Featured Interview With Charles Frankhauser
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Charles Frankhauser is the amazon/kindle author of 2 novels, 2 novellas, and a memoir. In addition a free read of the Treatment for his screenplay in on the Amazon Studios site. All his Kindle books are priced at US $0.99 except today (18 & 19 Oct. 2014 the G-rated fun read novella, Last Pirate at Fort Matanzas is Free. The author lives in Savannah, Georgia. He is on Linked-in where his dog is featured as an avi.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing about 17 years ago. I pursued the traditional route of seeking representation by a literary agent. That attempt honed my writing skills in regard to query letters. Many helpful comments were received along with my many rejection letters for a memoir until finally a kind agent wrote in pencil on the reverse of my query letter, “Without celebrity and platform, forget it.”
Then I discovered Amazon and published the memoir in a fictionalized version as the novel Atlantic City Nazi (Historical Fiction–written in first person in the format of a “memoir” by protagonist.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I always liked reading the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the John Berendt novel: Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is a memoir titled Miss Williams — she was my grade school teacher that failed me as a young person thereby awakening me to the harsh realities of the world in terms of having to someday feed and shelter myself from the wind and cold. I wrote the memoir to encourage disadvantaged youth to apply themselves in school. I include some of my adventures in the US Navy aboard a surface ship and a submarine.