on April 14th, 2012 by Shannon
I almost never write poetry. But last week I was on vacation in North Carolina with three of my favorite people – my two daughters and my sister-in-law. We spent one night in a yurt in the mountains. Yes, a yurt. (It’s fun to say yurt.) Our’s was a deluxe yurt, complete with domed skylight [...]
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on January 14th, 2012 by Shannon
Something has shifted in my writing perspective, and I thought I’d share. My story begins last year, when I penned a piece of flash about a reformed prostitute who keeps the cards of her former clients hidden in her recipe box. It was a story I loved, one of those that just bubbled up and [...]
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on January 1st, 2012 by Shannon
Just to clarify, these are the best books I read last year, not the best books to come out in 2011. 10. At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball. The second in the wonderful Ladybug Farm series. If you haven’t read them yet, I encourage you to pick them up. I bought myself the [...]
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Ladybug Farm,
Liane Moriarty,
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Louis Sachar,
River House,
Sarahlee Lawrence,
The Help,
The Kneebone Boy,
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,
Tina Fey,
What Alice Forgot
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on July 4th, 2011 by Shannon
Actually, that title is a little misleading. Up until yesterday, I thought my muse was a woman. Her name is Suzie, and in a word, she’s pushy. Her voice is a running commentary in my head. “Did you finish that chapter yet? What are you waiting for? Don’t you want to be able to send that rewrite to Ms. [...]
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