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VANESSA SHIELDS

EDITOR | WRITER | TEACHER

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On Writing

The EWE of Writing

April 4, 2012 Vanessa Shields

I'd like to talk about something that is likely one of the most difficult things when you're an artist - a writer, a painter, a musician, a florist,'fill in your type of artistry here', etc. Making time to do it. Now, before you go all 'oh, gawd, she's writing about time again' on me, hear me out.… Continue reading The EWE of Writing

On Writing

Script Frenzy – Day 2/3 – Word count: 527 – Page Count: 3

April 3, 2012 Vanessa Shields

Yup. Got her started. Oh yeah. Three down. 97 to go. Hee. Here's a sneak peek: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 118 675 SUEDE 5 1 828 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false PRETTY DEAD a screenplay by vanessa shields   LOG Two pretty dead twenty-somethings fall in love during… Continue reading Script Frenzy – Day 2/3 – Word count: 527 – Page Count: 3

Contests · Publishing

Rattle – new look, new theme for submissions…

April 3, 2012 Vanessa Shields

  A friendly message from the editor of Rattle, Timothy Green: ....At the moment we only have one more theme decided on – now through August 1st we’ll be reading for a tribute to SF poetry.  SF poetry would be the verse equivalent of Speculative Fiction, so any subjects that fall into that category are fair… Continue reading Rattle – new look, new theme for submissions…

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