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 22, 2019
4 min

Finding Strength in Rejection

If you are in your 40s, chances are you've been rejected. You've experienced disappointment. You've felt the pain of not getting what you want. People have d...

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Mar 22, 2019
3 min

Technology Resulting in Isolation

I have been thinking a lot about connections recently. In today's world, we have the tools to connect on a scale that was considered science fiction when I w...

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Mar 22, 2019
3 min

Love. What is it?

Her chest feels light, her head is spinning, and her lunch just flipped around in her stomach on it's way up to her mouth. No she's not about to throw up, sh...

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Mar 22, 2019
3 min

Insomnia, Unemployment, and Writing

From March 2016 It's 2:30 AM. I've woken up. Probably some truck that went by or the heartburn. I hate heartburn. What can I expect when all I've eaten is cr...

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Mar 22, 2019
1 min

Alphabet Motivation

Here are some words to live by in the new year. Please do not remain stuck in regret, bitterness, fear, anxiety, heartache and pain. Forgive yourself for wha...

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Mar 22, 2019
2 min

Fear, What is it?

Writers use emotion to motivate characters and move them through their story. The two strongest motivators for human behaviour are fear and love. Both are on...

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Dec 14, 2018
2 min

Mom Life: The Kids are Growing Up

My son is getting older and it is so frustrating because I am having a hard time with the distance he's putting between us. I am beginning to understand how...

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