by Shannon Anderson | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
To research the setting for my historical novel, my husband and I took a long weekend trip to Charleston, South Carolina several years ago. Since I’m from the South, I was anticipating uncomfortably hot, humid weather and lots of snakes as we traipsed around...
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 | 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...
by Shannon Anderson | Aug 3, 2015 | Writing
At the end of June I began work on another revision of my novel to incorporate what I learned at UW Madison’s Write-by-the-Lake in Laurie Scheer’s class, Mastering Your Genre. I highly recommend this class for everyone working on a novel or screenplay, but...
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...
