Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

One Woman, Three Selves, and a Second Chance at Becoming Whole

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The Past and Future Walk Into an Elevator… A thoughtful twist on the Scrooge effect, Just Emelia by Jennifer Oko offers a modern and introspective take on personal transformation that feels both familiar and refreshingly original. In place of Dickens’s cold-hearted miser reckoning with his mortality after ghostly visits from the past, present, and future, we meet Emilia, a 47-year-old woman in … [Read more...]

Imagination as a double-edged sword

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Oh, how we suffer in our minds "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." ~ Seneca Is there anything truer when it comes to worrying about the future, or beating ourselves up over past events? It absolutely reflects our tendency to create exaggerated scenarios of pain, failure, or loss. Imagination is one of our greatest strengths. It creates works of art and literature, … [Read more...]

How a Poet Wrote a Novel About Art, War, and Survival

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Five years and multiple messy drafts, a poet's patience is woven into a novelist's grit. The result is a haunting, layered story that spans decades, from Nazi-occupied France to the present day, unraveling the theft of beauty in a time of brutality. Karen Mulvahill and I met at a poetry retreat many years ago, enjoyed each other's company, and stayed connected through social media where I … [Read more...]

A Fresh Look for My Debut Novel’s Birthday

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Turning Ten with Style: I can't believe it's been ten years since Buddhapuss Ink, LLC published In the Context of Love. Happy birthday, book baby! Much has changed in graphics and style since its publication in 2015, so I decided to celebrate with a glow-up. My hope is that a new book cover will attract a different demographic that may have overlooked the original version as well as … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Multi-genre YA Author A.L. Sirois

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What:  I write in several genres: science fiction, mainstream fiction, fantasy, historical, YA, Middle Grade, mystery, horror, comic book scripts. Historical and contemporary settings, as well as some in the future. I made my first story sale in 1974, shortly followed by another. My first book was, oddly enough, a children’s book, Dinosaur Dress Up, published in 1992. Since … [Read more...]