New Site But Who Cares?


GO TO SHANNONCASON.COM INSTEAD, IT'S BETTER!


Like all the unfamous people I know, I too am blogging, have a podcast, and redesigning my website. The great designers at Clubhouse Creative - between serving tables and shuffling papers in their cubicles during their day jobs - are making me a new website in their spare time.

I saw the need to upgrade from blogger, so my 5 unique visitors a day can have a clean, professional, updated look into the few things I do creatively. So if the five of you can check back occasionally to see what these Clubhouse Creative guys come up with that will be great.


Beautiful Words

Love the name of this event and love that I'm involved... March 2, 2012 / AWP Conference / Beauty Bar

Homemade Stories Podcast #20


Dark Christmas Morning

The holidays can bring out the best and the worst in us... Merry Christmas is a choice.

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The Moth's 200th Podcast Features The Chicago GrandSLAM


I'm so excited to be featured on The Moth podcast. The 200th podcast! Actually I thought there were more than 200, but the 50 or so I've listened to have turned me on the storytelling thing. I was only a hopeful writer, now I love performance storytelling just as much. My stories and podcast are available at the right, so please read or listen to more of my shit...and friend me on Facebook, say "Hi".

A little inside on that night:

I had been in my office (small closet in the back of the apartment) writing more, going to storytelling events, and literary readings. My fiancee, Cindy, had been watching me spend all this creative time with a supportive but skeptical eye, because I’m terribly underemployed. I have a MBA, but I sell women’s shoes at Macy’s. I probably should be sending out more resumes, instead of writing and telling stories at coffeehouses.

Cindy hadn’t been able to go to any evening events because we have a small child and I get nervous when someone I know is in the audience, but when I got invited to The Moth GrandSLAM at the Park West Theater, we got a sitter, and we both went. It’s funny because I didn’t care about the other 900 people in the room, the only opinion that mattered was Cindy’s. It was her first time seeing me tell a story. I did okay. I won. Cindy went crazy. It was a great moment.

I still do a lot of writing in my office/closet in the back of the apartment. I probably should be sending out more resumes.


Check out the article on The Moth blog and bios of the other storytellers HERE

Homemade Stories Podcast #19


High School

A coming-of-age story about finding my place...and lunch room fighting.

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Help 4 Women (over 30)

Here's a YouTube video of a popular blog and podcast posting...Straight-forward, loving, and candid advice for single women from a male perspective. If it's not for you, pass it on to someone you think may benefit...





It's all love!

Chicago Tribune's Chicago Live!


I'm talking about storytelling and The Moth at Chicago Tribune's Chicago Live! @ The Chicago Theatre! And I'm telling a story about my hometown, DETROIT!

Also appearing is Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Oscar- nominated Michael Shannon...how cool is that?!

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