Elizabeth Chatsworth is a British author and actor based in Connecticut. She writes of rogues, rebels, and renegades across time and space. From Victorian sensibilities to interstellar travel, her fiction takes you on an adventure like no other!
Elizabeth is the author of THE BRASS QUEEN, an award-winning sci-fi comedy set in an alternate Victorian age. To be the first to receive exclusive news, sneak previews, and fabulous giveaways, please visit www.elizabethchatsworth.com.
Elizabeth Chatsworth is a British author and actor based in Connecticut. She writes of rogues, rebels, and renegades across time and space. From Victorian sensibilities to interstellar travel, her fiction takes you on an adventure like no other!
Elizabeth is the author of THE BRASS QUEEN, an award-winning sci-fi comedy set in an alternate Victorian age. To be the first to receive exclusive news, sneak previews, and fabulous giveaways, please visit www.elizabethchatsworth.com.
3-Question Interview with Elizabeth Chatsworth
about her short story "The Wedding March"
published in
Imagining Monsters: A Collection of Short Stories Inspired by Frankenstein
"The Wedding March" - When an alien is forced into marriage to cement a peace treaty,
she becomes conflicted about her mission after meeting her bridegroom.
Aside from Frankenstein, where did you draw inspiration for your story?
“The Wedding March” is a character study of Zee, one of the unlikely heroes of my current work in progress tentatively entitled A VERY BRITISH SPACE OPERA. Zee is an alien assassin facing choices that could start a galactic war, or end it.
All the proceeds from Imagining Monsters anthology sales are going to the WestportWRITES program at the Westport Library, which is a true haven for local writers in Fairfield County, Connecticut. As a writer, where is your haven - where do you write, and what do you need to help you write?
I prefer to write in my office at home. I have a lovely, quiet spot with a view of my backyard pond. Boo, my Yorkie, naps by my side as I write. To help me write, I have a sit/stand desk, two monitors, an ergonomic chair, and an endless supply of tea. My favorite software tools are Scrivener, Grammarly, Word, and Dragon dictation software.
What's next on the horizon for you?
In addition to my space opera, I’m writing a geek romcom based on my experiences in the world of video game voice-over tentatively entitled UNSCRIPTED. It’s so much fun to write!
“The Wedding March” is a character study of Zee, one of the unlikely heroes of my current work in progress tentatively entitled A VERY BRITISH SPACE OPERA. Zee is an alien assassin facing choices that could start a galactic war, or end it.
All the proceeds from Imagining Monsters anthology sales are going to the WestportWRITES program at the Westport Library, which is a true haven for local writers in Fairfield County, Connecticut. As a writer, where is your haven - where do you write, and what do you need to help you write?
I prefer to write in my office at home. I have a lovely, quiet spot with a view of my backyard pond. Boo, my Yorkie, naps by my side as I write. To help me write, I have a sit/stand desk, two monitors, an ergonomic chair, and an endless supply of tea. My favorite software tools are Scrivener, Grammarly, Word, and Dragon dictation software.
What's next on the horizon for you?
In addition to my space opera, I’m writing a geek romcom based on my experiences in the world of video game voice-over tentatively entitled UNSCRIPTED. It’s so much fun to write!
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Explore Elizabeth's advice about the writing process in the podcast interview: How Authors Work: Learn the process from professional authors and become a more productive writer. Her key piece of advice? "You need persistence probably more than anything else." In the photo to the right, Elizabeth at the Saugatuck StoryFest, where she read her debut short story in the Fairfield Scribes' new collection When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology. Her story is "Ten Minutes Past Teatime," a fun steampunk adventure tale. |
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3-Question Interview with Elizabeth Chatsworth
about her short story "Ten Minutes Past Teatime"
published in When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology
"Ten Minutes Past Teatime" - A Victorian spinster-scientist and a Viking shield-maiden find passion and danger in dark-age Ireland.
What or who inspired you to write this story?
I wanted to write a story about two women, each a warrior in their own way, who connect across time.
If time travel were a reality, when/where would you go and why?
I’d travel to the Great Exhibition in 1851. It was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, and attracted six million visitors. I’d love to wander the exhibits, reveling in the excitement of the crowd viewing the most magnificent arts, crafts, and inventions of the time.
What's next on the horizon for you?
I’m writing the sequel to my award-winning steampunk rom-com, The Brass Queen, and a very British space opera set in the same universe. If you’d like to be the first to receive exclusive news, giveaways, and more, please visit my website at www.elizabethchatsworth.com.
I wanted to write a story about two women, each a warrior in their own way, who connect across time.
If time travel were a reality, when/where would you go and why?
I’d travel to the Great Exhibition in 1851. It was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, and attracted six million visitors. I’d love to wander the exhibits, reveling in the excitement of the crowd viewing the most magnificent arts, crafts, and inventions of the time.
What's next on the horizon for you?
I’m writing the sequel to my award-winning steampunk rom-com, The Brass Queen, and a very British space opera set in the same universe. If you’d like to be the first to receive exclusive news, giveaways, and more, please visit my website at www.elizabethchatsworth.com.
