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Did you know these emotions actually have names?

January 18, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

emotions

  Have you ever felt monachopsis? I have! I bet you have, too. This list of unique, strange and unsettling, but common emotions was compiled by Tickld, via the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: emotions, Language

What, Why, How: Sue Barnard

January 11, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Sue Barnard

What: If you include those compulsory “Composition” exercises at school, I suppose I’ve been dabbling with writing for as long as I can remember: short stories, poems, articles, and the occasional … Continue reading >>

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

What, Why, How: Janeen Pergrin Rastall

January 4, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I live on the shoreline of Lake Superior. My first chapbook, In the Yellowed House was about an imaginary family living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In particular, it was about young … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: poet, poetry, routine

What, Why, How: Patrick Shawn Bagley

January 1, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write crime and horror fiction, mostly with a hardscrabble rural setting. My characters tend to be people who are damaged in some way even before I put them through the wringer, and my … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Fiction, noir, stories

What, Why, How: Kristin Bartley Lenz

December 28, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: A friend emailed me the other day to say she ordered 17 copies of my book to give as gifts. Seventeen!?! She wanted to know when she could stop by my house to get them signed. Please, I will … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: small press, YA book

Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Brodak

December 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Bandit, a Daughter's Memoir is such an exceptional memoir that I'm not sure I can do it justice. Memory comes back to us in bits and pieces, discordant vignettes that we try to stitch into a narrative … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews Tagged With: daughter, family, memoir

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