I haven't submitted in a while. It's because it's taken this long for the sting of the last few rejections to subside. Alas, I've got new work that needs to get out there into the wide world of words. I'm taking a bit of a different road this time, though. Instead of just entering contests,… Continue reading And still I submit
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I finished the first draft!!! HOLY SHI*!!!!!
I can barely believe it. About five minutes ago, I wrote the last word in the last sentence of the first draft of the YA novel I've been working on for two years. More than that even. Two and a half years. OH MY GOD!!!!! This is super huge for me. Super surreal and amazingly… Continue reading I finished the first draft!!! HOLY SHI*!!!!!
All Heated Up from 50 Shades? Wanna try writing romance?
If you're interested in writing romance, check out the link below! Thanks to Harlequin, and blogger/romance writer Liz Fielding, I found this link that invites writers to share their romance writing. http://lizfielding.blogspot.ca/2012/06/do-you-dream-of-being-published-romance.html Liz has written many romance books as well as a 'how-to' book about writing romance, Liz Fielding's Little Book of Writing Romance. … Continue reading All Heated Up from 50 Shades? Wanna try writing romance?
VANESSA SHIELDS 