Welcome to Shannon Peel's Writing Blog

This blog focuses on my life as a writer and a divorced woman in Vancouver who writes a fictional series called #ThatsLife about what life is like for women in the 21st Century

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Mar 26, 2019
13 min

Knowing Your Characters

The first part of writing a novel is figuring out what it’s about. The next step is to figure out whom the story is about. Characters tell the story, are the...

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Mar 13, 2019
4 min

Online Dating Surprises

Finding herself single after almost 20 years of marriage, Sophie is trying her hand at Online Dating. She’s new and unsure about what is appropriate, what is...

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Mar 5, 2019
4 min

Lists and Chores

Being a mom is hard work and there is always so much to do. The lists and chores never seem to go away and Rose wouldn't have it any other way. Don't let the...

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Mar 1, 2019
5 min

To Clean or Not to Clean?

Justine’s House The house is a mess. I’m not exaggerating. There are piles of dirt up against the walls on the floor, food, dust, dirt. The kitchen is piled ...

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Mar 1, 2019
6 min

On Social Media Marketing

Justine is a character in the novel, 40 Something and this is an excerpt from the novel. About Social Media Marketing Gary left for work and dropped the kids...

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Feb 20, 2019
4 min

Online Dating - Stood Up

Sophie is a character in a chicklit novel I’m sipping on a coffee waiting for my date to arrive. Frank. He’s cute. Well, he is in his photos, tall, and rugge...

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Feb 19, 2019
3 min

Girl Just Wanna Have Fun

When you write a novel you have to know your characters inside and out. The more developed the characters, the more believable and empathetic they are. The a...

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Feb 18, 2019
4 min

Teenagers, Can I Give Them Away?

Rose’s Teenagers Drive her Crazy Rose is a character of a chicklit novel. I love my children, I do. I swear I do. It’s just, well. Who are these people who l...

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Feb 13, 2019
3 min

Alone and Unloved

Excerpt from the book 40 Something about 5 women juggling careers, kids, family, and men. Based on true stories about life, marriage, dating, careers, rivals...

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Feb 9, 2019
5 min

Date Night with Hubby

Rose is a stay at home mom who, at 40, is feeling less than sexy on date night with her husband. The kids have a bad habit of getting in the way of connectin...

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Feb 9, 2019
4 min

Why You Want an FWB

Warning this post talks about sex. Shhh don’t tell anyone. Worse, it talks about casual sex with FWBs - Friends with Benefits. I know shame on me. Lindsay, a...

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Feb 2, 2019
6 min

When a Date is a No Show

Charlie is a character in the novella series about five women trying to figure out what it means to be 40 plus in the 21st Century. Here are the character Ch...

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