Contemporary Fiction Author, Infrequent Blogger & Retired Clown

Author: Shannon

Shamrock Chips & Pot O’Gold Dip

Shamrock Chips & Pot O’Gold Dip

St Patrick’s Day Appetizer Like many Southerners, I cling to the notion that buried somewhere deep in my family’s past are some Irish roots. I’ve yet to find them (so far my paternal ancestry research has dead-ended in rural South Georgia) but I just know [Read more…]

Super Bowl Food: Mini Corn Dog Muffins

Super Bowl Food: Mini Corn Dog Muffins

As a kid, nothing in life was better than going to the fair every spring and biting into a pipping hot corn dog. Unfortunately, corn dogs are on the not-so-healthy list (What? Cornbread wrapped around a questionable, encased meat substance is not on the list [Read more…]

Life Decisions [IndiesForward]

Life Decisions [IndiesForward]

Today is a very special day. Earlier this month, I was contacted by the family of a very incredible woman named Julie Forward DeMay. Julie dreamed of becoming an author and in 2011, her wish came true. The creative writing graduate from Colorado State had [Read more…]

Still Shinin’ On

Still Shinin’ On

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew.” – St. Francis De Sales My NaNoWriMo WIP has been sitting in [Read more…]