A Visit with Rosemary Chaulk

Joining us today is author Rosemary Chaulk. Rosemary grew up in Littleton, Massachusetts, which used to be a small farm town, after moving from Waltham when she was in the third grade. She began writing when she was a teenager, but later found, after college, she had no free time or even the desire to write. It wasn't until about three years ago she started writing again, only to become totally obsessed with it.

Tell us, who is your greatest source of inspiration?

My greatest source of inspiration was my mother. Her life in some ways was a mess. She was a manic depressant alcoholic but never gave up and always got back up and tried again. When life knocks me down and I wonder if it is worth getting back I look to her example of never giving up no matter how dark it gets.

Your debut novel was recently released, could you tell us a bit about it?

Being I was born under the sign of the bull, forever connected to the earth, I have spent my entire life working outside. I have a deep respect and love for the land and at times in my career I was sickened, and even despondent, about the pollution that I saw.

In the town I live in was a village, North Village, and people to this day believe the village was cursed by a witch that died--a cursed piece of land right in the town I live in--but then I thought, “Can land be cursed or is it just the tortured souls who roam it who are cursed?"

It was through this book that I found a way to express my love for the land and make people aware of just how much we have polluted North America.

Where can readers find our more about you and your books?

There is more information available at my website: http://www.rosemarychaulk.com