The Write Launch

The Write Launch

The Write Launch

The Write Launch

  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Long Short Story
  • Short Story
  • Novel Chapter
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Essay

Shannon Andrada

Shannon Andrada is currently studying to obtain her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

This Will Be the Happiest Time of Your Life

I’m sitting in my grandmother’s backyard, lying in the sun on a lounge chair. Tears fill my eyes, and soon I’m sobbing. At times I justify my crying at everything, saying that sensitive people are the best kind of people, but at other times, like now, I do not justify it. I know that I am behaving like a fool.
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 38, June 2020
Issues Archive

Shannon Andrada

Shannon Andrada is currently studying to obtain her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

This Will Be the Happiest Time of Your Life

I’m sitting in my grandmother’s backyard, lying in the sun on a lounge chair. Tears fill my eyes, and soon I’m sobbing. At times I justify my crying at everything, saying that sensitive people are the best kind of people, but at other times, like now, I do not justify it. I know that I am behaving like a fool.
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 38, June 2020
Issues Archive
Back to Author Index

About

  • Our Mission
  • Support
  • The Write Launch Journal
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

Past Issues

  • Winter 2024: Climate Crisis
  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Short Story
  • Long Short Story
  • Novella
  • Novel Chapters
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Essay

Contributors

  • Submission Guidelines
  • Submit
"Imagination and Creativity transport us to fictional worlds, broaden our understanding of differences among people, expand our knowledge of the environment around us, and give us insight into our innermost self."
Image
"Imagination and Creativity transport us to fictional worlds, broaden our understanding of differences among people, expand our knowledge of the environment around us, and give us insight into our innermost self."
Image

Get the literary works. Sign up for The Write Launch newsletter.


By clicking SUBSCRIBE, I consent to The Write Launch using my details to send me The Write Launch newsletters and confirm that I have read and understood bookscover2cover, LLC Privacy Policy.


By clicking SUBSCRIBE, I consent to The Write Launch using my details to send me The Write Launch newsletters and confirm that I have read and understood bookscover2cover, LLC Privacy Policy.
© Copyright 2025 bookscover2cover, LLC.
© Copyright 2025 bookscover2cover, LLC.
  • Our Mission
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Submit
  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
    • ← Back
    • Short Story
    • Long Short Story
    • Novel Chapter
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Essay
  • Submissions
  • Our Mission