Linda K. Sienkiewicz, Author

What, Why, How: Jean Alicia Elster

April 29, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: As a professional writer, I have produced works in multiple genres: I have edited and ghostwritten several nonfiction books. Also, my memoir-based essays have appeared in national … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Mary Jo Firth Gillett

April 15, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: Since the earliest days, I’ve been drawn to language, the sound of consonant, vowel, syllable. My parents made a recording of me at three reciting nursery rhyme after nursery rhyme in … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Dorene O’Brien

April 8, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? I have published poetry and essays, but at heart I am a fiction writer. My first story collection, Voices of the Lost and Found, is a group of gritty, unflinching, largely tragic stories told … Continue reading >>

I Will Revise: An Ode to the MFA Program

April 1, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

One highlight of The University of Southern Maine MFA program is their annual talent show. When I was a student ten years ago, we enjoyed everything from clarinet recitals, hula hoop performances and … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Tamra Wilson

March 25, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write both fiction and nonfiction. I’ve written stories since I was a young child to my stint as high school yearbook editor. In high school I wrote a fiction column for the school paper. … Continue reading >>

Blackout Poetry – as creative as you want to get

March 18, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A mix of writing and visual art All you need to make blackout poetry is imagination and the ability to let your mind take creative leaps with given text. Even my logical, engineer-minded husband … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line