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You are always a writer: motivation

June 3, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Are you unable to write? Don’t worry if you fear you've lost motivation. I don't know who said it, but "writing is like a disease. It may go into remission, but it never leaves you." This sounds … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Writing Tagged With: Fiction, grief, motivation, poetry, suicide, writing tips

Never a singer but I can dream

May 27, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Dreams: A few weeks ago I blogged about finding a blue notebook that I'd kept when I taught journaling at a women's shelter over twenty years ago. I wrote along with the women during writing … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Writing Tagged With: aspirations, dreams, goals, journaling

Literary vs Genre Fiction

May 20, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Give it to me straight: A writer on Twitter/X asked: "What do you understand by the term 'literary fiction' in three words or fewer." Among the comments, I read: Ouch! That's a whole lotta … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: books, defining fiction, Fiction, genre, literary, literary fiction

My Big Ask

May 13, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Pretty Please... Friends, if you've read Gordy and the Ghost Crab, my poetry book Sleepwalker, or my novel In the Context of Love, please hop over to Amazon and write a few words in a reader … Continue reading >>

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The Fear is Real

April 29, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Shake it up: Here I am in Tucson, Arizona, smiling hugely from way up high. I look giddy with happiness. Truthfully, I was giddy with fear. You can't see how hard I'm shaking. My entire being! With … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: acrophobia, cognitive behavioral therapy, fear of bridges, Gephyrophobia, phobias

Simple beliefs that hold true

April 22, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A journaling exercise When cleaning a deep, dark and very dusty closet recently, I found a little blue notebook that I wrote in when my friend Rebecca Vlasic and I conducted journaling workshops at … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Writing Tagged With: beliefs, diaries, journaling

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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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