Friends, for the next three days, I am on a self-guided writing retreat to complete the final draft of my young adult novel. I am in a piece of heaven...with Lake Erie flowing calmly around me. I have delicious, healthy food (and two Oh Henry bars. I mean, of course). I have water. I have… Continue reading ON WRITING RETREAT…
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POEM A DAY – February 26
Writing The Novel, Year Three You realize that all the characters in the novel you’ve been writing are parts of You. You realize that healing is spectral magic sifting through the fractures you’ve suffered into as you breathe, breathe, breathe through this living we mash up with the hammers of time. You realize the air… Continue reading POEM A DAY – February 26
How to Survive Querying
In my last blog post interviewing Ainslie Hogarth, we talked a lot about writing query letters. I gave examples using the query letter that Ainslie edited that I was going to submit to an agent at a workshop. Soooo, the workshop was this past Sunday...and golly, did I learn a lot! First things first: we… Continue reading How to Survive Querying
VANESSA SHIELDS 