Pelee Island – Writing, Reading & Living Poetry

September 9, 2014 Vanessa Shields9 Comments

This was what I saw if I stood at the front of The Gathering Place, the bed & breakfast I stayed at on Pelee Island the weekend of August 10th. Owned and operated by the gracious and lovely Miss Liz (who inspired me to start wearing a sassy scarf again), The Gathering Place was the… Continue reading Pelee Island – Writing, Reading & Living Poetry

I Am That Woman · Laughing Through A Second Pregnancy · My Book · Press · Publishing

Buy Local! Shop Local! All my books now available at Biblioasis!

July 15, 2014 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

Since you've been requesting my book at Biblioasis, I've gone a dropped not just 'I Am That Woman', but also 'Laughing Through A Second Pregnancy' and both volumes of 'Poetry on Demand' at the bookshop! Yay! You should note that this is the ONLY store in Windsor that sells *all of my books*. I don't… Continue reading Buy Local! Shop Local! All my books now available at Biblioasis!

Blogging · My Book · On Writing · Publishing

BLOG TOUR! My Writing Process

July 14, 2014 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

I've been seeing/reading this fun thingy called a Blog Tour, whereby various bloggers answer all the same questions and link to each other's blogs to help promote each other, and our writing processes. I was super excited to be invited to participate by the lovely and talented, and freshly published, poet Debbie Okun Hill! My… Continue reading BLOG TOUR! My Writing Process

Blogging · My Book · My YA Novel · On Writing

New Office. New Hair. New Energy.

July 10, 2014 Vanessa Shields5 Comments

I write this post while sitting in my fancy-shmancy new office located on the *main* floor of our humble abode - and get this - it has a door! Feast your eyes on this: Oooooo baby. Clean desktop. Pooling-light lamp. A chair that forces me to sit up straight and stay focused. I need change these… Continue reading New Office. New Hair. New Energy.