Vanessa

Vanessa

35 years old
Female
Current Status
Why does everything take so long?
Information
  • Are you a ...?
    Self-published author
    What genre do you primarily write in?
    Fantasy
    If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
    Romantic fiction, chicklit, etc
    Are your reading habits ...?
    Sophisticated
    Who is your favourite author(s)?
    Too many to name a few...
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    Pride and Predjudice, Twilight, A Murder is Announced, Water for Elephants, A Time to Kill, Against the Gods! The pillars of the earth, any Agatha Christie
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Procastinatory
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Some self-editing
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    To continue writing new and exciting stories...
    Your worst habit?
    Self doubt
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
    Where do you write?
    At home
    What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
    I am enthusiastic about pretty much anything - I love music, theatre, sport, teaching... and talking!

Location

Groups

2 Groups...

Events

1 Events...

Music

Videos

No videos yet...

Latest Activity

  • ×
    Bren
    "Bren" commented on Vanessa's Blog "Tickled pink!".
    Vanessa it was exciting here too receiving Susan's book. It is going down a storm! I hope your children enjoy it. Good luck Susan with the school visits. The children will be in awe. So many exciting things to talk about.
    4 days ago
  • ×
    Gerry
    "Gerry" commented on Vanessa's Blog "Tickled pink!".
    School visits? You've got to tell us how they go...
    7 days ago
  • ×
    SecretSpi
    "SecretSpi" commented on Vanessa's Blog "Tickled pink!".
    Gosh - fighting over my book! That feels really good! I was a bit disappointed that my son wanted to read it himself as I was looking forward to doing some silly voices - never mind, school visits coming up soon.
    7 days ago
  • ×
    Weens
    "Weens" commented on Vanessa's Blog "Tickled pink!".
    My dad read The Hobbit to us when we were old enough. Lovely family moments to treasure.
    8 days ago
  • ×
    Squidge
    "Squidge" commented on Vanessa's Blog "Tickled pink!".
    I'd have sat 'em both down and read it to them...that way, I'd get to read it too!!! We used to have great fun reading the Harry Potter books aloud once they were old enough to appreciate them...
    8 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    "Vanessa" commented on Vanessa's Blog "Tickled pink!".
    As I suspected my children are thrilled to bits and really excited that a book was signed for them... They were both desperate to get their hands on it! On the end my daughter won since my son has been playing up this week. Isn't it nice - kids ...
    8 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    Vanessa wrote a new blog: "Tickled pink!".
    I have had one of those days...It started really badly and as the day has progressed things have got better and better...So, imagine how happy I am to have received SecretSpi's book in the post...The Bother in Burmeon by S.P.  Moss, complete ...
    8 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    Vanessa commented on stephenterry's wall:
    Exciting stuff Stephen...good luck with it and let me know when to look for it! My book is out there now too, and today the look inside feature was enabled...it's so cool! :)
    9 days ago
  • ×
    stephenterry
    stephenterry commented on Vanessa's wall:
    No Come Back is now with Amy, my editor. Hope to publish it on Kindle by end of June using your book cover design. Will keep you posted...
    9 days ago
  • ×
    Squidge
    Squidge commented on Vanessa's wall:
    Thanks, Vanessa...I'll let you know if he decides to publish!! In Tom's case though, it's not me who's influenced him! He's always written stories, since way before I began to do this seriously; even draws his own pictures too. Of my two kids, he's ...
    10 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    "Vanessa" commented on Squidge's Blog "It's in the genes...".
    Wow...you must be so proud! Good luck on sats week, my son is on year five and has been watching James bond as a treat! Duh! Anyway, both of my children also want to be writers... I think they follow what they see... By the way, i follow a 12 ...
    10 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    "Vanessa" commented on Eddytip's Blog "Social media: trying to whip up a following".
    I'm not a fan of pets actually... I only do fish... ha ha ha
    10 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    "Vanessa" commented on Eddytip's Blog "Social media: trying to whip up a following".
    CW - Thanks for that... like I say, I still have L plates on...lol I will post on there... V xx
    10 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    "Vanessa" commented on DLicorish's Blog "Why is "The Avengers" so good?".
    For the first time a movie made in America that was not about America saving the day... They had the avengers do that! The reasons I loved it: Tight plot Funny Great cast & fantastic acting Excellent action shots Interesting and different ...
    10 days ago
  • ×
    Vanessa
    "Vanessa" commented on Eddytip's Blog "Social media: trying to whip up a following".
    Thanks a lot eddy! I did tell people about my book here on a blog purely because they had seen me on the journey to completing it and I knew quite a few were interested. I also put the word cloud and a few cloudies in my acknowledgements so i ...
    10 days ago

About

Follow my blog and journey into self publishing... http://vanessawesterwriter.blogspot.co.uk/

Latest Blog Posts

9 Blogs...

View All Feed

Friends

92 Friends

  • Harry
  • Spangles
  • Debi
  • EmmaD
  • Zeefrog
  • SecretSpi
  • Tony
  • Bren
  • Kaz
  • John Taylor
  • mike
  • Skylark

The Wall

48 Wall Posts

Please login or sign up to post on this network.
Click here to sign up now.
  • stephenterry
    by stephenterry 9 days ago
    No Come Back is now with Amy, my editor. Hope to publish it on Kindle by end of June using your book cover design. Will keep you posted...
  • Squidge
    by Squidge 10 days ago
    Thanks, Vanessa...I'll let you know if he decides to publish!! In Tom's case though, it's not me who's influenced him! He's always written stories, since way before I began to do this seriously; even draws his own pictures too. Of my two kids, he's got more of the imagination and creativity...my daughter is, in contrast, completely logical and retains facts like a walking encyclopoeadia. She's going to be a physicist or engineer! And hates writing with a vengeance!
  • Hil
    by Hil 1 month ago
    Rejection letters! Yes, I have a huge collection. A few treasured acceptances - of short stories!
  • Hil
    by Hil 1 month ago
    Fair comment! Well done for publishing by the way!
  • Jill
    by Jill 2 months ago
    Oh! Vanessa/Islander I missed out on this too! Are you an official Cloud Friend. If not, would you like to be?! J :)
  • Squidge
    by Squidge 2 months ago
    The mystery is finally solved...Had been wondering how 'Vanessa' had appeared on my friends list...and having read Winter's blog, discovered you were Islander...Doh!
  • Spangles
    by Spangles 2 months ago
    I've sent you a PM! The book has arrived, by the way.
  • SecretSpi
    by SecretSpi 2 months ago
    No, not yet - you'll know when it happens! How's the Junior Poet Laureate?
  • Gemma
    by Gemma 3 months ago
    Listening to the Breaking Dawn soundtrack as we speak! Sleeping At Last - Turning Page. Could a song sum up Edward and Bella any better than that?! Yeah, Twilight is my obsession. I was already writing before I discovered it, but it started my love for YA and made me realize what I really wanted to write. And although people criticize Stephenie Meyer, she did something very right, in my opinion. Nothing has quite captured me in the same way :)
  • Gemma
    by Gemma 3 months ago
    The Hunger Games is amazing! It's my fave series, along with Twilight. Although I try to keep that quiet on here! Fallen was beautiful (although book one was a bit slow) Loved Shiver and Delirium and The Mortal Instruments! All Fab.