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
Buddy’s Music & Variety Store
At the corner of Baptist Valley and Adria Road sat a place that was magical on many levels, Buddy’s Music & Variety Store, in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Buddy Hyman was the proprietor, along with his wife Louise. Buddy ran the music side of things and smoked cigars...
Alma Mater
Alma Mater:Where I learned to bethe true Chrissie,not the Chrissieeveryone elsewanted me to be.Where I learned to say yesto parties and Bacardi,where I learned to say yesto good times andgoofing off,where I learned to say yesto joining a Sorority,Unity...
Writing Update
So much is happening in my writing life, I barely know where to begin! I’m up to 35 Rejections now! The 35th rejection was both difficult and excellent, as it was from Hippocampus, one of my dream publications for flash nonfiction. It was not a form letter rejection,...