Book: Motorcycles, Moose & Magic - The Ride to Self-LoveAuthor: Tracey RogersPage 27, line 9Genre: memoir, self-help/guidanceLocal author!Note: I went to the part of the book where the story begins, which is actually page 19, and counted 9 pages from there (skipping the blank page). That brought me to page 27. I counted 9 sentences… Continue reading Prompt 9 – Motorcycles, Moose & Magic & The First Annual DWR Writing Awards
Tag: Detroit Writing Room
Poem 146 – Voicing the Full Moon & Open Book Ontario & Tour Update
Voicing the Full Moon read poetry out loud todayjust do itI triple dog dare youread poetry out loud today the full moon needs to hear the magic of poetry’s rhyme & meter & metaphor & pain & devotion & confusion & love & love & love because: eclipsethe moon – great hunk of pock-faced light slides into earth’s… Continue reading Poem 146 – Voicing the Full Moon & Open Book Ontario & Tour Update
Interview with Stephanie Steinberg, owner of the Detroit Writing Room
This world really is full of magic. At just about the same time that I was dreaming up Gertrude's Writing Room, Stephanie Steinberg, writer/journalist, was having the same dream. She too wanted to open a space where writers could gather to write, read, learn and play. As I was doing research for Gertrude's whilst writing… Continue reading Interview with Stephanie Steinberg, owner of the Detroit Writing Room
Let’s Start With the Good
Good beautiful sunset evening, friends. I've got tears crawling up my throat, so I'm gonna start with some things that are motivating the happy tears... An Interview With Me from my good friends at Black Moss Press! It's #NationalPoetryMonth and so many folks are doing incredible things with poetry - from live-streaming poems on demand… Continue reading Let’s Start With the Good
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 