Uncorking a Story Podcast

Uncorking a Story

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Stories influence, teach and inspire us, but what about the storytellers who create them? Uncorking a Story profiles storytellers to uncover how their background and life experiences influence the stories they create. We learn what motivates them, their path to success, and what fuels them to keep creating. It all starts by asking one simple question, where does your story begin? Welcome to uncorking a story. All of the books promoted on Uncorking a Story can be viewed and purchased here: https://bookshop.org/shop/UncorkingaStory

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Flashpoints, with Cheryl A. Head

March 14, 2023 MPN Uncorking a Story 0 Comments
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The sparks that ignite story ideas are almost always rooted in experience, emotion, and curiosity. Today’s guest on Uncorking a Story, award winning author Cheryl A. Head, discusses how the murder of George Floyd served as the flashpoint for her latest novel, Time’s Undoing. Along the way she discusses how the murder of her own grandfather had her following her own curiosity back in time and inspired her to write a dual timeline story.

Meet Cheryl A Head

Cheryl A. Head is a writer, television producer, and broadcast executive. She is an Anthony Award nominee, a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, a three-time Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, and winner of the Golden Crown Literary Society’s Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award. Her books are included in the Detroit Public Library’s African American Booklist and in the Special Collections of the Library of Michigan.  

Key Topics:

  1. Why the murder of George Floyd was the flashpoint to starting Time’s Undoing.
  2. How Cheryl tapped into her own family’s tragic mystery when writing this novel.
  3. The challenges of writing dual timelines.
  4. The importance of knowing your history.
  5. Why write what you know isn’t always the best advice.

Buy Time’s Undoing: A Novel 

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3jOvrjJ

Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780593471821

Connect With Cheryl

Personal Website: https://www.cherylhead.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.head.104

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cheaddc?s=11&t=hoTffK7Tu163IR_DvTNzRg

Book Website: https://megstafford.com/who-will-accompany-you/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheadwrites/?hl=en

Connect with Mike

Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/

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