Author
Email: juliacharpentier@aol.com
Phone: 414-202-8863
Residence: Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Master of Arts in the
Humanities, California State University, Dominguez Hills, August 2008
Bachelor of Science in
Liberal Studies, Excelsior College, Albany, New York, September 2005 (Cum
Laude)
The Indigo Dream Catcher (Short Stories)
Oscar
Wilde’s Love Song (Supernatural)
Romance Writing: Literary History
and Commercial Categories (Reference)
Starlit
Obsession (Mainstream)
Summer
Solstice (Short Stories)
Valentino: Icon of Romance (Biography)
Published over 230
articles (1984-2010)
Recent profiles and
interviews
Costel Iarca: Transcending the
Expressionists-Eclectica-July/August 2010
Costel
Iarca: Interview-Wild Violet-Vol. VIII Issue I-Summer 2009
Costel Iarca: A New Dimension in
Abstract Expression-Vivid Magazine-June 2009
Well-Traveled: An Interview with Louis Bennett-Soccer
Journal-May/June 2009
Ana Leigh: Author Spotlight-Love Western Romances-April 2009
Lorrie Otto: At War with Mother
Nature-Awareness-March/April 2009
Lorrie Otto: Healing the Earth for the
Children-Natural Life-January/February 2009
Merlin Holland: Interview-GLR-July/August 2008
Merlin Holland: After the Fall-The Advocate-July 15, 2008
Costel Iarca: Abstraction Attraction-Artworks-Spring
2008
Louis Bennett: Love of the Game-Milwaukee Magazine-September 2008
Lorrie Otto: Wild at Heart-Milwaukee Magazine-August 2008
Anna Lee Baier: Playing God-Milwaukee Magazine-May 2008
Costel Iarca Exhibition at the
Andrews Art Museum-artnowMAG-June 15, 2009
Costel Iarca Exhibition at the
MacNider Art Museum-artnowMAG-December 2, 2008
David Gordon: Money and Art-artnowMAG-March 28, 2008
Articles for Pet Age, a trade magazine
published by H.H. Backer Associates
Bird Treats with Benefits-March 2010
Innovative Bird Carriers-January 2010
Climate-Controlled Pet Beds-November 2009
Toys That Keep Birds Busy-August 2009
Profiles of
manufacturers and retailers for TDmonthly Magazine, a trade publication
for the toy, hobby, game, and gift industry
TDmonthly Magazine – Article Archive
Column for Affaire
de Coeur, a magazine for the romance publishing industry
Romance and the Short Story-Affaire de Coeur-Holiday 2000
Romance in Action: The Screenplay-Affaire de
Coeur-January 1999
Articles in trade
publications for romance writers
Romantic
Pulp-Romance Writers Report-January/February 1996
Valentino and the Art of Silent Romance-Romance Writers
Report-May/June 1995
Past profiles of
celebrities for regional newspapers and national publications
Valentino: The Silver Screen's First Sex
Symbol-Remember Magazine-June 1996
Big Band and Romance: Manilow Is Back-City Edition-July
27, 1995
Jon Secada: Miami's New Sound Machine-City
Edition-March 2, 1995
Valentino-Movie
Marketplace-December 1994
Lou Diamond Phillips: From Movie
Set to Concert Stage-City Edition-June 16, 1994
Spotlight
on Tom Green-Milwaukee Footlights-Spring 1993
Published over 200 book
reviews (1997-2010)
Fiction and nonfiction reviews for ForeWord, a trade magazine for the publishing industry
The Purpose-Guided Universe-July/August 2010
Her America: “A Jury of Her Peers”
and Other Stories-July/August 2010
Not for Profit: Why Democracy
Needs the Humanities-May/June 2010
Anything Goes: A Biography of the
Roaring Twenties-March/April 2010
The Last Rendezvous-March/April
2010
Death at the Alma
Mater-January/February 2010
Mephisto
Aria-January/February 2010
Digital reviews for ForeWord
Wild Hoofbeats: America’s Vanishing Wild
Horses-May 2010
Reviews for Clarion, a division of ForeWord
The Exodus of Spiders and Falcons (Fantasy)
American Democracy in Jeopardy (Political Science)
Sugar Doll’s Hurricane Blues (Romance)
The
Awakening (Performing Arts)
Mind Leap
(Body, Mind & Spirit)
Changing the World One Invention at a Time (Business
& Economics)
Fireside Chats: A Surrealist’s
View of the World (Poetry)
The Timeline History of the English Language (Language)
Don K: The Story of a Man – A
Legend of His Time (Crime Fiction)
The Great Pyramid Secret (Science)
Romance novel reviews
for Affaire
de Coeur
My Fallen Angel-Affaire de
Coeur-February 2000
Flirting with Danger-Affaire de
Coeur-November 1998
Edited 30 fiction and
nonfiction titles (2001-2010)
Copy and content
editing, proofreading, copywriting, and screening for book publishers
Desperado City
(Mystery)
Promotional blurbs (40
titles)
Manuscript evaluations
(24 titles)
NovelBooks, Inc.
The Dragon's Horn
(Fantasy)
Poseidon Books
Concho's Justice
(Western)
Selected titles for
Casablanca Imprint (Romance)
Mercer's Manor
(Western)
Timur Publishing, Inc.
Elvis in Focus
(Biography)
Twilight Times Books – editorial board
member
Angelos: Aspects of
Godness (Paranormal)
Behold the Eyes of
Light (Science Fiction)
Beyond the Eyes of
Light (Science Fiction)
Blessed Be the Jewel
(Fantasy)
The Cracking of
Deacon's Bench (Paranormal)
Far Come the Eyes of
Light (Science Fiction)
The Fourth Guardian
(Fantasy)
Jerome and the Seraph
(Paranormal)
The Moon Child
(Fantasy)
A Play of Shadows
(Suspense)
The Soapmaster's
Apprentice (Fantasy)
Sometimes There's a
Dove (Mainstream)
Within the Eyes of
Light (Science Fiction)
Arrogance of Truth
(Essays & Poetry)
The Curse of the
Bachwezi (Adventure)
The Investigator
(Suspense)
The Mercenaries
(Action)
Wordbeams
Catalyst (Mainstream)
CONSULTING
Plot consultant for Holding
Out for a Hero
Consultant for Mysteries and Scandals: Rudolph Valentino
Judged in 12 state and
national contests
Conducted 3 seminars
for Wisconsin