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Monthly Archives: May 2005

Keeping a Family Journal

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on May 26, 2005 by Sheila BenderSeptember 26, 2011

School is almost out and the lazy days of summer are right around the corner. Well, the days we experienced as lazy when we were kids, anyway, because for a few months our schedules were more open. Some of us may be anticipating the time our children will have on their hands and others may … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Jack Heffron

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on May 19, 2005 by Jack HeffronDecember 5, 2011

Jack Heffron was my editor at Writer’s Digest Books for almost a decade, and we have been teaching colleagues for going on six years now.I still have the editorial letter he wrote to me after he’d read Writing Personal Essays:How to Shape Your Life Experiences for the Page, my second book on writing and the … Continue reading →

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The Flowering of Rabbit Hash

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on May 12, 2005 by Jack HeffronDecember 5, 2011

Writing It Real is happy to post an article this week by editor and creative fiction writer Jack Heffron. “The Flowering of Rabbit Hash” originally appeared this fall in Cincinnati Magazine.  Jack lives in Cincinnati where he works with Emmis Books.  As a fiction and creative fiction writer, Jack was hooked on an article idea … Continue reading →

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