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
Here I Go Again
It’s almost that time again. That time of year when I get on a Royal Caribbean ship and go back in time with about 4000 other 80s enthusiasts, usually the same ship that has just the previous week hosted the same number of Trekkies from around the world. Yes, the...
Buffalo
"I got a pocket full of quarters/and I'm headed to the arcade..." It's not exactly the Arcade, but that's what Russ and I like to call it. And it's not Pac-Man Fever – for me, it's all about BUFFALO! This is a post about going to the Hard Rock Casino in Bristol. Since...
Writing Recap January and February
My big writing adventure in January was Tennessee Mountain Writers’ January Jumpstart on January 18-19, in Oak Ridge, TN. We had two workshop speakers, Lisa Coffey for Poetry and Robert Gipe for Fiction. I was in Robert Gipe’s workshop. As always, Robert was...