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Unlikable Female Characters to Love

March 23, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

unlikable women

Women who refuse to play nice: Jamie Canaves, author of the list 100 Must-Read Books with Unlikable Women, writes that she loves unlikable female characters in novels: "They refuse to be boxed into … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews Tagged With: Fiction, unlikable characters, women in fiction

Every Least Sparrow: Special Needs Parenting

March 20, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Carolyn Walker writes about parenting a special needs child

A Parent's Expectations: Looking back, Carolyn Walker writes that it was good that she and her husband didn’t know what to expect when their daughter Jennifer was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews Tagged With: disability, family, memoir, parenting, Rubinstein-Taybi, special needs

Fun with math. Really.

March 13, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Playing Foxland! I have to share this amazing math game my granddaughter made for school called "Foxland." We had so much fun playing the other day. Actually, I was quite pleased to discover that I … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: board games, family, math games

American Girl Sensibility

March 13, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

  Birthday fun: For my granddaughter's ninth birthday, my daughter and I took her to the American Girl Doll store in Chicago. I had been unaware of the evolution of this iconic doll since … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: American Girl Doll, family, girls

Wading into Writing for Children

February 27, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It began with a Ghost Crab Incident On a family vacation last summer, my daughter took my then 8-year old granddaughter and 3-year old grandson to the beach after dusk to look for Atlantic ghost … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: children's books, family, Fiction, picture books

What, Why, How: Karen W. Pullen

February 22, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: What compels me to write?  Maybe it’s in my DNA, like my pointy nose and near-sightedness. My new book, Cold Heart, is dedicated thus: “To my mother, Juanita H Williams, who would’ve liked … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: mystery

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