Thank you for visiting my blog at http://www.chistell.com! To tell you a little about me, I’m blessed to always be “Mom” to a wonderful son. I’m also a full-time writer who has experience creating first-person stories, feature interviews and content for newspapers, magazines, websites, major corporations and radio. How long have I been writing? Longer than 30 years; you better believe I love to write! It’s one of my favorite communication forms.
In addition to writing for small businesses, major corporations and media outlets, I’ve written several page-turning novels, including Portia, Love Has Many Faces, Spiral, Rosetta’s New Action Adventure, Long Walk Up and Love Pour Over Me, Escaping Toward Freedom, Gada’s Glory and Rosetta The Talent Show Queen. I’m currently working on my 21st and 22nd books (did I really say that). The working titles for my next books are “Gregory The Lionhearted” and “Gada’s Glory”. The latter is a story set in Chicago, Illinois in the 1940s. Gada’s got spunk; I think that’s why I was drawn to her!
Places where my work has been published include Madame Noire, The Network Journal, New Citizen’s Press, Black Market, Emerge, Nubian Moms, Urban Source, Essence, Obsidian, The Pittsburgh Quarterly and America Online. Directories and publications I’ve been blessed to appear in include Parade, Who’s Who, 100 Most Admired African American Women and Crosswalk. To complement my writing, I love to speak publicly. Some of the places I’ve spoken at are Emory University, Merrill Lynch, Spelman College and the College of Philadelphia. Hit me up at rcampb3422@aol.com with “Public Speaking Request” in the subject line if you have an event that you’d like me to speak at.
My passion for writing has led me to serve as editor of The Book Lover’s Haven, a monthly literary periodical that’s been around for more than 16 years. Where does the time go? Whenever you’re searching for a good online talk show, please click over to www.blogtalkradio.com/denise–turney– and listen to me interview fabulous creative people on “Off The Shelf”! But don’t go now. Hang around and enjoy reading my blog posts which you can find right here under “Home” at the top of this page.