Linda K. Sienkiewicz, Author

Helen Peppe on Honesty and Memoir: Pigs Can’t Swim

February 28, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Helen Peppe's memoir, Pigs Can't Swim, is a pinnacle of family dysfunction: funny, heart wrenching, stupefying and sometimes infuriating. Her parents' insistence on nonsensical rules, old wive's tales … Continue reading >>

Vampira – She’s like Family

February 26, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Shirtail Relatives My cousin says we should call ourselves "shirttail relatives" of Vampira. Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, was born in 1921 in Petsamo, Finland. My grandmother, who was also born in … Continue reading >>

Reading in Public: How I Conquered my Fears

February 16, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Most people are terrified to speak in public. As a writer who's read in more coffee shops and libraries than I can count, I was once terrified, too. Here are two of my worst moments, and 10 … Continue reading >>

How I Learned to Be a Friend

February 9, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I don't remember how old I was when I met Jennifer. Maybe six or seven. She and her family moved into a house three doors from ours on a quiet cul-de-sac with only 20 other houses with great big yards … Continue reading >>

Happinesss: When Things Don’t Go As Planned

February 8, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The husband said he was going to prepare me for our ten-day trip to Singapore (he often travels overseas for work) by mentioning that things never go exactly as planned. I don't think he ever could … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Faye Rapoport DesPres

February 4, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Welcome Faye Rapoport DesPres to my What, Why, How Series about creativity! What: For much of my creative writing career I have focused on observing life in this time and place and examining … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line