Sometimes I feel stupid. I feel inadequate. I feel like there’s something really wrong with me. I can’t always chalk it up to over-active-pre-menstrual hormones or a bad day. Sometimes I really feel deeply like I just don’t get ‘it’. I’m a writer. So I write. This part has always come naturally to me. I… Continue reading The Secret
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
2014 Carry-Overs
*This post is Rated SV - for swearing and vulnerability* I've been writing this post in my head for weeks now. Finally sitting down and whipping out my balls so I can write it - type it - out of me. 2014 was a year I can't label as any one word. But some words… Continue reading 2014 Carry-Overs
A Poetic Reader Review of ‘I Am That Woman’
It is responses like this one that keep my heart full and my soul brave - that keep me motivated to write poetry that I hope makes an impact. In this case it has. And...a man wrote this. Amen. Thank you, Andrew! Andrew's review of my poetry and I Am That Woman. you confront us,… Continue reading A Poetic Reader Review of ‘I Am That Woman’
VANESSA SHIELDS 