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Women Writers Share their Celebrity Idols

October 1, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

teen idols

Oh, my teeny-bopping heart Think back... did you have a teen idol who made you weak in the knees? Did you pore over 16 Magazine or Tiger Beat for the latest gossip about your favorite star? Some of … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books, It's Personal Tagged With: anthology, celebrity crush, idol talk, teen idols

Horseplay vs assault

September 24, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

How can anyone call attempted rape by a seventeen year-old "rough horseplay" or "simply part of the natural order of things. Boys, figuring out how to be men” --? Don't believe that for a second. … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: assault, kavanaugh, rape, sexual assault

To remain open and quiet in the fertile darkness

September 17, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

  “You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: bicycling, childhood, clinton river trail, nature, Paint Creek Trail, trail

Beyond the Easy Gesture in Fiction

September 10, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

gestures

Oh, those flashing eyes! The other day, I laughed when I read the recent tweet of a fellow writer: “There's a lot of 'flashing eyes' in this draft. Need to fix.” Our fictional characters … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Fiction, gestures, writing tips

A Day at the Neighborhood House Nonprofit

September 3, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

typical Food Pantry/Clothes Closet clients: One of the regular clients I see for emergency food at the Rochester Area Neighborhood House (RANH) is *Bill*. He's legally deaf, so I to tap him on the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: clothes closet, family, food pantry, Neighborhood House, nonprofit, oakland county, poverty

Endings are never easy

August 20, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

endings

What if... How many times have you enjoyed a book right up to the end, but when you closed it, you felt unsatisfied? Not in the sense that the ending wasn't "happy," but rather that the last chapter … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: endings, Fiction, novel endings, writing tips

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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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