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Do Mindless Activities Help a Writer?

September 24, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

When do you get your best ideas? Frosting a cake, working out, jogging, taking a shower, washing dishes, folding clothes, doodling: these are essentially mindless activities. You're not focused on … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: motivation, procrastination, writing

Channeling Intense Emotions with Writer Cheri L. R. Taylor

September 17, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Susannah Suffolk struggles to defend her most public court case while she returns to Walloon Lake to arrange a funeral for her mother, in Cheri L. R. Taylor's debut novel, Leaving Walloon. Susannah is … Continue reading >>

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The Mourning Hours: a Novel set in the Rural Midwest

August 25, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In some novels, setting exists as a character of its own, exerting forces that move the story forward. One such book is The Mourning Hours, authored by Paula Treick DeBoard, which takes place in rural … Continue reading >>

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The Dickens of Detroit, Elmore Leonard

August 20, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Detroit’s own Elmore Leonard is quoted as saying “There are cities that get by on their good looks. Detroit has to work for a living.” He was born in New Orleans but moved to Detroit as a boy, and … Continue reading >>

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The Art of Anthology: Futuredaze

August 5, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The growing market for anthologies creates opportunities for publishers, editors, and writers. For writers, they get compensation of one kind or another; if not money, at least recognition and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books, Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: Fiction, scifi

A Writer’s Workspace

July 27, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Do writers need their own workspace? The great thing about being a writer is you can write just about anywhere with a notebook and pen or a laptop. At the same time, it's important to have a special … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: writing room

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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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