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
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...
Just for Fun
Sometimes I do things just for fun. Don’t get me wrong. Writing is fun. But writing is also one of my vocations. Just one I don’t make much money at. Scentsy is fun. I get a monthly check from Scentsy, but more times than not, I have spent that much or more on...