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Self-Care: Arranging Your Life for the Person You Are

July 27, 2026 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Freedom of Acceptance: One of the unexpected gifts of being diagnosed with ADHD twenty-five years ago: I'm no longer embarrassed when my brain wanders off. This is a form of … Continue reading >>

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: adhd diagnosis, authenticity, life with adhd, Love and Other Incurable Ailments

When a Word Makes You Notice the Writer

July 20, 2026 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

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I discovered a book club group discussion on Facebook about the phrases and words readers notice, and how those words then seem to appear in every book. It made me realize that readers are pattern … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Fiction, words readers notice, writing, writing tips

When Kacey Musgraves accidentally wrote the theme song for my novel’s heroine

July 13, 2026 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Serenity's Anthem: Kacey Musgraves' "Dry Spell" Writers believe we make deliberate choices about our characters, but then a song comes on the radio and we suddenly recognize something we'd written … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Love & Other Incurable Ailments, The Writing Life Tagged With: Fiction, fictional characters, song inspiration, writing, writing fictional characters, writing inspiration

Instagram thinks I’m a mystic. I’m really a Sneaker Diva.

July 6, 2026 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Fashion in a Box: Instagram must think I need help. Not help-help, but fashion help. Dozens of styling apps fill my feed with promises to transform me into my best-dressed self or to reveal my … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: fashion, fashion archetypes, feminine archetypes, humor, personal style, Stitch Fix, thrift style, white sneakers outfit

My 5 Questionable Superpowers and How They Mirror my Fictional Heroine

June 29, 2026 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

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None of them involve a cape! I may not have the power to fly or read minds, but I’ve developed a few, strange, human superpowers over the years that can also be seen as oddly comforting when you … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Love & Other Incurable Ailments Tagged With: ADHD, emotional healing, flawed characters, Love and Other Incurable Ailments, Relatable humor, self-acceptance, superpowers

Flattened, Twisted, and Still Alive: The English Language

June 22, 2026 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Beauty of a Battered Language: Finley Peter Dunne (1867 – 1936) once quipped, “When we Americans are done with the English language it will look as if it had been run over by a musical … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life, The Outer Banks Tagged With: bankers brogue, dialect and identity, English language, Language, linquistics, Love and Other Incurable Ailments, slang

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Award-wining author of two novels, five poetry chapbooks, and one picture book. More here.

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