Welcome to the WritingItReal
Archive of Articles and Podcasts – October 2002 to August 2025
on Writing Craft and The Writing Life.
Browse via the keyword search bar or use the dropdown menu under articles for the categories of instructional articles and interviews.
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Meg Files, Jack Heffron, and Sheila Bender reunite for Writing It Real on the Desert, at Lodge on the Desert, January evening the 14th to noon on January 17, 2027. Join us for skills sessions, craft lectures, and writing workshops. Email MegFiles@earthlink.net for information and to enroll.
Writing It Real Has Created Five Themed Anthologies of Writing It Real Members’ Work.
Please download free pdf editions of each by clicking on the book covers and enjoy fine writing from personal experience.
