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Author Archives: Ellen

A Video Interview with Helen Donnelly Goehring, Author of Transformed by Grief

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on November 12, 2020 by EllenDecember 17, 2020

I am very pleased to introduce author Helen Donnelly Goehring live via Zoom. I think you will enjoy Helen’s discussion of how she came to writing and specifically to writing her book Transformed by Grief, published recently in Helen’s 88th … Continue reading →

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“Mother,” an essay from Helen Goehring’s Collection Transformed by Grief

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on November 5, 2020 by EllenDecember 17, 2020

I am pleased to share an essay by Writing It Real member Helen Donnelly Goehring from her recently published collection, Transformed by Grief: A Personal History. Helen’s essay “Taking Notes: Assisted Living” was a winner in Writing It Real’s 2012 … Continue reading →

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Venues Calling for Submissions

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on February 23, 2016 by EllenFebruary 23, 2016

HERE’S AN ONGOING LIST OF PLACES SEEKING SUBMISSIONS. CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR MORE LISTINGS AND PLEASE, PLEASE ADD IN ANY VENUES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE. WE ALL APPRECIATE LEARNING OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SEND OUR WORK OUT FOR CONSIDERATION.

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Where Have You Been Published?

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Go on! Brag a little or a lot. Include your blog url, literary journals, anthologies, books, plays produced–wherever we can find your writing. By learning where one another publishes as well as reading your work, we learn. Let us help … Continue reading →

Submissions Wanted – Venues for Publishing

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HERE’S AN ONGOING LIST OF PLACES SEEKING SUBMISSIONS. CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR MORE LISTINGS AND PLEASE, PLEASE ADD IN ANY VENUES OF WHICH YOU ARE AWARE. WE ALL APPRECIATE LEARNING OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SEND OUR WORK OUT FOR CONSIDERATION.

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