Sherri Browning Erwin

Sherri Browning Erwin

At the tender age of seven, Sherri nearly killed a promising fiction career when she abandoned pen and paper in favor of a new medium: acting out her fantasies with Barbie dolls. Fortunately, the universe believes in second chances. She put down the Barbies, picked up a laptop computer, and published her first novel, a historical romance, before turning thirty. The youngest of the Whine Sisters, Sherri Browning Erwin makes her home in Massachusetts, where she continues to sacrifice Barbie dolls to the gods of fiction in hopes of scoring wild critical and commercial success before she hits another dramatic milestone birthday. Sherri married her own Mr. Right, Mr. Always Right, the same year she graduated from Mount Holyoke College. They live happily ever after with a charming son, a lovely daughter, a crafty corgi(Pembroke Welsh) and a very special pug.

Astrological Sign: Libra. Diplomatic and charming. Indecisive and self-indulgent.

Favorite Leading Man: Johnny Depp

Favorite Comfort Food: Fluffernutter. http://www.wickedwhoopies.com/

Check out more about me and my books at http://www.sherribrowningerwin.com/ or at Sherri and Charlotte, the blog, Sherri's MySpace page or Twitter with Sherri or join Sherri Browning Erwin Readers at Facebook. Get ready for JANE SLAYRE in April 2010!

Recent posts by Sherri Browning Erwin:

Fashion Friday: Emmy 2010

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Who is your pick for best and worst dressed at the Emmys?

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Wednesday Whine: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Classic Kathleen Givens, first published on 2/11/09 Well, isn’t this fun, to have so many liars to talk about?  There’s the owner of the Peanut Corporation of America, Stewart Parnell, who refused to testify to Congress today, but whose company has been caught red-handed selling infected food.  Six hundred people made ill and nine deaths [...]

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Walking on Jane

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Classic Kathleen Givens, first published on 12/07/97 I couldn’t do it.  Couldn’t put a foot on Jane Austen’s grave in Winchester Cathedral.  I paid my homage to one of The Whine Sisters’ favorite writers with a simple donation to the Cathedral.  I took pictures of her grave and the plaque on the wall there, but [...]

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Question of the Week: Cats or Dogs?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Very simple this time: Are you a cat or a dog person? What, still undecided?

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Are you a celebrity who wants to behave badly

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Classic Kathleen Givens- as published on 9/27/07 Or are you a celebrity who wants to drive irresponsibly and endanger the rest of the driving world, even get away with murder?  Have I got a place for you!  Yes, Los Angeles has now become the official Get Away with Murder and Mayhem capital of the world. [...]

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Friday Fashion: Celeb Style

by Sherri Browning Erwin

What’s your favorite celebrity look of the week? What do you think of Emma “Hermione” Watson’s new look? Would you ever cut your hair that short? Do you like Rihanna’s Woody Woodpecker hair? Do real men wear tights? Booties? Skinny jeans? What was your bravest moment in fashion?

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Question of the week: Peanut Butter?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

This one is simple. Yes, it is supposed to be Kathleen Givens’s day here at the blog, but I am still catching up from conference and didn’t have time to go through the archives. Instead, I will ask you the Question of the Week. How do you like your peanut butter? I am not a [...]

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The Writing Life: Friends

by Sherri Browning Erwin

On the importance of networking and going to conferences. In 1999, I attended my first RWA conference and met lots of authors. It was incredible. Finally, after years of sitting alone at a computer (or typewriter, yes I am that old), slugging through manuscripts that were sure to be met with open arms by New [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: Conference Report

by Sherri Browning Erwin

You’re reading this while I am at my happy place, in Walt Disney World, waiting for the start of the RWA Conference. Today, I’m probably in the Magic Kingdom (or possibly the Disney Hollywood Studios park) with Dee Davis, Julie Kenner, Kathleen O’Reilly, and anyone else who tagged along with us. We’ll be visiting my [...]

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Pop Culture Monday: Music

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Classic Kathleen Givens, originally published on 6/29/09) Well, it looks like I’ve got a shot at going to heaven after all. I had assumed, after decades of bad thoughts, and five years of publicly whining and serving snark (not to mention all my evil deeds), that I would be headed elsewhere.  But after last Friday [...]

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Good Buys: Footwear

by Sherri Browning Erwin

As some of you may know, the Whine Sisters (minus too cool for school Julia London) are headed to Walt Disney World next week to be very serious and catch up on business at the annual Romance Writers of America Conference. One thing that’s very important when you’re at conference is to protect your feet [...]

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Would You Like That in Twenties?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Classic Kathleen Givens, originally published on 5/01/08) Charles Ray Fuller had himself a big day. He showed up at a Fort Worth, Texas, bank last week with a check written out for $360 billion. Yes, BILLION. Charles wanted to cash the check, but alas, instead he was arrested and charged with forgery. And with with [...]

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Jane Slayre

by Sherri Browning Erwin

“Reader, I buried him.” A TIMELESS TALE OF LOVE, DEVOTION… AND THE UNDEAD. Jane Slayre, our plucky demon-slaying heroine, a courageous orphan who spurns the detestable vampyre kin who raised her, sets out on the advice of her ghostly uncle to hone her skills as the fearless slayer she’s meant to be. When she takes [...]

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Zombie Chic!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Recent fashions for men, from Men’s Fashion Week (yes, seriously!). Is Jane Slayre influencing fashion? I wish! Hardly. More like zombies are suddenly all over the place, the new big thing. There’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that kicked off the literary mash-up trend. And all sorts of zombie books suddenly making the rounds. Robin Becker’s [...]

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Friday Fashion: Makeovers

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Classic Kathleen Givens, originally published on 11/30/07 US magazine recently released their “Best Makeover” for 2007 decision. The magazine went with Katie Holmes, shown here with her before and after hairstyles, makeup and clothing. I have to admit that she looks fabulous, and I got to thinking about what I would change if I had [...]

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Fourth of July: Fireworks?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Question of the Week: Fireworks- Love them or leave them? It’s almost the Fourth of July. Fireworks are illegal in Massachusetts. You can go watch organized displays, and you can cross the border and buy them in Connecticut, but there are restrictions on setting them off yourself in your own yard or driveway. Too many [...]

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How Weird Is This?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Classic Kathleen, originally published on 8/20/08 Usually I ignore all the bizarre stuff floating around the internet, but this one was sent to me by my brother-in-law who finds the most amazing things. Try this: 1. Sit down. 2. Lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 3. Now, while doing this, [...]

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Hat’s Off, er, On!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Ascot Fashion Report! Sure, we have the Kentucky Derby with our own dazzling array of hats. Every year, I watch, waiting to ooh and aah– and some are good. But generally, the UK has us beat on fashions to wear to the races. Especially, on the hats. I’m reminded of Austen’s Lydia Bennet buying an ugly [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: At Last I Have Found My True Calling!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Original Kathleen Givens, from 10/14/08) You know how you have one of those breakthrough moments, when with complete clarity and certainty you know exactly what you need to do or change in your life? I had one earlier today. Suddenly I realized that all the jobs I’ve ever held, including being a hack, I mean [...]

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Happy Father’s Day

by Sherri Browning Erwin

We love dads! Especially good-looking, bare-chested dads holding adorable babies (courtesy of Hartshorn Portraiture). I mean… ahem… I mean, we all love our own dear dads and husbands. Father’s Day here is filled with the sound of vuvuzelas. My husband is recuperating from unexpected surgery on Friday (Wednesday, excruciating neck pain. Thursday, all day at [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Twisted Sister

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Yep, that’s me. No, not the 80s glam band featuring Dee Snider (who, incidentally, was dating a romance author and once showed up at an RWA conference– how cool are we, RWA?) But me, the middle child of Donna and Harold (he prefers to be called Wes, don’t ask). I’m here to talk about a favorite [...]

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