15 minutes - timed writing on the following: In ten lines or less, write about your own addiction. You may prefer to write standalone lines or group some of them together like stanzas in the way Wright does. If you’re addicted to sugar, rather than say, “I am addicted to sugar,” let Sugar narrate. Let… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask: Prompt #2 – Addiction
Category: Classes
How-To Poetry Workshop Tomorrow! 7pm Budimir Library!
Tomorrow night I'll be leading a poetry workshop at Budimir library in South Windsor. From 7pm - 8:30pm I'll be (hopefully!) inspiring and engaging you with my mad poetry skills - sharing tips on how to make poetry an everyday part of your life! Here's the Facebook event page: Click here! Please call the library… Continue reading How-To Poetry Workshop Tomorrow! 7pm Budimir Library!
Success Story! ‘Unseen Realities’ E-Book Published on Amazon
I am just over-the-moon with this incredible success story! I've been mentoring/editing and revising a novel by local writer Gordon Stallard for the past several years. We met at one of my creative writing classes many years ago. About a year after the class, I got an email from Gordon telling me that he'd written… Continue reading Success Story! ‘Unseen Realities’ E-Book Published on Amazon
Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
With grand thanks to Patricia Fell and her team, I have once again been invited to be a part of the Pelee Island Music Series. Yay! This year, I get to do a workshop as well as a poetry reading. Double yay! The workshop is FREE! Although, it does cost to get over to the… Continue reading Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
VANESSA SHIELDS 