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Monthly Archives: July 2003

A Prompt for Finding Essay Topic Ideas

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 31, 2003 by Sheila BenderOctober 2, 2011

At Yourdictionary.com, linguists maintain a page about word definitions and histories. I signed up on the web to have these words and stories about their usage emailed to me each day. Some of the words are ones that I’ve never heard or even read. Others are words I use everyday and never think about.  After … Continue reading →

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An Email Exchange with Amy Holman, Director of Poets and Writers Publishing Workshops

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 24, 2003 by Amy HolmanOctober 2, 2011

As the creator and director of Poets & Writers’ Publishing Seminars Program, Amy Holman addresses the needs of writers (including herself).  She teaches writers what they need to know about matching their work with the right editors and agents.  In a recent email interview, Amy described the goals and successes of the publishing seminars program.  … Continue reading →

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The Sum of All Its Parts

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 17, 2003 by Caroline ArnoldOctober 2, 2011

Caroline Arnold, who has published over 100 nonfiction books for children, is a pro at finding information on sophisticated topics and making it fit the page limits set by her publishers.  To do this she uses captions, sidebars, glossaries, charts and maps, time lines, and lists of resources for further reading as well as authors’ … Continue reading →

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Embedded in The Dogs of Babel

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 10, 2003 by Sheila BenderOctober 4, 2011

On my vacation this year along the shores of Lake Michigan, I was reading the last chapters of an advance reading copy of The Dogs of Babel on the day it appeared in bookstores across America.  Little, Brown and Company introduced the book at this year’s Book Expo America to stimulate interest among booksellers, and … Continue reading →

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From High Midnight

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on July 3, 2003 by Meg FilesOctober 4, 2011

Meg Files enjoys researching and uses what she learns to set her stories and to inform her characters.  In the excerpt below, 19-year-old Hanna accompanies her father, who is researching for a magazine feature article, on a car trip to a Western rendezvous.  Using modern characters with an interest in traditions of the West, Meg … Continue reading →

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