Daily Inspiration: Meet Peggy Christie

Today we’d like to introduce you to Peggy Christie

Hi Peggy, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I never really got into writing until I turned 30. I liked creative writing in 6th grade, but the stuff I liked to write was frowned upon in the conservative Catholic school I attended. So I stopped and didn’t pick it up again until I was 30, after a particularly bad day at work. After writing that first story, I was hooked and never looked back.

I joined a local writing group in early 2004, I believe. It only last about 2 years but several of the members and myself started another one, the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. It’s been going strong since 2007 and I’m still a member. I started concentrating more on my own writing and attending conventions as a vendor around 2017, just to get my name out there a little more, network with other creatives in the world. I really think my experiences with GLAHW helped me to be more confident on my own.

And here we are in 2025 and I’m still attending conventions by myself, and still writing. It’s been quite the fun ride.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I rarely believe any journey is a smooth road, especially at the beginning. I had lots of rejections of those early stories I wanted to get published. I think I even saved one because it was the most generic form letter I ever got – and actually it wasn’t even a letter! Something more like a 3″x6″ piece of card stock, typed, with a blank line where the rejector scribbled in my story title. Honestly, I could only laugh at that point.

But for some reason, as disheartening as rejection is, I just kept trying. I took the advice I received to heart and tried to implement it as best I could. I think the biggest struggles creatives experience isn’t rejection but what we call “Imposter Syndrome.” Most of us feel we don’t belong in the creative world, that we’re not good enough, and anyone who compliments us must not know what they’re talking about.

It’s something I’m still struggling with, and my husband admonishes me about it a lot (with the best of intentions, and always with love.) But I’m having a lot of fun and will just stick with writing horror fiction as long as I can!

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I’ve been writing horror and dark fiction for about 25 years now. I like all types of horrors but I don’t do much with body horror or bizarro fiction. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy some good gore and it’s fun to write. It’s just not ALL I write.

I do enjoy all kinds of monsters, human and otherwise. So I’ve written about different creatures and settings, from ghosts to ghouls, shapeshifters and vampires. What I like to think sets me a part a bit is the humor I interject into my writing. I don’t necessarily write horror comedy, but adding a bit of humor helps break long periods of tension or terror, maybe disarming the reader long enough to come back and shock them with a big scare!

I am proud of being able to finish writing two novels. For me those are a bit of a struggle. Longer works are more complicated and sometimes it’s hard to find that resolution or wrap up of the conflict. So they can take me 2-3 years to complete.

But I think I’m most proud of the fact that my dad bragged about my venture into writing, though I didn’t know about it until after he died. If my dad thought I was cool enough to talk up to his friends, then even if I wrote nothing else going forward, I’d still be pretty damn happy.

Do you have any advice for those just starting out?
Write what you want. Don’t write what other people think you should write; don’t write what’s trendy. Find your own voice, you own passions, and your audience will find you.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.themonkeyisin.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pmonkey710
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorpeggychristie

Image Credits
Wish Granted: cover art by Don England
The Vessel: cover art by Sean Seal
Hell Hath No Fury: cover art by Luke Spooner
Forever Trapped: cover art by Don England