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What, Why, How: Rick Bailey

July 20, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? Subjects happen along. What I’m writing today will be shaped by something that happens tomorrow. A few weeks ago I saw a photograph of Heidi Klum stretching a pair of underpants, which … Continue reading >>

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

Why You Should Query 100 Agents – My Search

July 16, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

And how to stay determined while you do! These numbers will tell you why you should make a pact with yourself to query at least 100 agents: Stats from my Agent Search I queried 83 agents in an … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Agents & Querying Tagged With: Agents, Fiction, query letters, rejections

Frustration, or Lost in Translation

July 13, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

When imagination is bigger than the child It’s important to teach children that when you reach a dead end, it’s okay to set the project aside. Sometimes the solution comes when you’re not even … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Art & Crafting, It's Personal Tagged With: crafting, failure, family

What, Why, How: Ruth Foley

July 10, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? Poems. Lots and lots of poems—formal, free-verse, all the stuff in the middle. A list of five things that don’t suck (almost every day). Reviews, talks, emails. Too many emails. But then poems … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: poetry

In the Context of Love: Book Trailer!

June 30, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Making a book trailer for In the Context of Love on iMovie was as much fun and almost as daunting as it was to write the book. There were so many directions to go in, so many possible scenarios and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: book trailer, marketing, Promotion, video

Can Book Trailers Sell Books?

June 29, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Do visuals cheapen books? A book is for quiet time. A book stimulates the imagination to create its own visuals. Wouldn't that imaginative process be spoiled if you watched a book trailer? Have we … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: book trailer, marketing

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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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