Shannon had an incredible time volunteering at the 2nd annual Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley today! She was blessed with the opportunity to assist the legendary Richard Russo at his event, moderated by the brilliant author Lori Ostlund. And if that wasn’t enough, there was bonus time of sharing stories with the lovely Anne Raeff in the process. She’s not sure how tomorrow will top it! Fellow SFA-RWA authors will be speaking at a panel on Feminism Through Romance at 1.30pm, and Shannon will be taking a shift at the SFA booth, #26, Sunday, from 3.30pm on, so stop by #WritersRow and say hello!

This weekend Shannon went to Pin-a-Gogo and ran into her favorite wildling, Tormund! Check it out 🙂

Sad to lose so many great artists just in these 3 months of 2016… but one just recently touched NP author Shannon Monroe very deeply because his lyrical genius helped shape years of her youth and his collaboration with his fellow artists was so innovative, true hip hop heads consider him a legend in the game.

To the Phife Dawg, the five-foot assassin, we’ll miss you!

NP out 🙂

A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario

Can I Kick It?

Oh My God

Making new friends at The Chieftain Irish Pub in SF is always a bonus. And when they’re from Ireland and France, and willing to share they’re rugby knowledge with an eager writer, all the better.

Come on you boys in green! Allez Les Blues!

Monroe out 🙂

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NP author, Shannon Monroe, is getting 2016 started right!

Happy New Year! Happy Writing!

Now that NaNoWriMo 2015 has come and gone, Shannon Monroe is still hard at work finishing the latest novel from this round of the contest, Book 2 in her upcoming Romance trilogy. Her successful turn as first time host for the Come Write In sessions at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library will hopefully lead to future connections between the library and NaNoWriMo in 2016 and beyond. In preparation, Shannon was interviewed by fellow SFA-RWA member and novelist, Vanessa Kier, about her past experience with NaNoWriMo and also responded to a request by the Executive Director, Grant Faulkner, to share a short synopsis of why participating in the contest and supporting the organization is so important. You can read the interview and see her thoughts on the impact NaNoWriMo has had on her writing and her life at the links below.

Why Donate – NaNoWriMo –

http://nanowrimo.org/why-donate

Interview with Vanessa Kier –

Click to access The-Hidden-Benefits-of-NaNoWriMo.pdf

Check out @ShannonLMonroe’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/ShannonLMonroe/status/670393550048133120?s=09

Check out @ShannonLMonroe’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/ShannonLMonroe/status/663892746122366976?s=09