- Sheila Bender
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website = http://www.writingitreal.com/Sheila Bender
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Sheila Bender is a
poet andessayist best known for her popular books on writing instruction, such as "Writing in a New Convertible with the Top Down", "Writing Personal Essays", and "Keeping a Journal You Love". Her most recent publication is aimed toward high school students: "Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays".She has devoted most of her career to the teaching of writing and the improvement of writing instruction. In addition to her nine books on writing, she has written instructional articles for "
Writer's Digest " and "The Writer" magazines. She is also the founder of the Writing It Real Writing conference, held inPort Townsend , Washington and the editor of the Writing It Real website, where she provides an on-line writing magazine and offers individual and group writing instruction. [ [http://www.writingitreal.com] Author's website]Bender provided the prompts to the innovative
journaling software "LifeJournal" with Chronicles Software, which helps writers not only generate more interesting content, but organize and retrieve their ideas. [ [http://www,lifejournal.com] Life Journal website] She is also a regular instructor, panelist, and presenter at writing and educational conferences around the country. [ [http://www.writingitreal.com] Author's website]Bender graduated from the
University of Wisconsin with a degree in English and earned an MAT in Secondary Education from Keane College and an MA inCreative Writing from theUniversity of Washington . [ [http://www.writers.com/bender.html] Biography Writers.com] Her poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in anthologies, newspapers, andliterary magazines around North America, including "The Bellingham Review", "Northwest Passage", "Poetry Northwest", "The Seattle Times ", and the" Women's Studies Quarterly".She lives and works in Port Townsend, Washington.
Publications
Books on Writing
"Writing in a New Convertible with the Top Down: A Unique Guide for Writers" (with Christi Killien), 1992.
"The Writer's Journal", 1996.
"The Writer's Journal: 40 Contemporary Writer's and Their Journals", 1997.
"Writing Personal Poetry: Creating Poems from Your Life Experiences", 1999.
"A Year in the Life: Journaling for Self-Discovery", 2000.
"Keeping a Journal You Love", 2001.
"Writing Personal Essays: How to Shape Your Life Experiences for the Page", 2002.
"Writing and Publishing Your Essays", 2003. "Writing and Publishing Personal Essays", 2005.
"Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays", 2008.Poetry
"Near the Light", 1983.
"Love from the Coastal Route: Poems", 1991.
"Sustenance: New and Selected Poems", 1999.Anthologies
"Boomer Girls", 1999
"We Used to Be Wives", 2002
"Washington State Poets Association Anthology", 2004Software
"LifeJournal" with Chronicles Software
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External links
Author website [http://www.writingitreal.com]
Biography [http://www.writers.com/bender.html]
Profile [http://www.accepted.com/aboutus/editors.aspx?editorid=7]
Interview [http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/sheila_bender.htm]
Instructional articles [http://leafio.com/viewer/Write_Write_Write_7_Dynamite_Instructional_Articles_for_Those_Who_Want_to_Write_Prose_from_Personal_Experience_397.show]
Article on craft [http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com/CraftSheilaBender.html]
Guest blog [http://madammayo.blogspot.com/2007/09/guest-blogger-sheila-benders-top-5.html]
LifeJournal website [http://www.lifejournal.com]
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