Chrissie Anderson Peters, Author at CHRISSIE ANDERSON PETERS

Buffalo

Feb 21, 2025 | Memoir

“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...

Writing Recap January and February

Feb 16, 2025 | Writing Life

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...

You and the World Have a Chance

Feb 14, 2025 | Memoir, Writing Life

Richard Hugo wrote, “Writing is a way of saying that you and the world have a chance.” This gives me hope in a seemingly less hopeful world. The world as I’ve known it my whole life doesn’t seem to have much of a chance most days, but I’ve not been writing so much...

I feel Grey Today

Feb 12, 2025 | Memoir

Most days I feel purple – it’s my signature color, after all. But today – today, I feel grey. It’s February. It has been raining for three days, I think, but my days are running together. I had norovirus over the weekend, and it has left me depleted on many levels. I,...

Reading Minds

Jan 14, 2025 | Writing Life

I’ve been reading minds – great minds – and their lush words lately. Part of taking the chapbook class I’m taking with Connie Green is that I’m supposed to read three poems each day. I have failed at this goal miserably for weeks. Up until the past week three-four...

Recent Writing News

Jan 14, 2025 | Publications, Writing Life

I’m excited to have a short chapter in a textbook that sees the light of day as a new publication this week from Bloomsbury. Careers in Library and Information Services is edited by Priscilla Shontz. My little chapter, “Author,” is in Part 5: Beyond the...