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When You’re Strange

August 14, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It’s no secret to those who know me well that Jim Morrison is an obsession of mine, as well as an influence on my writing and art (see Linda + Jim Interview).  My poetry chapbook, Dear Jim, is based … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: inspiration, Jim Morrison, Music, obsession, poetry

A Writing to Writers Campaign

July 30, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In "Making a Literary Life," Carolyn See suggests a campaign of writing one letter of praise or appreciation to a writer every day.  She envisions white envelopes crisscrossing in the sky like … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: campaign, Carolyn See

How To Write a Hook

July 21, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

One Electrifying Sentence: A hook encapsulates a book in one electrifying sentence. It will grab the attention of agents, editors, publishers, bookstore managers and clerks, bloggers, journalists, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Agents, hook, queries, writing tips

Cultural References in Writing

July 12, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A Fabulous Plastic Hoopla: In my novel, the narrator’s mother has a “fabulous plastic hoopla" where the saleslady extols the virtues of Tupperware to fawning women drinking vodka-spiked punch with a … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: cultural references, Fiction, pop culture, writing, writing tips

“Security” is HERE!

May 8, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I'm proud to announce the release of my fourth poetry chapbook, SECURITY, published by March Street Press “In Security, Linda brings us her hard-edged vision of a domestic life in which miracles … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: poetry

Your Query: Plot or Character Driven?

March 13, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I found a terrific blog post on query letters written by Lynn Price, the editorial director for Behler Publications. Lynn says if you can define your story as either plot driven or character driven it … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Agents & Querying Tagged With: Agents, characters, plot, queries, writing

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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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