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...
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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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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....
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- Feb 20, 2019
- 3 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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,...
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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Shannon Peel
- 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...
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