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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 >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: family, happiness, love

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 >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: memoir, nonfiction

Writing is no orderly process

February 1, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

  My novel doesn't start at the beginning. Is this an inside writing joke? What I mean is the narrative in my story isn't ordered chronologically. It wasn't always that way, but when it … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Beginnings, Fiction, narrative, order, writing, writing tips

I Love “Context of Love” Readers

January 30, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Send me your Selfies! If you're reading In the Context of Love, send me your selfie and I'll add it to the gallery! I love my readers and the pictures they send. You guys rock. Big thanks to all of … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, It's Personal Tagged With: books, love, readers, selfies

What, Why, How: Elizabeth Heiter

January 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? I write both psychological suspense (in my Profiler series with MIRA Books) and romantic suspense (in my Lawmen series with Harlequin Intrigue).  My Profiler series features FBI Profiler … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: Fiction, suspense

Take 30 Minutes to Fix Your Novel

January 18, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

After reading “Outline your Novel in Thirty Minutes” by Alicia Rasley in the Article of the Month blog, I realized my current outline was basically useless. No wonder my writing had been stalled! … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: conflict in fiction, novel, outline

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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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