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Shannon McNear

Shannon McNear

Official Website

The Scoop

… news, events, other tidbits.

Where to find me:

  • Colonial Quills, contributor
  • The Borrowed Book, former contributor
  • A Novel Writing Site, former contributor
  • Facebook
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  • Goodreads
  • BookBub 

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2023 dates of interest

  • February 2: Fireside Chat at University of Jamestown, Raugust Library, 7PM: “Research and Making History Relatable”
  • May 1: Re-release of THE COUNTERFEIT TORY, formerly of The Most Eligible Bachelor Collection and now Book 3 of Frontiers of Liberty
  • July 1: Release of REBECCA, Book 3 of Daughters of the Lost Colony from Barbour Publishing

2022 dates of interest:

  • July 1: Re-release of THE HIGHWAYMAN, formerly of The Most Eligible Bachelor and now Book 1 of Frontiers of Liberty
  • October 1: Release of MARY: Book 2 of Daughters of the Lost Colony from Barbour Publishing
  • December 1: Re-release of DEFENDING TRUTH, formerly of Pioneer Christmas Collection and now Book 2 of Frontiers of Liberty

2021 dates of interest:

  • December 1: Release of ELINOR: Book 1 of Daughters of the Lost Colony from Barbour Publishing!
  • July 31: Mississippi River Reader’s Retreat, Little Falls, Minnesota … Early Bird discounts available! http://mississippiriverreadersretreat.com/


2020 dates of interest:

  • October 15-18: Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt
  • September 1: Release of Love’s Pure Light novella collection, with Deborah Raney, Susanne Dietze, and Janine Roche!
  • August 15: Mississippi River Reader’s Retreat, Little Falls, Minnesota [POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 BECAUSE OF COVID-19!]
  • March 1: Release of The Blue Cloak, #5 in True Colors!
  • January 16: Author interview, hosted by Lena Nelson Dooley

2019 dates of interest:

  • December 27: Book signing at Plantation Coffee in Jamestown, North Dakota! Signing 5-7 PM; talk at 6 PM.
  • December 1: Release of The Rebel Bride, #10 in Daughters of the Mayflower!
  • December (date TBA): Interview and giveaway at Inspirational Historical Fiction
  • October 4: Interview and giveaway at The Reading Daisy

2018 dates of interest:

  • November 20: Interview with Kristena Mears–giveaway!
  • October 31: Guest blog (the “story behind the story” of The Cumberland Bride) with Linda Brooks Davis–giveaway!
  • October 26: Colonial Quills Tea party with Tamera Kraft, Naomi Musch, and myself–giveaways and lots of fun!
  • October 22: Interview at Joy of Reading–giveaway!
  • October 21: Guest blog at Among The Reads (kind of my writing testimony here)
  • October 6: Character interview with Jemima Lytton Gruener at Stitches Thru Time
  • October 4: Guest blog at Whispers In Purple
  • October 1: Release of The Cumberland Bride, #5 in Daughters of the Mayflower
  • August 15: Interview with Linda Brooks Davis
  • June 5: Interview for Backcountry Brides on A Christian Writer’s World
  • March 21:  Interview at The Diamond Mine of Christian Fiction
  • April 27-28:  Wordsowers Christian Writers Conference in Omaha, Nebraska
  • April-May:  Blog tour with Backcountry Brides co-authors! Story highlights, author info, and lots of giveaways!
  • May 1:  Release of The Counterfeit Tory in The Backcountry Brides Collection (sequel to The Highwayman)
  • May 4:  Colonial Quills Tea Party! Giveaways and lots of fun!!
  • October 1:  Release of The Cumberland Bride, #5 in Barbour’s new Daughters of the Mayflower series

2017 dates of interest:

  • May:  The all-colonial Backcountry Brides Collection is offered a contract, featuring my novella, The Counterfeit Tory (sequel to The Highwayman)
  • August:  The Cumberland Bride is officially under contract as #5 of Daughters of the Mayflower
  • October 14:  Plot & Story Structure workshop, at Community Grounds in Columbia Heights, MN, 10 AM – 12 PM

2016 dates of interest:

  • STAY TUNED!

2015 dates of interest:

  • May:  Release of The Most Eligible Bachelor Romance Collection, featuring my second novella, The Highwayman!
  • May 4-8:  Blog tour with a huge gift basket giveaway, starting right here!
  • May 15:  Colonial Quills Tea Party–more giveaways!
  • Summer sabbatical due to family medical issues
  • September:  Re-release of The Pioneer Christmas Collection, featuring my first and RITA-nominated novella, Defending Truth
  • October 16:  Colonial Quills Tea Party on the CQ website and Facebook–lots of fun and giveaways!

2014 dates of interest:

  • January:  first major move in more than 20 years …
  • March 26:  received the call that Defending Truth was a finalist in the novella category of Romance Writers of America’s RITAⓇ contest … what an honor!
  • July 23-27:  RWA National in San Antonio, Texas

2013 dates of interest:

  • August 19-31:  Join us for The Twelve Days of Pioneer Christmas! Stay tuned to my blog for details!
  • August 28:  Author interview, hosted by Lena Nelson Dooley.
  • August 30:  Guest review of Defending Truth by Pioneer Christmas co-author Michelle Uhl, at Colonial Quills.
  • September 1:  Author interview at Carrie Fancett Pagel’s Overcoming With God.
  • September 3:  Revew of Defending Truth and other Pioneer Christmas novellas at Overcoming With God.
  • September 6:  Tea party celebrating my debut release at Colonial quills.
  • September 12-16:  American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Looking forward to connecting with old and new friends, and sharpening my focus on the writing craft!
  • September 30:  Interview at Colonial Quills.
  • October 15:  guest post at Seriously Write
  • November 16:  Why Not Quit? guest post at Novel Rocket
  • December 10-11:  Interview at Novel PASTimes, part one & part two
  • January:  our family moves to North Dakota!

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Other things you may want to know:

**Why “Shenandoah”?

Blame my mother. That’s the name she said she would have given me, if she’d had the nerve. I started using it in high school as a nickname (“Shannon-doah”), and years later when we got internet for the first time and everyone was worried about privacy issues, I used it as my online persona. My first amateur attempt at a website was “Shenandoah’s Eclectic Website.” It was natural to title my blog “Shenandoah’s Eclectic Musings,” which then became “Scribblings” when I shifted my focus to provide a place for readers to come find out more about me.

**Why the tag “barbarian queen”? [which I don’t use online anymore but maybe you’ll find this bit entertaining]

For years I’ve affectionately termed my family “the barbarian horde.” We have eight children, and we are a boisterous, intense, live-life-out-loud bunch–that is, when we aren’t curled up at our castle, recharging our introvert batteries.

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