Chuck Greaves had the amazing experience of having his first two novels placed first and second in an international “New Writers” competition that attracted 600 entries, so it’s perhaps not surprising that the former LA trial lawyer hasn’t looked back since. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on the Joys of Binge Reading Chuck talks about his popular Jack MacTaggart legal thriller series as well as the literary and historical crime fiction that’s winning him top awards and a growing audience. And we’ve got three hard-to-find signed paperback copies of one of the MacTaggart mysteries, Green Eyed Lady, Book #2 in the series as a holiday giveaway for three lucky readers. Best Selling author Douglas Preston called it “the wickedest read of the year.” Details of how to enter the contest can be found on the Joys of Binge Reading website or the Binge Reading Facebook page. Entries close May 16. Enter the draw for a copy of Green Eyed Lady Offer closes May 16 Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How an LA trial lawyer became novelistElements of luck in getting published'Living more than one life' on this earth Literary novels and Jack MacTaggart seriesNew ventures in TV and song writingBlazing Saddles and Richard Pryor Where to find Chuck Greaves Website: https://chuckgreaves.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chuck.greaves.5 What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny Wheeler: But now, here’s Chuck. Hello there, Chuck, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Chuck Greaves: Hello, Jenny. Thank you for having me. Chuck Greaves - mystery and historical fiction author. Jenny Wheeler: You enjoyed a very full career as an LA trial lawyer before turning your hand to fiction, and I'm just wondering, how did that transition come about? Was there some sort of catalyst that made you think, “I just must try my hand at writing a novel.” Chuck Greaves: Yeah, the catalyst was called a midlife crisis. What happened was I turned 50, I'd been at my same law firm, where I was partner for 25 years, and I just thought to myself, what do I want to do with the rest of my life? I'd always wanted to write, I'd always been a reader. And I thought it was something I wanted to try my hand at. Making a life change And I always had this notion that I want to live more than one life on this earth. I'd been on a particular trajectory for, you know, 50 years, and I thought I'd try something completely different and so I resigned my law firm partnership. My wife did the same, she's also a lawyer and we pulled up stakes. We left LA, we moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and I started writing a novel. Hush Money - Book #1 Jack MacTaggart mystery series... Jenny Wheeler: Fantastic. Just like that. That's amazing. So now you've got two writing names that you work under. Chuck Greaves has written three much-praised books in the Jack MacTaggart crime series, and then you've also got literary and historical fiction that you write under the name of C. Joseph Greaves, so I guess those two names are simply to differentiate those two different genres, are they? Learning how to write
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