Chatting With Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes  author and professional speaker, Mark Leslie! His first published horror story “Phantom Mitch” appeared in Wicked Mystic magazine in October of 1993 and received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasty & Horror #7 (Datlow & Windling). and anthologies including Stardust (edited by Julie E. Czerneda), Bound for Evil (edited by Tom English), Bluffs (edited by Lawrence Steven) and Fear of the Dark (edited by Maria Cavicchiolo & Jason Rolfe), 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush (edited by Kevin J. Anderson and John McFetridge) and Fiction River: Sparks (edited by Rebecca Moesta). In 2014, Mark published his first novel, Evasion, a thriller often described as “Die-Hard in an office in Toronto.” The thriller takes place in a loosely hidden Kobo office in Liberty Village in Toronto (where Mark worked when the novel was written). That same year, Atomic Fez released Mark’s horror novel I, Death a novel that had its origins in an online real-time story that Mark

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning composer, producer, educator, and host; 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 fe

Chatting With Sherri welcomes our Miss Fisher Fan Panel! This is a fun chat about all things Phryne we talk about the characters, the clothes, the actors and a the great job of casting that they did on series. We also chat about the scripts and how the fans really miss Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries, We also chat about the movie; Miss Fisher and The Crypt of Tears, how much fun it was and how we love the development of the characters our hopes for a new movie. We also chat about the new spin off Ms. Fisher Moderny Mysteries which is coming back this year! I also have a few surprises that I will let you know about as we get closer to the show! Even the panelists don't know about them!  Also one of the panelists couldn't make so she leaves a message for us and the other fans. I think it will be great fun!      

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.

Sherri Chats About Agatha Christie tonight! This show is a bit different, no guest, just me fan gushing about my favorite mystery writer; Agatha Christie.  I will be talking about my favorite books, about all I have read about the great lady and how I feel about her.  I will also discuss my ideas about my favorite stories and her autobiography. It is just a fun little show about all the books I have read and my great admiration for her and her talent. Sherri  

Sherri's playhouse reprises The  Dowry!   It was originally for an under 10 minute play writing contest. But it was so personal and special I decided to do it on Sherri’s Playhouse. It is a very short re-imagining of the founding of my family in the US. It came from chats with my Grandparents, notes my Mom had in her journals about stories she heard from her parents and grandparents. Also stories directly from my Mom and my Grandparents on quiet Sunday afternoons at their place as we ate lunch or dinner. It was a very personal project and so I am very interested in chatting with my cast about bringing it to life. We chat both plays and their parts in it. But it was so personal and special I decided to do it on Sherri’s Playhouse. This next part takes place after the family has moved to NYC after they started to assimulate.  And how my Grandma started working for some biggest stars in the theater!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Jessica Brawner! Jessica Brawner 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. In her highly varied career she has done everything from developing and teaching self-defense classes, to working as an event planner, an entertainment agent, a computer teacher, a personal assistant, and a booth babe at science fiction and fantasy conventions. She 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 &am

Sherri's Playhouse reprises  Mishpucha!   Sherri’s Playhouse presents a very short tiny play called Mishpucha! It was originally for an under 10 minute play writing contest. But it was so personal and special I decided to do it on Sherri’s Playhouse. It is a very short re-imagining of the founding of my family in the US.  We also have  an interview with the cast to chat about the characters and the time period.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Producer and Screenwriter; Babs Greyhosky!  Babs Greyhosky is a Producer and Screenwriter for many faboulsous shows! She is one of the first women to  break through the glass ceiling  in both the writing room and as a producer. She has written Teleplays for shows such as "Magnum, P.I.", "Riptide", "The A-Team", and "The Greatest American Hero." and "Farscape."  

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 back author Wulf Moon! Wulf Moon wrote his first science fiction story at fifteen. It won the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the same contest that first discovered Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Truman Capote, Peter S. Beagle, and a host of iconic names in the arts. It became his first professional sale in Science World. Since then Moon has won over forty writing awards, and thirty in public speaking. These include: Star Trek Strange New Worlds Contest; Critters Readers' Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story of 2018, 2019, 2020; Best Nonfiction Article of 2019, Best Author of 2019, 2020; Best Writers' Workshop of 2019, 2020; and the Writers of the Future Contest, Vol. 35. His stories have appeared in numerous publications including Writers of the Future, Deep Magic, Future Science Fiction Digest, Best of Third Flatiron, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2. Moon is also a professional voice-over actor and has produced works for Hugo Aw

  Chatting With Sherri welcomes back USA Today bestselling and award winning author Eileen Mueller! 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. Available now on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BG7V7GS  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back publisher and writer; John Goodwin!   Over its 35 year history, the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest has recognized 404 winners who have gone on to publish 1,150 novels and 4,450 short stories.  Of these, 192 are still active with a writing career—that’s over 40%. Twelve of these Contest winners have gone on to become NYT bestselling authors. And Contest Winners have garnered 155 major awards.  Collectively, the winners of the contests have sold over 60 million books over the years.  And with the last 4 volumes of Writers of the Future hitting national bestseller lists—and each of the winners becoming national bestselling authors and illustrators as a result—contest entries continue to increase each quarter with entries from around the world.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning artist Dan Dos Santos! Well known for his colorful oil paintings, most often depicting strong women, Dan dos Santos’ work spans a variety of genres, including novels, comics, film, and video games. He has worked for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, Activision, Boeing Aircraft, Scholastic Books, The Greenwich Workshop, Penguin Books, Random House, UpperDeck, Hasbro, DC Comics, and many, many more. Dan has been the recipient of many awards. He is a Rhodes Family Scholarship winner, a five-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Artist, and has received both Gold and Silver Medals from “Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.” His illustrations have graced the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller list numerous times and his covers are seen in bookstores in dozens of countries around the world.   He has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2019.“The Illustrators of the Future is an amazing compass for what the art industry holds in store fo

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back with author and playwright Mary D Brooks! I will get  to catch up with author and playright, Mary D. Brooks about "Beyond These Gates," part one, her newest radio play series, her novel and audio book;  "Enemy at the Gate."    This show is recorded.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back director, writer, actor; Tom Konkle! Tom is a talented actor and director his latest is;  Noise in the Middle; After the sudden death of his wife, a grieving father of a severely non-verbal autistic girl seeks experimental therapy where he unknowingly rents an Airbnb with a haunted history. This stirs his daughter's psychic abilities along with his personal demons. The result is a story full of suspense, tension, empathy and a powerful metaphor about the Noise In All Of Us. Tom's won best thriller in the Los Angeles Film Awards for his classically inspired 1940’s noir feature, TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS.  Directed by and starring Thomas Konkle, the film follows Roland Drake, a Los Angeles Private Investigator trying to untangle a mystery that only lands him in deep trouble.  And Brittney Powell won the Stella Adler award for acting in film!  "Beware the Bwana in khaki who hires you for the crew of his TV wildlife documentary, for he is often a lousy tipper." - Zulu Proverb

Chatting With Sherri welcomes 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. Scot is one of the winners of the Writers of the Future contest and his story, “Riches Like Dust,” is published in L.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Roger Q Mason! Roger Q. Mason is a playwright and screenwriter whose work investigates the intersection of history, memory, and identity. His play The White Dress was semi-finalist for the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival and the inaugural Shonda Rhimes Emerging Playwright Award. Mason's short film Softer is based upon a play of the same title.    Breathe., produced and directed by Roger Q Mason and written and performed by Philicia Saunders, is a form of art activism fusing live performance, cinema, performance art and artistic swimming in a hybridized narrative that could only be born during these challenging, yet galvanizing times. With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, Philicia wrote and stars in this one-woman live theater show based on her life-changing personal journey towards activism after a chance trip to a Civil Rights monument, and mentorship by a luminary of activism, Sweet Alice Harris - one of Watts, CA's most beloved c

       Chatting with Sherri welcomes back award winning screenwriter; Shaene Siders! Shaene Siders is an award-winning action and science fiction writer who geeks out over swords, sorcery, and superheroes. Never read her scripts without a helmet!   Her credits include Marvel's Avengers Assemble, DC Super Hero Girls, the Emmy-Award-winning Niko and the Sword of Light, LEGO Monkie Kid, and Netflix’s Saint Seiya:  Knights of the Zodiac. She has also written for The Octonauts, The Discovery Channel, and even NASA.   Most recently nominated for the Humanitas Prize, Shaene does have a sensitive side and is the Head Writer and Co-Executive Producer for Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures, which she claims has more explosions than you might think.    

Sherri's Playhouse proudly presents 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.