by Shannon Anderson | May 8, 2014 | Writing
Lately I’ve been trying to squeeze social media time in between all the other things that press me throughout the day. Connecting in the early morning before work keeps my screen time to a minimum as long as I don’t get lost somewhere reading...
by Shannon Anderson | Apr 27, 2014 | Writing
Here in the Midwest winter has been long and cold. Still it hangs on. Outside my windows the temperature hovers in the 40s, and the wind tosses my chimes about, filling the April air with a wild cacophony. But each year I look forward to April, not only because the...
by Shannon Anderson | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized, Writing
Yesterday it snowed again, just a dusting, but enough to make the roads slick. Of course, I left home later than usual and was worried about the time. I listened to my CD of the Civil Wars to relax and to think about the revisions I’m making on my novel. Their...
by Shannon Anderson | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized, Writing
When I got my haircut yesterday, Claudia, my stylist, told me about her trip to Florida, a place we all would like to go when the snow still flies here in the Midwest. When she was there, she went out onto her mother’s lanai and heard the crickets singing in the...
by Shannon Anderson | Jan 6, 2014 | Writing
After the Christmas holidays I’m filled with new ideas and energy for writing, spring cleaning, organizing my house, crafting, cooking…you get the idea. I always overdo it with the new year’s resolutions, but I’m eager to make 2014 the best...
by Shannon Anderson | Aug 7, 2013 | Writing
I’ve Hit the Wall I’ve hit a wall with my writing. Somehow I feel empty, as though the creative well has run dry. Maybe it’s because I’ve finally finished my novel and am in the revision stage—the hardest stage for me I’ve discovered. Maybe it’s because we went...
