chrissie anderson peters
Appalachian Author
Chrissie Anderson Peters is a Southwest Virginia native and the author of three books: Dog Days and Dragonflies, Running From Crazy, and Blue Ridge Christmas. Her writing can also be found in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, The Mildred Haun Review, Still: The Journal, and Clinch Mountain Review, among other publications. Chrissie is currently at work on her fourth book, which is tentatively titled Chasing After Rainbows.
I’ve been writing almost as long as I’ve been reading. Words have always been a comfort and a strength…
Recent Writing
Charlotte IKEA Street Gear
My husband gets me. He really, truly gets me. And he loves me. He so completely loves me. IKEA is turning 40 in the US. To commemorate this milestone, they did something new for IKEA. They had “street gear” with the IKEA logo on it. If you know me even a little bit,...
Fall Workshop with Darnell Arnoult
On Saturday, September 27, Tennessee Mountain Writers had their annual Fall Workshop in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This year’s workshop leader was Darnell Arnoult, who is a masterful writer across genres but focused on nonfiction/memoir for the purposes of our workshop. ...
The Write Stuff
Most of my life in the past six weeks or so has revolved in some way or another around writing. Which is a good thing. On Saturday, September 13, I attended a really interesting, informative online class sponsored by Write Or Die about Small Press Publishing. Since...