Sheila has worked with hundreds of people helping them write personal essays, poetry, fiction, and more meaningful writer`s journals, in addition to book-length memoir, how-to books and novels. She specializes in helping people excel in their writing by allowing writing a serious place in their lives. She writes articles on writing and the writing life for Writing It Real members as well as guest blogs by invitation for writing sites, magazines and newsletters.

After publishing many poems and essays in North American literary magazines and anthologies, Sheila published her first book about writing (Writing in a Convertible with the Top Down) in 1991 with co-author Christi Killien, and since then, she has continued to produce more books on writing.

For more information about Sheila: Writing It Real | Learn from Poet, Essayist & Author Sheila Bender