Sheila Bender’s Writing It Real Substack
Sheila Bender Writing It Real, Barbara Simmons, Morgan: Four Dogs and a Baby, Marlene Samuels, Beckie A. Miller, DesireeWoodland, Sue Pace, Susan UllisI established Sheila Bender’s Writing It Real Substack as a community resource to facilitate those who write from personal experience in poetry, memoir, fiction, and nonfiction; join me for instructional articles on writing craft and the writing life.
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Hi Writers,
Wow, the weeks are speeding by! I had a good week this week because I revised a poem that wasn’t working and think it works now. A good feeling, but I will return to reading it again in another day or two to see what I think—an...
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Do you see what I saw? A wooden animal among the branches and leaves?
Dear Poets and Authors,
I opened my email this morning to a newsletter from The Marginalian. It is from the site’s archives: an article in which Mary Popova reviews Pla...
What I Can’t Say
The author Susan Ullis (left), her daughter Erika (right), and her granddaughter Annika (Middle), taken on Mother’s Day, two months before Erika passed
In July of 2022, my daughter died. Among all the grief, pain, and planning was my dread...
I am reading from my poems on Bainbridge Island!
I look forward to reading with Brenda Miller. If you are not too far away, I hope you will join us for this reading. Refreshments after!
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Steel Sculpture Along the Side of a Grocery Store
Hello Writers and Poets,
I seem to be happiest writing the newsletter on Fridays now. Maybe I’ll stick to that, but don’t be surprised if you see some arriving on Thursday. It seems to all...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Founder of WritingItReal.com, poet, essayist, memoirist and writing instruction author, I facilitate others writing from personal experience with articles and writing to help them grow rather than tear their writing apart via traditional critiquing.
poet, lyrical essayist, always observing the world through an artist's pen
Morgan's the author of the memoir, Emptying the Nest: Getting Better at Goodbyes. She teaches at Emerson College and virtually, and the managing editor of the bucket. She has a husband, two daughters, one son-in-law, one grandbaby, and three dogs.
Marlene is a research sociologist & author. She earned her PhD from University of Chicago. Her memoir, short stories & essays have been published widely in print, online & in anthologies. Visit: marlenesamuels.com
Beckie began her writing career after the trauma of losing her son, Brian. She has numerous short stories, poetry, and essays published. Besides writing, she loves bowling, gardening, nature, and solar lights.
Survivor of suicide, advocate and author of I Still Believe
Over the years, I have had over 250 poems, poetry and personal essays published in a variety of journals. I often say, "writing is the most selfish thing I do".
Only now at 75 do I feel comfortable calling myself a writer. I liken it to quilting. It is not required to win a ribbon to be a quilter. I write. Recently I self published my first “show quilt”, a story for my only grandchild,Annika.
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