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
Just Another Day in Paradise
Some days are hard: I can’t make myself get out of bed; or I get out of bed, write and do work for a few hours, then I go back to bed and snuggle with the kitties because I just don’t feel well. Or because I just feel lazy some days. And other days, I get going and go...
If I Could Have Any Other Talent
I’m actually pretty comfortable with the talents I have. God gave me the ability to sing pretty well (which I ought to do more often, as there are lots of notes and ranges that I can no longer hit because I haven’t kept in practice as I should). He gave me a penchant...
Duran Duran for the New Year
As most of you know, I have not been so much into Duran Duran in 2022. But tonight, they were on Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. (Why do they insist upon continuing to call it that when Dick Clark has been dead and gone for a decade now? We all know who Ryan...