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Author: Vanessa Shields

Writer. Mother. Lover.
On Writing · Publishing

The first 250

November 5, 2012 Vanessa Shields8 Comments

Okay, so if you've read my Anatomy of a logline post, you know how I feel about loglines. Guess what? There's a second-parter to this story. For the Baker's Dozen competition, I have to submit a logline and the first 250 words of my novel. Okay. That's good, right? I mean, because I can only say… Continue reading The first 250

On Writing · Publishing

Anatomy of a logline

November 5, 2012 Vanessa Shields2 Comments

Look, I'm not the first writer to say she doesn't like writing loglines. Okay, it's not that I don't like loglines, it's that I LOATHE them. I've spent that last three weeks working on a logline for my YA novel for the Baker's Dozen competition that I'm entering on Tuesday (like, two days from now… Continue reading Anatomy of a logline

On Writing

NaNoWriMo Day 2 – Word Count – 3712 (the same as yesterday)

November 3, 2012 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

I did LOTS of writing today - none of which was on my new novel. Not worried at all. Feeling confident. Feeling excited. Feeling like I have to shut this damn computer because it's 1:06am in the balls-morning. Off to dream...  

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