Chatting with Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning speculative writer; Desmond Astaire!

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’s reprise of the amazing Joe Kronus!

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
 
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We welcome award-winning actor, writer, director and producer; Phil Proctor!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning actor, writer, director and producer; Phil Proctor!
Phil Proctor is an internationally known actor, singer, writer, composer, director and producer. His musical and linguistic gifts have taken him from Broadway (The Sound of Music, A Time For Singing) to cities across the U.S., Canada, France, and to the former USSR. He won the Theatre World Award for the Off-Broadway musical "The Amorous Flea" and was cited as best actor by the LA Free Press in John Guare's "Museeka" at the Mark Taper Forum. 
On screen, he has appeared with Robert De Niro, Orson Welles, Tuesday Weld, Jack Nicholson, Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis and John Astin. On television he has appeared in such shows as "Jag", "Men Behaving Badly", "Dave's World", "Night Court", "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", and General Hospital". On the silver screen, he has appeared in "A Safe Place", "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", 
He voiced "Howard", the father of Phil and Lil, for eight seasons on Nickelodeon's Emmy-award winning "Rugrats", reprising the role in the "Rugrats in Paris" movie. Other animation voice work also the villainous son of the Red Skull on "Spiderman", the chief bushrat in "Taz-Mania", King Gerard on H-B's "Smurfs", four seasons on Fox-TV's "The TICK" episodes, and "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego". 
And his new book; , “Where’s my Fortune Cookie?" The hilarious, startling biography of Phil Proctor, the co-founder of the legendary satirical comedy group, the Firesign Theatre. Includes over 120 rare photos, illustrating his work in comedy recordings, TV, film and even the Broadway stage.  

We welcome back bestselling & award winning author; Eileen Mueller!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back bestselling & 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?
Did you enjoy Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern, Fourth Wing, or Christopher Paolini's Eragon?
... then you'll love Riders of Fire.  
Her Kickstarter; The Riders of Fire and their dragons are waiting for you in Dragons' Realm. Saddle your dragon, then strap in tightly as her scales quiver beneath you and her warm breath huffs over your face. It's a wild ride!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eileenmuellerauthor/riders-of-fire-omnibus-deluxe-edition-dragon-rider-fantasy?ref=7wvc21
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!
Eileen is chatting about Anakisha’s Dragon, book 1 in her new Riders of Fire Dragon Masters series. Great for fans of dragons, pirates and adrenaline-fueled fantasy adventures.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back the award-winning author; Katherine Kovacic!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back the award-winning author;Katherine Kovacic!
We had such a fun chat, talking about sorts of subjects and we chatted about her new books; Australia’s Dogs.  Katherine has an interesting background she is Veterinarian and an Art Historian, and she uses it all in her writing, the lucky woman! 
Australia’s Dogs-big dogs, little dogs, fluffy couch potatoes and hardy working dogs. In fact, we have one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world. Australia’s Dogs is a celebration of the dog in Australian life, exploring the human-canine bond, and reflecting on the crucial role played by dogs in our life and work. Embark on an outback adventure with Francis Birtles and his various faithful canine companions. Discover the incredible endurance of Mawson’s huskies in frozen Antarctica. Learn more about Australia’s home-grown dog breeds that played a central role in the development of pastoral industries, as well as the iconic dingo and its place in Indigenous life, as well as the Australian ecosystem, today.
Ms Fisher Murder Mysteries: Just Murdered; 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 headstrong nature leave him little choice. Based on the screenplay by Deb Cox. 
'A splendid read, with an authentic 60s flavour.  I recommend it unreservedly.' - Kerry Greenwood
 

We welcome multi-award winning make-up and hair designer; Deborah Lanser!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes multi-award winning make-up and hair designer; Deborah Lanser!
Deborah Lanser learned make up at a local collage, studied period wig dressing and special effects make up procedures. Started in a Sydney  theme park painting children's faces.
Deborah has worked on the' re make' of the Mission: Impossible television series with Peter Graves and Thaao Penghlis which was filmed here in Australia the 80’s. 
Deborah has worked with Sir Kenneth Branagh on 2 films and flown around the world with him on a press tour in a private jet. Has worked with Denzel Washington and Emma Thompson in Italy.
Deborah has worked in east Africa in Namibia and then in the jungles of  northern Thailand on an Angelina Jolie film, head of make up department for a Glen Close produced 're do' of the musical South Pacific.
Deborah has worked with Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith, daughter of Tippy Hedren. Deborah had to turn Dennis Hopper into Frank Sinatra for the film The Night We Called It A Day.
Deborah has been nominated for an Emmy Award for make up on actress Deborah Messing in the tv mini series Starter Wife.
Deborah was one of many make up artists on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales filmed in Australia.
Deborah worked recently with Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone on comedy Netflix series Gods Favourite Idiot.
Deborah has travelled to the USA for many times and loves Palm Springs and the Californian coast and the Redwood Forest and the madness of Las Vegas. 
 
 
 
 
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author and publisher, Scot Noel!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back writer, publisher and podcaster; Scot Noel!
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.
In 2021, Scot's DreamForge project is being rebranded as DreamForge Anvil, SF & Fantasy Stories and How to Write Them. An online magazine of speculative fiction that is positive and hopeful, while also helping new writers learn their craft.
He has also collaborated with UpRoar Books and Space and Time magazine to publish an anthology of the best short stories appearing in DreamForge and Space and Time. That effort is being published this May as Worlds of Light & Darkness, Vol. 1.
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning artist; Clarence Bateman!

 
Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning artist and illustrator; Clarence Bateman!
Clarence Bateman's passion for art was inspired by comic books from an early age. He fantasized about one day being a comic book artist for Marvel as Spiderman was his favorite superhero at the time. In his early teenage years he would hustle family members by doing Christmas cards and lightly twisting their arms to buy them. He would do art for his friends in school and they would pay him with comic books. He dropped out of high school to enroll in the The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica attending for three years before emigrating to the US.
 
After a series of dead end jobs he decided to go back to school for art enrolling in the New York City Technical College part time while holding down a full time job in the garment district as a pattern maker. He did a three year advertising program with the intention of becoming an Art Director and instead ended up working in the advertising field for the next thirty plus years as a freelance pre-production sketch artist. Sketch art at the time was done primarily with magic markers, color pencils and inks. When work started transitioning to the computer he taught himself how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
 
Clarence’s primary focus is Science Fiction and Fantasy art encompassing such a wide range of subject matter he considers it practically impossible to have artist block. He spends his late nights honing his skills, constantly learning, and working to become a better artist.
Clarence Bateman artist and Illustrators of the Future winner from L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39.
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes speculative fiction author; Mike Jack Stoumbos!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes speculative fiction author; Mike Jack Stoumbos!
Mike Jack Stoumbos is a speculative fiction author, disguised as a believably normal high school teacher. He lives with his wife and their parrot, and can be found @MJStoumbos on Twitter and on his Amazon Author Page, but the best way to stay up to date is to subscribe to the mailing list. In his writing and teaching, Mike Jack strives to bring joy, humor, and compassion--especially in genre fiction, which he could with fewer bleak and gritty stories.
Before becoming a high school English teacher, Mike Jack spent a year working as a non-fiction writer and editor, as well as self-publishing The Baron Would Be Proud (2012), so he could bring his personal experience to the classroom. In the summer of 2019, Mike Jack made a commitment to prioritize his passion for writing, and has since been keeping daily word habits and braving the short-story submission circuit--with success.
Mike Jack has published short fiction in several anthologies since 2020 and won 1st place in the Writers of the Future Contest (2021). His space opera series, THIS FINE CREW, is published by Theogony Books of Chris Kennedy Publishing, starting with The Signal Out Of Space. In addition, Mike Jack has been appearing on panels and leading workshops, as well as writing articles for The Book Break. He continues to teach and tutor, to host workshops and write-ins for fellow authors, and to continue to churn his many ideas into stories.
 
 Mike Jack is a Writers of the Future winner from L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38.
 
 

Sherri’s Playhouse presents, Never Too Late by Mary D Brooks!

Sherri's Playhouse presents, Never Too Late by Mary D Brooks!
Mary D Brooks, brings us the next chapter in lives of Zoe and Eva;
Never Too Late; In the year 2017, the Lambros Family gathers in Sydney, Australia, with the goal of securing a "Yes" vote on the question of whether or not same-sex marriage should be legalized in Australia. A vote that will change people's lives irrevocably.
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