Today is the last day to purchase tickets for the United Way Women Leading the Way event at which I will be the keynote speaker! I'm super excited (getting less nervous every day!) to have the opportunity to speak about my life as a writer, and how important literacy is to us all. Wednesday, May 10th!… Continue reading UNITED WAY KEYNOTE SPEECH #LITERACY! LAST DAY TO BUY TICKETS!
Category: On Writing
National Poetry Month – Week Four Events!
National Poetry Month is still kickin'! Here's what's on the roster this week! Five events in seven days, baby. #npm2017 Monday, April 24, 2017 Guest Speaking with Ben Van Dongen at Marlborough Public, Windsor, Grade 7/8s. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Guest Speaking at Glenwood Elementary, Windsor, Grades 5-8. Thank you League of Canadian Poets for… Continue reading National Poetry Month – Week Four Events!
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #19 – Takes
Pick a memory – this can be a childhood one or something that happened just last week – and write it down so that it reads like a headline. Try to select one word that you can repeat throughout the takes. Next, explore your memory as a series of takes by writing as many as… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #19 – Takes
VANESSA SHIELDS 