I know I have been unbelievably neglectful of my blog here at shannononeil.net. I want you to know it’s not entirely because of my laziness (though that is a factor), but more because I’m dealing with a constantly shrinking amount of free time. Like most [Read more…]

People ask me all the time if the colorful characters I write about are inspired by the people in my life. I politely say no (albeit with a wicked smile) and change the subject. Though I’ve never taken one person’s entire personality, changed a name [Read more…]

Though I currently have three well developed novel ideas on marinating in my brain, I’m leaning very hard toward one in particular. It’s somewhat non-traditional, so I’m not quite ready to share the details, but I’m having a major dilemma with it that I think [Read more…]

I’m a people watcher by nature. I love it. Put me on a park bench in front of Wal-Mart and I could entertain myself for days. There are characters created by nature that even some of the best writers could not come up with in [Read more…]