How to Handle Life like your Favorite Fictional Characters

by Shannon VanBergen

What if the characters in your favorite books have been showing you how to survive your hardest chapters all along?

When life falls apart, everyone seems to have advice. Look for the silver lining. Be grateful for what you have. Everything happens for a reason.

But what if you’re grieving a loss, overwhelmed by everything going wrong, afraid of what might happen next, or staring at a life that looks nothing like the one you planned?

You don’t need another person telling you to find the positive.

You need to know how to keep going.

In How to Handle Life like Your Favorite Fictional Characters, you’ll discover what fantasy heroes, cozy mystery sleuths, science fiction captains, romance heroines, superheroes, and even fairy-tale princesses can teach us about facing real-life heartbreak.

Through humor, honest personal stories, encouragement, and practical lessons inspired by the characters we love, this book will help

Carry grief without letting it become the end of your storyInvestigate anxious thoughts instead of automatically believing themFace overwhelm one flashing alarm at a timeStop treating failure as proof that you’ll never succeedAdjust when life destroys the map you were followingLet go of the ending you expected—and begin imagining a new oneThis book won’t ask you to turn your pain into something beautiful. It won’t insist that every hardship happened for a reason. And it won’t hand you an impossible list of ways to fix your entire life.

Instead, it will help you survive the chapter you’re in—one small step, one brave choice, and sometimes one deep breath at a time.

If life has taken an unexpected turn and you’re not sure what happens next, this book is for you.

You don’t need to have your whole story figured out.

You just need enough courage to turn the page.

Download How to Handle Life like your Favorite Fictional Characters today if you're ready to learn some life lessons from the greatest heroes ever written.

186 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 27, 2026

About the author

Shannon is a mother, wife, artist, and USA Today Bestselling Author. When she's not busy taking care of her family, she does everything from creating art with melted crayons to painting in the rain to writing entertaining stories under several different pen names. Her first mystery series features a flirtatious sleuth, a cooky grandma, and a retirement home of gun-toting vigilante grannies. Her stories are sure to entertain.

The first two books in the Glock Grannies Cozy Mystery Series have made the USA Today Bestsellers list a combined three times.

To learn more about Shannon's new books, and to claim a free cozy mystery starter library, visit:
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