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How to finish the damn book: Advice from Jacquelyn Mitchard

October 30, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

finish the book

If it was easy, maybe we’d all have a book Did you know 97% of books started are never finished? One year after I finished and published my first book, I began to worry I’d never finish book … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: books, Fiction, goals, Jacquelyn Mitchard, writing, writing tips

How Leigh Stein’s Murderless Mystery Sparked My Murder Dream

October 27, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

yellow Police Line Do Not Cross tape

A dream invasion just in time for Halloween: After a brief exchange with author Leigh Stein on Instagram about how she wrote a murder mystery without a murder (If You’re Seeing This It’s Meant For … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews, Humor in Everyday Life Tagged With: dream inspiration, humor, imagination, Leigh Stein, literary dreams, murder mysteries

Five Marriages and a Brother Away from Vincent van Gogh

October 20, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Linda K. Sienkiewicz painted in the style of van Gogh

We're related, if you squint really hard: You know those people who claim they’re vaguely related to someone famous? As in “My grandmother’s neighbor’s hairdresser once cut Brad Pitt’s hair when he … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life Tagged With: family, famous relatives, genetics, related to Van Gogh

From Highclere to King Tut: The Story Behind Katherine Kirkpatrick’s historical novel

October 13, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Historical novel To Chase the Glowing Hours

From childhood travels abroad to standing awestruck before Tutankhamun’s golden mask at the Met, Katherine Kirkpatrick has long carried a fascination with history and Egypt’s mysteries. Shaped by both … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: 1920s England. Egypt, Highclere castle, Historical Fiction, historical romance Howard Carter, Katherine Kilpatrick, king Tutankhamun, To Chase the Glowing Hours, women in history

From Treadle to Kenmore: A Family Sewing Legacy That Outlasts JoAnn Fabrics

October 6, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

1976 Kenmore Sewing Machine

Passing Down a Sewing Legacy: My grandmother Elsie taught me basics of hand sewing. My mother sewed clothes and doll dresses for me, and then taught me sewing on her Singer treadle machine. I still … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Art & Crafting, Notes on Life Tagged With: grandmother granddaughter sewing, JoAnn Fabrics closing, kenmore sewing machine, sewing, sewing traditions

Autumn: a season of celebration and grief

September 29, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

tall trees in fall cast long shadows

When Autumn Stopped Being So Beautiful: For Derek, 9/29/1979 - 10/26/2011 Fall unsettles me.The air cools with a hushthat's both fleeting and permanent.The moon reflects silenceand absence.My … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Life Tagged With: Autumn, autumn poem, family, grief, grief journey, suicide awareness, suicide prevention month

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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