by Shannon Anderson | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
A couple of days ago, I was working on my book, which is historical women’s fiction set in 1868 Charleston, South Carolina. It’s a tough era to write about because not much detail about the way people lived during that time is readily available. To find...
by Shannon Anderson | Apr 15, 2019 | My Town, Uncategorized
By mid-April in the South, temperatures routinely reach the 70s and 80s. Dogwoods, red buds, and azaleas bloom, grass turns green, and leaves green up the spectral branches of trees. To get my fill of warm weather that is still to come in Wisconsin, I usually watch...
by Shannon Anderson | Oct 3, 2017 | My View, Uncategorized
How love begins fascinates me, probably because of the way I fell in love. Sometimes people know each other for only a short time before they find they can’t live without each other. Sometimes they know each other for most of their lives and slip into life...
by Shannon Anderson | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
As most writers do, I read all the time, magazines, internet articles, newspapers, whatever is handy. But nothing is as satisfying as finding a really great book I can dive into and remain submerged in for days. I’m not picky about genre, but I prefer historical...
by Shannon Anderson | Jul 18, 2016 | My View, Uncategorized
Our nest is empty. That reality seems so very final. I knew I would face this moment at some point, but it happened “slowly and then all at once,” as John Green says. After living with us for about a year after college, my youngest son has taken a job in...
by Shannon Anderson | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m very excited to go to Illinois to read my short essay “A Place of Peace” about my special spot by the river here in Wisconsin! I can’t wait to see the art that Sarah McCashland created to go with my words! I’m buying a book for my...
