Shonell Bacon is an author, editor, and educator – all of which connects with her being a true wordsmith.

As an author, she has published both in the creative and academic arenas.  Shonell loves writing about strong yet flawed women who learn to love themselves despite the flaws.  And if they’re lucky, they learn to love someone else, too.  In 2001, Strebor Books/Simon & Schuster released Shonell’s co-authored novel, LuvAlwayz:  The Opposite Sex & Relationships.  It was followed with 2003’s Draw Me with Your Love.  In 2004, Shonell’s short story “1-800-Hot-Talk” was featured in the popular anthology, Chocolate Flava.  Shonell marks 2005-2007 as her “academic” years as she contributed and co-edited three academic textbooks that are currently being used as the official textbooks for freshman composition at the university where she taught.  In 2008, Shonell returned to creative publication with three stories published through Lady Leo Publishing:  Connections, Got Til It’s Gone, and Under the Mistletoe. In June 2010, Shonell celebrated the release of her debut solo novel, Death at the Double Inkwell! You can learn about each at BOOKSHELF.

In 2007, Shonell moved into a past love – screenwriting.  With her very first script, she was a 2007 quarterfinalist of the PAGE International Screenwriting Award Competition for her TV pilot, Running from Miss Right, a miniseries.  In 2008, she was a finalist of the WILDsound One-Page Screenplay Competition for her script Burdens, and in 2009, her feature screenplay, The Problem with Being Happy made it through the first round of the PAGE International Screenwriting Award Competition. Currently, she’s writing several feature-length and short scripts for competitions and representation.

Not only does Shonell work with her own words, but she’s also very dedicated to helping others achieve their literary goals through her editing and columns at various online sites.

As an editor, Shonell edits manuscripts for individual clients and small publishing houses.  Through her Writers Boot Camp, she helps new writers move from story idea to story outline in 28 days.

Several online outlets showcase Shonell’s love of disseminating information about writing and writers to the public:  ChickLitGurrl™:  high on LATTES & WRITING (interviewer) [http://chicklitgurrl.blogspot.com], All the Blog’s a Page (moderator) [http://alltheblogsapage.blogspot.com], and The Write Life for You @ APOOO Books (columnist) are just a few.

As an educator, Shonell taught freshman composition, developmental writing, Writing for Radio/TV, Introduction to Mass Communication, and Media Writing at McNeese State University in Louisiana. Occasionally, she still teaches fiction writing and fiction workshop through their continuing education department.

CURRENTLY, Shonell is in Lubbock, TX, where she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech University.

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