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What, Why, How: Sarah Carson

October 23, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What:  This neighborhood, our boulevards, neighbor boys’ whose long legs count cement stoops, whose daddies warm motorcycles on the driveway, whose mommas can’t leave their card tables, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: poetry

Ch-ch-changes

October 16, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

How you doing? No, how are you really doing, post pandemic? We've come a long way since 2019, with so much progress in vaccines and treatment, for those of us who believe in science, anyway. A few … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: covid, pandemic, writing

What, Why, How: Craig Terlson

October 9, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I’ve always been a maker of things; I actually prefer that moniker to the somewhat loaded term “artist.” The first things I made were illustrations. I was lucky enough to draw and paint for … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: crime fiction, noir fiction, novels, short stories

Text me. or text me

September 25, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Don't sweat punctuation… Michelle Markowitz, co-author of Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails, a book about off-the-rails group messages, is quoted in the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Writing Tagged With: grammar, punctuation, texting

View Master of Worries: 3 am overthinking

September 11, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In the middle of the night: I shift positions, check the time, punch the pillow into a fresh shape, and then lay there. The worries begin. Always the same concerns: Will my kids find happiness? … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: anxiety, insomnia, mental health, View-Master, worries

Sleepwalker Reviewed in MER

August 21, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Grateful I’m so pleased to share this review by poet Joy Gaines-Friedler that appeared in MER: Motherhood, Literature, Art. The other day I saw an infant t-shirt for sale that read “I come … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books, Grief and Loss Tagged With: book review, sleepwalker

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a children's picture book, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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