiction. Her latest novel; "Just Murdered; Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Book #1!"   Peregrine Fisher is unexpectedly summoned to a meeting of the Adventuresses' Club of the Antipodes, where she learns some incredible news. When Adventuress Florence Astor is accused of murder, Peregrine jumps at the chance to help on the case. Detective James Steed, initially dismissive, quickly finds Peregrine's flair for investigating and headstro

Sherri's Playhouse presents  a reprise of  The Thief's Tale!   Whitney is a thief. A good one. Like a mosquito she comes in quietly, first anaesthetising, then feeding, and finally leaving before her prey know any better. It's a strategy which has worked for her 22 times in the past. But when she lands in Refuge, a discovery at an estate sale opens the door to other possibilities.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning illustrator Andre Mata!  Lisbon artist, Andre Mata attracted to the visual arts, he started drawing from an early age, inspired by stories, movies, video games, and subjects that kindled his interest and fueled his imagination. After studying illustration at university, he has invested in independent studies with books, the online community, blogs, articles, and video tutorials, while continuing to draw and paint. He shifts between observational and imaginative work, constantly developing and improving his craft. Inspired by nature and its endless moods, his main goal is the development of imagery that triggers an emotional response and lingers in a person’s memory, weaving realism with imagination. Working with traditional media, he develops realistic renderings, paying attention to the light, colors, shapes, and forms, attempting to capture the mood or feeling of the moment in a single image. Influenced by classic literature, the Golden Age of Illustration, a

Chatting With Sherri interviews pulp fiction journalist and historian as well as editor, author, and publisher of Murania Press, Ed Hulse! Ed Hulse is an award-winning journalist and historian who specializes in documenting American popular culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For several years his video reviews and articles on film history were syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group. Between 2002 and 2016 he edited and published BLOOD 'N' THUNDER, a quarterly journal catering to enthusiasts of vintage American popular fiction and related storytelling mediums such as motion pictures, stage melodrama, and Old Time Radio. His books include DISTRESSED DAMSELS AND MASKED MARAUDERS, THE BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION, THE FILMS OF BETTY GRABLE, and FRANCES DEE: A FILM HISTORY, among others. He is also the co-editor of DON MILLER'S HOLLYWOOD CORRAL, A COMPREHENSIVE B-WESTERN ROUNDUP and THE ART OF THE PULPS.  

A Sherri's Playhouse reprise of Hamlet! The Prince of Denmark comes to Sherri's Playhouse this evening! Listen to Sherri's Playhouse's players renditon of Shakespeare's classic tale of love, betrayal and madness.   

Chatting with Sherri welcomes award winning author; Tim Powers! Tim Powers is the author of numerous novels including Hide Me Among the Graves, Three Days to Never, Declare, Last Call, and On Stranger Tides, which inspired the feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award twice, and the World Fantasy Award three times.  In 1976 his first two novels, The Skies Discrowned and Epitaph in Rust were published. 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), Expiration Date, Earthquake Weather, Declare (winner of the World Fantasy Award) and Three Days to Never. His most recent book is Hide Me Among the Graves. The Manchester G

Sherri's Playhouse proudly reprises Ams Libe! Ams Libe in Yiddish means True Love, sometimes love takes a strange course…  two young people separated by an ocean during the first war.  Reaching out to each other the only way they can, through letters.