THE BOOK BLURB For many of us on the yellow-brick road to publication (be it our first trip down this wild path or our fourth!), we will have the opportunity to face the important and necessary stop that is The Book Blurb. Whether we're being asked to blurb a friend's forthcoming book or whether we're… Continue reading The Book Blurb
Category: On Writing
The River Bookshop – Essex County’s Newest Literary Gem!
Gather round literary folk – there's a new bookshop in town! If you haven't heard already, let me shout out a 'here-yeee here-yeee' for the charming new literary gem that is the River Bookshop. Located in the heart of Amherstburg, this quaintly modern bookshop is awaiting your attention! I had the opportunity to do a… Continue reading The River Bookshop – Essex County’s Newest Literary Gem!
First Day of High School, French Kisses and Thimbles
I have a fourteen-year-old son. Today he starts high school. These two sentences blow my mind into the kind of oblivion that's hard to stumble back from. I needed to go back in time, you see. I needed to remember where I was all those years ago when I started high school. Most days I… Continue reading First Day of High School, French Kisses and Thimbles
VANESSA SHIELDS 