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VANESSA SHIELDS

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Author: Vanessa Shields

Writer. Mother. Lover.
Parenting

Windsor Star Blog Posted – Stats Shmats…

November 2, 2011 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Speak up readers! Tell me what you'd like me to write about! http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2011/11/01/stats-shmats-what-do-you-want-me-to-w...   And thank you for reading!!!

On Writing

NaNoWriMo – Day 1 – Word count: 1544

November 1, 2011 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

I did it. I started writing (or continued) my YA novel through National Novel Writing Month.  I started at 11am.  I finished at 12:10pm.  I wrote 1544 words.  Here's an except: Normal 0 0 1 123 702 5 1 862 11.0 0 0 0             “Did we kiss?” I asked.… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Day 1 – Word count: 1544

On Writing

Tuesday’s Truths – Week Four

November 1, 2011 Vanessa Shields

This morning I woke up with a nervous stomach. My sleep was interrupted over and over again by the kids. I think Halloween wrecked havoc on their system - not  just because of the candy, which they didn't have that much of, but because our usual nightly schedule was off as well. They kept waking… Continue reading Tuesday’s Truths – Week Four

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