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Nix on Outlines for Elmore Leonard

November 14, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Here’s a totally different take on outlines from Elmore Leonard, from an interview for The Detroit Free Press. He never uses them If you aren’t familiar with Leonard, he is “The greatest crime writer … Continue reading >>

Breaking Down the Writing Process

October 15, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A plan! A plan! I stumbled on The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing, written by agent and author, Evan Marshall: “By following this 16-step program, any writer can fulfill the dream of completing a … Continue reading >>

Pet Peeves: Rejection

October 12, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I don't mind rejection, but not when it seems arbitrary. Ah, the whim of editors. One declined my manuscript because her pet peeve is present tense, and she’s also looking for multicultural stories, … Continue reading >>

Authors at Art Shows

September 11, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

At the Rochester Spotlight on the Arts show, I saw something I’d never seen before: Authors, sitting in a booth with their books stacked in front of them on a table. There was a Michigan mystery … Continue reading >>

Bad Character: BAD MARIE

September 2, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

If you like dark stories with flawed narrators who go to frightening extremes, Bad Marie, by Marcy Dermansky is for you. As a writer, I learned much from studying the main character, Marie. After … Continue reading >>

What Makes a Good Agent

August 24, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Hands-on After a complete reordering of my novel, which resulted in the deletion or streamlining of several scenes, and the writing of additional scenes and subsequent transitions… and then … Continue reading >>

Nix on Outlines for Elmore Leonard

Breaking Down the Writing Process

Pet Peeves: Rejection

Authors at Art Shows

Bad Character: BAD MARIE

What Makes a Good Agent

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