Ask the Author: Cheryl Rainfield
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Cheryl Rainfield
Hi Abigail (smiling at you),
I'm so glad you loved SCARs; thank you for letting me know! (beaming) Have you read my book STAINED? I have been working on many other manuscripts, and hope to have something to tell in a few months. Meanwhile, you can get a free 38-page SCARS short story by signing up for my author newsletter at It's one of the best ways to find out about my new books.
I'm so glad you loved SCARs; thank you for letting me know! (beaming) Have you read my book STAINED? I have been working on many other manuscripts, and hope to have something to tell in a few months. Meanwhile, you can get a free 38-page SCARS short story by signing up for my author newsletter at It's one of the best ways to find out about my new books.
Cheryl Rainfield
Hi Brianna (smiling at you), I have so many favorite books! Some of my favorites are: Raised By Wolves series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes; Alanna The First Adventure (the entire series, as well as the Daine books) by Tamora Pierce; Down A Dark Hall and many others by Lois Duncan; Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto; Girl, Stolen by April Henry; Homecoming by Cynthia Voight; The Wind In His Heart by Charles de Lint; most any book by Dick Francis, and SO many more!
Cheryl Rainfield
Hi Chloe-Louise (smiling at you) I'm sorry you can relate to SCARS, but so glad you feel it helped you. You can get a free 38-page SCARS short story by signing up for my author newsletter at . I've been working on many other manuscripts, and hope to have something to tell in a few months. My newsletter is one of the best ways to find out.
Cheryl Rainfield
Hi Bookish (smiling at you). Yes, I'm on Twitter:
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Thank you for asking. :)
My website is here:
My blog:
You can also find me on Instagram:
Facebook:
Pinterest:
Tumblr:
Thank you for asking. :)
Cheryl Rainfield
Thank you, Sam. (smiling at you) Have you read my newest book STAINED? It is the closest of my books to SCARS. Like Kendra, Sarah is a strong girl survivor. In STAINED, Sarah is abducted and must find a way to save herself. And like I did with SCARS, I drew on my own trauma and abuse experience to write it.
Cheryl Rainfield
Hi Penny (smiling at you),
At the moment, Chapters Scarborough is the only one I'm doing. I'm sorry. But thank you for asking!
Take good care,
Cheryl
At the moment, Chapters Scarborough is the only one I'm doing. I'm sorry. But thank you for asking!
Take good care,
Cheryl
Cheryl Rainfield
I don't really get writer's block. I don't force myself to write every single day. I do write for crazy long periods when I'm writing, and then I take a break--a week or a few weeks or even a month off. And then I write (and edit) like crazy again. I also read a lot; reading helps fill me back up.
Cheryl Rainfield
I write about what I care about deeply. I write about what I'm passionate about, what moves me, and I think readers can feel that.
Cheryl Rainfield
I am living my dream. I have a voice now. I reach others the way other authors reached me as a teen. My books help save other teens the way books helped save me. I write about what I care about.
Cheryl Rainfield
Read as much as you can. Read for the love of it, and read to learn from it. Read writing technique books as well, join a writing critique group, listen to the feedback you get on your writing but always trust your gut. Attend conferences or speeches on writing technique. Study the craft. And if you want to get published, make sure you send your most polished work out, make sure you research the agent or publisher before your query them to make sure they publish the kind of work you write. And don't give up. If getting published is really your dream, don't give up. It took me more than 10 years and hundreds of rejections before I got SCARS published.
Cheryl Rainfield
I drew on my own life experience to write STAINED, just like I did with SCARS. Like Sarah in STAINED, I know what it's like to be held captive, have my life threatened, be repeatedly raped, be withheld food and water, and have mind control used against me. And, like Sarah, I had to be the one to rescue myself--over and over again--until I actually got safe.
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