HIATUS Because... I need some time. Alone. To stop. To reflect. To write. To finish things I've started. To release things I cannot finish. To welcome new dreams. To figure out...how to rise from this place of 'I Don't Know'. My mantra...one of many, but this one speaks so loudly: I look to my past… Continue reading Hiatus
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UNITED WAY KEYNOTE SPEECH #LITERACY! LAST DAY TO BUY TICKETS!
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!
Wounded Writers Ask: Prompt #2 – Addiction
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
VANESSA SHIELDS 