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Gossip

August 21, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Don't get me wrong, I really like my new optician, and the eyeglasses he sold me. It's just that he talks a lot about everyone else. Gossip. I can't quite figure out why, and, having worked in retail … Continue reading >>

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Derek’s Black Hill Spruce

August 14, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Nature can help us understand so many things about life. My eldest child took his own life in the fall of 2011 at age thirty two. As a mother, no matter how many counselors, doctors and friends … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, It's Personal Tagged With: family, grief, loss, suicide

How Real Writers Live

August 9, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Scratch Magazine online wonders how real writers live. Certainly they don't have houses like the celebrity writers whose tastefully decorated homes are often featured in glossy magazines or interior … Continue reading >>

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Writer Serendipity

August 4, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It was so random. I hunted for a good seat for a session at the RWA 2014 conference. Near the front, I spotted a row of empty seats where I'd need to maneuver past a guy wearing a baseball cap. … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: books, crafting, Dr. Curt Herr, Marie Corelli, writer

Writer to Writer with Mariam Kobras about her Trilogy, THE STONE SERIES

July 31, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

THE DISTANT SHORE is an eloquent love story that begins in Norway, a land so well described by author Mariam Kobras I could feel the cold wind blowing in from the rocky coast. An international rock … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, Fiction

How Branding is Useful for an Author

July 31, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I wasn't sure what branding meant for an author. Why would an author want to brand his or herself? It seemed somehow limiting, like an actor who ends up getting roles only as the funny guy, never the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: branding, 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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