Location: United States
Member Since: June 05, 2011

Shannon Muir


Biography

Shannon Muir knew she wanted to write since the age of ten, inspired by teachers who considered her elementary school work worthy of being displayed among the school's best at local mall exhibitions. Over the years, she learned to perfect her craft at both scriptwriting and prose, earning a double BA in Radio-TV and English from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, where she considers her hometown. She also received honorable mention for two years in the National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho Student Production Awards for her short film scripts FROM THE FATAL HEART and SHATTERED. Shannon moved to Los Angeles in 1996, where she became a production professional in the animation and virtual world industries, as well as a writer of animation scripts. From those experiences, Shannon wrote the books GARDNER'S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION and GARDNER'S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION. In 2005, Shannon Muir received her MA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton, where her thesis explored the effectiveness of animated characters as spokespeople, and its TV-Film Society gave honorable mention to her live action screenplay ETERNAL ENCORE, now being adapted into a novel. She's also published fiction, first on the now-folded website ezine MOCHA MEMOIRS and then as part of the ARIA KALSAN: MYSTERIES OF THE FUTURE anthology and plans to continue working on fiction. For a decade she's also been the co-writer of the webcomic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY; lyrics and history of the webcomic are covered in the book FLYING GLORY FLASHBACK. Her fiction includes novels THE PHOENIX RISES, HALF TRUTH AND FULL LYE, THE HEART'S DUTY and TOUCH THE STARS, along with the short story and poetry anthologies SEARCH FOR A WOMAN and AT THE END OF INNOCENCE'S ROAD. Shannon is a member of the Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America West.

Where to find Shannon Muir online

Website: http://shannon-muir.com
Twitter: Shannon_Muir
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://shannonmuir.wordpress.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.lulu.com

Books

The Heart's Duty (Second Edition)    by Shannon Muir
Price: $2.99 USD. 49120 words. Published on May 26, 2012. Fiction.
Kristine David thought she'd finally found a stable marriage and future. As she finds herself less satisfied with her situation, the dark past she's been trying to run from creeps back in and begins to endanger the welfare of others. This is a story of love, betrayal, and owning up to one's mistakes. This contains some mild adult content situations from subject matter, but nothing explicit.
Everything Changes (Willowbrook Saga Book 1)    by Shannon Muir
Price: $0.99 USD. 65080 words. Published on May 4, 2012. Fiction.
Willowbrook is a town where a past of agriculture and pioneer medicine collide with a town moving forward in state of the art commerce and healthcare. With the changing times have come changing ideas that lay hidden in the dark for many years which these two families will begin to bring to light. The series, of which this book is the first, explores dark places yet will also show glimpses of love.
The Phoenix Rises    by Shannon Muir
Price: $2.99 USD. 44520 words. Published on March 3, 2012. Fiction.
Dawn, a middle age reference librarian, gets lessons in love and life when the library takes on its first intern, a young man named Stern. However, her choices are not without consequences.
Flying Glory Flashback: Celebrating 10 Years of the Lyrics, Words, and History Behind the Webcomic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY    by Shannon Muir
Price: $2.99 USD. 16170 words. Published on December 15, 2011. Fiction.
A complete text-only book of lyrics, along with the evolution of the storyline's history, for a webcomic about a group of teen musicians who also happen to be superheroes which celebrated a 10th anniversary milestone in June of 2011.
At the End of Innocence's Road: An Anthology of Stories and Poems Covering the Journey from Childhood to Old Age    by Shannon Muir
Price: $0.99 USD. 26730 words. Published on November 30, 2011. Fiction.
In this value-priced book comprised some of material from the author archives and mainly new material written for this collection, sample a wide variety of ideas all brought together under the common theme of the ages and stages of life.
Half Truth and Full Lye (Truth Revealed Book 1)    by Shannon Muir
Price: $0.99 USD. 54670 words. Published on November 1, 2011. Fiction.
NaNoWriMo 2011 book. Last updated 2011-11-22 11:13:42
Goal reached!
Truth Knox searches to find out the truth about her family when the man she believes to be her father returns to town with his charming assistant Lye. Some brief, broadly choreographed sexual situations between consenting 18+ that are plot-driven and are similar to older teen YA literature. Originally completed for NaNoWriMo 2011.
Touch the Stars    by Shannon Muir
Price: $2.99 USD. 56410 words. Published on October 22, 2011. Fiction.
This book follows a professional woman in Los Angeles who tried to distance herself from her past and create a professional life, trying to live detached and devoid of emotion. Her mother's death, followed by the subsequent reappearance of an old flame and haunted by poor past choices, jolts her to slowly rethink about life. Her surprise guide in that journey is a waiter named Hugo...
Search for a Woman: An Anthology of Stories and Poems Looking at Women from All Walks of Life    by Shannon Muir
Price: $0.99 USD. 35430 words. Published on August 18, 2011. Fiction.
An anthology of short stories and poems looking at women from all walks of life. This book does contain some adult themes and occasional language.

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Smashwords book reviews by Shannon Muir

  • That Mama is a Grouch on Nov. 24, 2011
    star star star star
    I do not have children yet myself, but have worked in the business of children's entertainment and love reading. Sherry Ellis and her sense if music and rhyme as a musician come out nicely in this effectively told story. Most of the pages are full size illustrations. However about two thirds of the way through there are a couple pages where art filled the top half of the page and the lower is all white - it was slightly jarring. The art is fairly good quality overall, despite this minor note.
  • That Mama is a Grouch on Nov. 24, 2011
    star star star star
    I do not have children yet myself, but have worked in the business of children's entertainment and love reading. Sherry Ellis and her sense if music and rhyme as a musician come out nicely in this effectively told story. Most of the pages are full size illustrations. However about two thirds of the way through there are a couple pages where art filled the top half of the page and the lower is all white - it was slightly jarring. The art is fairly good quality overall, despite this minor note.