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

Jun 11, 2019
3 min

Hate the Behaviour Not the Man

Is it better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all? My friends love men and find themselves hurt by them on a regular basis. Almost daily my ...

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Shannon Peel

May 26, 2019
8 min

Can Looking for Work Cause PTSD?

When my planned project for May and June pulled the plug before I started, I suddenly felt the need to find a J-O-B to pay the bills. I was open to doing any...

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Shannon Peel

Mar 31, 2019
2 min

Prophetic Dreams

I should have headed this dream and reflection from 2010, which I found in an old journal. Last night, I dreamed that we moved into our new place and it was ...

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Shannon Peel

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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Shannon Peel

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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Shannon Peel

Mar 22, 2019
2 min

Being an X-Generation Woman

If you are a member of the X generation, in your forties and early fifties, you are experiencing the fall out of feminism. The generations before us fought h...

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Shannon Peel

Mar 22, 2019
2 min

Wasted Time or Time Well Spent?

From March 2016 I haven't written a word this week. I am stressed out about it since my focus is on writing enough to become a successful novelist and live o...

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Shannon Peel

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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Shannon Peel

Mar 22, 2019
2 min

Hope is a 4 Letter Word

A writer manipulates the hopes of her characters to generate hopes in her readers. The best stories are the ones where the reader has a vested interested in ...

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Shannon Peel

Mar 13, 2019
3 min

Goals, Writing, and Money

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 crap and some ice ...

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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. The kitchen is piled ...

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Shannon Peel

Feb 14, 2019
3 min

Single on Valentine's Day

It’s Valentine's Day. It’s also Single Awareness Day, whatever that is. This is my third Valentine’s Day as a single woman and I want to celebrate that. Bein...

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Shannon Peel

Jan 5, 2019
3 min

Hunger Games - Movie Review

I took my daughter to the opening day of the new Hunger Games movie - Catching Fire. Got there for the 7:30 showing half an hour early and the theatre was pa...

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Shannon Peel

Dec 26, 2018
4 min

Motivation: Make Your Life Better

I've been thinking a lot about time lately, how fast it passes, how much of it I waste, how I never have enough. This year I want to start making better use ...

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Shannon Peel

Dec 20, 2018
2 min

Grandma's Here, She'll Clean

My parents are in town, which for me is always a blessing. My mom cooks, cleans and spends time with the kids, virtually leaving me with little to do. It's...

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Shannon Peel

Dec 18, 2018
3 min

Money: Kids Take it All

I just got back from writing cheques for my son's acting classes this spring.... OK I need a Job. Between Acting School, Dance Classes and Gymnastics I'm bro...

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Shannon Peel

Dec 14, 2018
11 min

People I'd Like to Have Coffee With

The world is filled with amazing people with amazing stories. Some of which I have been fortunate enough to meet, although their names are not known nor are ...

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Shannon Peel

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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Shannon Peel

Dec 13, 2018
13 min

Crime, Cyber Bullying, and Children

Cyber bullying is a huge issue in our schools and the problem starts at home. It is what we teach our kids, tell our kids, and how we hold them accountable ...

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Shannon Peel

Dec 12, 2018
2 min

Rising Cost of Food and Living

On Average Canadians spent 10% of their income on food - If that is true then our family is not average. On average we spend approx 27% of our household inc...

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