by Shannon Anderson | Aug 5, 2022 | Writing
One of my favorite writing activities is research, and I’ve written several posts about it. Here I talk about a bath house and ice cream shop in Charleston, and here the history and the places that inspired my soon-to-be-finished book Faith Can Move Mountains....
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 | Apr 22, 2020 | Writing
Today on a Facebook writing group I participate in, the moderator asked us to share some fun or funny lines from our WIPs. My books is rather serious, but there are some fun passages. The lines I chose today are part of a scene that includes two little boys playing...
by Shannon Anderson | Jun 6, 2018 | Writing
This is the first Wednesday’s Words post I’ve written in a long time. I’ve been busy revising my first novel called FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS and drafting my second. Most people who’ve read my pages aren’t familiar with Charleston, South...
