Chautona Havig

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Q & A & Stuff

I've had a few questions via email, in person, online, chatting, etc.  So, I thought I'd share them for the rest of the folks too! Q:  What is Everard?  When will it be available? A:  Everard is my second in the Not-So-Fairy Tales Collection.  It is started, planned, and it's unlike any fairy Continue Reading

Annals of Wynnewood Take Two?

In the last post, I gave a hint about something possibly in the works.  Well, I'm not sure I'm done with the characters of Wynnewood.  There was so much I wanted to add to the third book-- or the fourth-- but it would have been like the difference between the third Harry Potter book and the fourth.  Continue Reading

Adventures in Ye Olde Englishe

Note: That's totally inaccurate there and I don't really care. It made me smile. So, when writing Wynnewood, I'm always enjoying a little fun in the Old English to Modern English dictionary I found online. Some are interesting.  For example: ability: cræft  (Doesn't that look an awful lot like Continue Reading

I Have Arrived~

I have come full circle.  I know that my books have been on Paperback Swap, but this is the real deal.  My friend Teresa (Book signing gal) found Ready or Not at a garage sale... AND BOUGHT IT for her daughter-in-law.  Crystal claims to have liked it. Continue Reading

Author Questions Bonus (Take One)

Heidi K (Abigail)- What age were you when you started writing? Were you a little girl? I have always made up stories in my head... I remember doing it as young as four or five.  However, I didn't start writing them down until I was around twelve.  So, I guess it depends on if you consider twelve Continue Reading

Readers Ask Questions: Part 4

This post has been updated!  The original was for a contest that is long gone, but I thought you might enjoy the questions and answers.  Original post date was Independence Day of 2010!!! Sharon B-  Do you enjoy reading your books? Is it full of myself to say yes?  What I don't enjoy is seeing Continue Reading

Author Questions Bonus (Take Two)

Sharon B-  If you could change one thing that happened in Shadow and Secrets what would it be? Why? I'd have created a place that never existed.  I feel guilty for messing with history the way I did.  If there was an island a few hundred miles away from Ireland, it would have solved the problem, Continue Reading

Questions from Readers: Part 3

This post has been updated!  The original was for a contest that is long gone, but I thought you might enjoy the questions and answers.  Original post date was Independence Day of 2010!!! Susan K-  Who edits your books and how does that work? Well, that is a complicated question.  Originally, I Continue Reading

Readers Ask Questions: Part 2

This post has been updated!  The original was for a contest that is long gone, but I thought you might enjoy the questions and answers.  Original post date was Independence Day of 2010!!! Nathan (Susan K) - Why are there so many weird words (In Wynnewood)? I wanted to preserve a little of Continue Reading

Readers Ask Questions: Part 1

This post has been updated!  The original was for a contest that is long gone, but I thought you might enjoy the questions and answers.  Original post date was Independence Day of 2010!!! Frankie C: Can you write a book about someone who goes back in time? Well, technically I did write one like Continue Reading