Linda K. Sienkiewicz, Author

Why Great Stories Need Flaming Chainsaws

March 4, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Ever wonder what elements in storytelling make a book catch fire? What makes a book impossible to put down? Flaming Chainsaws I found this gem of an essay on storytelling with an unlikely … Continue reading >>

The question I never answered: Babysitting at fourteen

March 1, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Mystery of the Babysitting Gig Like a good babysitter, I showed up on time, put the kids to bed when I was supposed to, and, as a bonus, washed the dishes before the parents got home. I … Continue reading >>

Devil’s Food Cake and White Lies

February 18, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Those nasty box cakes My mother had an electric mixer with a rotating bowl that blended her cakes into creamy smoothness, and she always let me lick the bowl clean. All that yummy raw … Continue reading >>

Chalkboard Messages

February 8, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Start Last year, as the pandemic slowed life down and caused us to physically withdraw from one another, I dragged out a cheap chalkboard I'd bought for book shows a few years ago. On it I … Continue reading >>

Had enough of These Unprecedented Times?

January 4, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Please stop saying that: Every year since the mid seventies, Lake Superior State University in Michigan's UP takes nominations for overused, misused and useless words to dump. The goal is to … Continue reading >>

Let’s hear it for screaming

December 21, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Not feeling it This year my husband and I won't be hosting our annual neighborhood Christmas party, which involves weeks of decorating, planning, hand-wringing, fears that no one will actually show … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line