Mr. Chuckles stumbles upon Sue Lobo while stirring the Wizard's Cauldron

The Wizard speaks:

I have no idea how I met the brilliant Sue Lobo. 

I think it was through the Independent Paperback Scrapbook/Catalogue back in 2012. Whatever the reason, she's been a consistent fixture in my online life and it's been an honour and privilege. 

Each day, Sue puts up a highly popular, original poem on Facebook (details below) and she is developing a big following as poetry (the art, the discipline) continues to grow as a medium. 

She's the author of two superb books and both proudly reside on my bookshelf. 

Sue, as  Wizardwatchers know I have said before, is classically trained. Educated in colonial Africa, you would spend a long long time locating a grammatical error in her work and it never ceases to amaze me how good the English teaching was out there in comparison to large parts of the home country - her memoir, "Lollipops of Dust" is, perhaps, the most correctly written book I have ever read. 

Currently resident in Spain, I contacted Sue on the Wizphone as she sipped a glass of wine somewhere among the olive groves of the Iberian Peninsula. Here's what she had to say.

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Mr. Chuckles stopped by the Wizard's Cauldron, checking out The Bookshop on the Corner

The Wizard Speaks:
Sarah Smith had an addiction — she was addicted to romance novels. The meet-cute, the passion, the drama and the gorgeous men! Now this wouldn’t have been such an issue if she hadn’t been the owner of the only bookshop in Ashford, Connecticut.
Ever since her close friend Lil, from the Gingerbread Café, had become engaged she had been yearning for a little love to turn up in her life. Except Sarah knew a good man was hard to find — especially in a tiny town like Ashford. 

That was until New York journalist, Ridge Warner, stepped into her bookshop…


Love could be just around the corner for Sarah, but will she be able to truly believe that happy-ever-after can happen in real-life too?

Click on the link to read more:
http://greenwizard62.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/rebecca-raisin-launches-bookshop-on.html

Mr. Chuckles was eavesdropping on the Wiz Phone, checking out Olive Collins' Irish accent

The Great Wizard says:

Late in 2012, I bumped into Irish writer Olive Collins' novel Crocheting with Kurt Cobain for reasons which are now lost to antiquity. It's not the kind of novel I was reading at the the time, but I found myself reading the preview and I was most impressed. 

There and then, I said to myself that Olive would be a valued addition to the Cauldron archives and this week, I spoke to Olive on the Wizphone as she ambled merrily along the lush green gallops of the Coolmore racehorse training complex, Ballydoyle, in County Tipperary.

 

Click on the link to read more:

 

http://greenwizard62.blogspot.com/2014/01/irelands-olive-collinsaround-cauldron.html

Mr. Chuckles visits the Wizard's Cauldron where Fantasy Writer Mande Matthews discusses her books

Marky the Wizard says:

In the penultimate Matt Posner interview, the  Cauldron is today graced by the multi-talented  Mande Matthews

Graphic designer, company owner, animal lover, Mozart buff, prolific fantasy writer and author of the lauded ShadowLight Saga. Mande is another of those people who manage to do everything but build the ark on any given day and whose productivity is an inspiration to us all. 

Sagas, prequels, mini-series, the kitchen sink: Mande is a testament to hard work and application and proof that spending ten hours a day on social networks isn't always the best use of a writer's time.

This is one of the most absorbing interviews I've carried out and there is a free copy of the prequel to her saga available to everyone who reads it.   So without further ado, here's what Mande had to say from somewhere deep in the US.

Click on the link to read the interview in its entirety.

http://greenwizard62.blogspot.com/2013/10/in-and-out-of-shadowswith-mande-matthews.html