by Shannon Anderson | Apr 23, 2022 | Uncategorized, Writing
For the last three weeks, I’ve been working on how to improve my Protagonist’s character arc. After talking to my editor, I went back into my WIP and tried to track her arc. I realized my MC remained fairly static. Ruh roh. So I decided to research...
by Shannon Anderson | Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized, Writing
Although I had to cancel my Zoom meeting with my editor yesterday because of a migraine, I’ve rescheduled for Tuesday of next week. In case you haven’t worked with an editor before (this will be my first time), I thought you might like to know what...
by Shannon Anderson | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized, Writing
Last December, I did something scary and expensive but necessary to advance my writing career. I sent my novel to Tim Storm, founder of Storm Writing School and an excellent editor, in Madison, Wisconsin. Why? I had finished my first novel, revised it as well as I...
by Shannon Anderson | Feb 17, 2022 | reading, Uncategorized
Most of the time, I spend so much time writing that I don’t read as much as I would like to. I didn’t set a a reading goal this year, but I decided to make a conscious decision to read as much as I could because books bring me joy. During December 2021and...
by Shannon Anderson | Feb 10, 2022 | My View, Uncategorized
Last year was a busy one! When I look back at what we did, I’m thrilled. The highlights of my year last year were the trips my husband and I took to see family in Georgia, but we also had the opportunity to help our church out by creating a garden out of a small...
by Shannon Anderson | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Does one monstrous mistake make you a bad person?” That’s the central question in Cara Achterberg’s latest book, Blind Turn, which published January 7, 2021. It’s a timely theme which, which probes the ideas of responsibility and forgiveness and made me think not...
