Shawnee Randolph

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  • The Author and The Illustrator: Now Available

    If you like modern-day, coming-of-age fantasies with mysterious haunted houses, talking animals and creatures, fantastical journeys, ninja-like fight scenes, evil henchmen, female villains with a female lead, you should probably… Read more

  • Believe and Do: How Belief Propels Success

    What if the difference between writing your book or not comes down to believing in yourself or not? The same applies to any dream or goal. Read more

  • Are You Better off Eating the Frog?

    It’s a tale as old as time—a mystical fable with a princess, a frog and a not-so-fairy-godmother. A parable that explores Mark Twain’s frog eating advice and procrastination. Read more

  • A Soulless Main Character

    A Native American hunter respects the animal, leaving its soul intact as he makes the kill and strips away at its hide and flesh. Tim Burton did not afford the… Read more

  • Inconsistency is a Dream Killer

    Consistency is more important for your goals than motivation! Here are 5 ways to overcome the inconsistency. Read more

  • I DID IT! First book published.

    So it’s a bit on the small side, and it’s a total derailment from my big novel, but I finally published my first book on Amazon. Part way through this… Read more

  • No One Wants to Hear About Your Book

    “So what have you been up to lately?”  I made eye contact with my hairdresser in the large mirror as she used a comb to section off my hair. I’m… Read more

  • Books and Projects Updates

    When the rain finally came, the smoky skies dissipated and I could breathe again. The flash flood brought with it clean air and a return to this new-normal life. For… Read more

  • SAFE: Science Fiction or Just 2020

    My feet are snug in red wool socks and propped up on a stool. Gazing out at the world, I sip my coffee. Fog settles on the earth like thick… Read more

  • Waiting on Fall

    Wind blows from the west,Penetrating my veins.It tells me change is coming.But I don’t believe it. I scoop up a handful of leaves,And I release.They catch the invisible stream in… Read more

  • The People of Oz

    I am taking a creative writing class through the college where I am an advisor. It’s been ages since I’ve partaken in poetry, it’s just never been my style. But,… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

Hi. I am Shawnee Randolph, a molder of words, an expander of ideas and a teller of stories. From a young age, I was drawn to the written word. Scribbling stories into a notebook was like unlocking a magical door to a new world, and the key—a yellow no. 2 pencil.

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