Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

What, Why, How: Sarah Hovorka

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What? I write across genres and ages. When ideas come to me, a voice is already part of them and that’s how I know whether I’m writing a picture book, middle grade, adult work, web blog, or anything else. Most of my attention is focused on children’s fiction. In picture books, my stories usually revolve around a social-emotional issue and … [Read more...]

An Author Platform

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What good is social media? Allison K Williams is a memoirist, essayist, and travel journalist whose recent post, Writers, Stop Using Social Media (Like That) on JaneFriedman.com explained the use of author platform in a way that made sense to me: Twitter, Instagram or TikTok might deliver the final “buy this” message, but that message is a single nail in your author platform. To have … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw

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What: I am a children’s book author whose books are inspired by my two sons, nature, and my 23 years as an elementary special education teacher. My publishing credentials include I Campaigned for Ice Cream: A Boy’s Quest for Ice Cream Trucks (Warren Publishing, April 2019) inspired by the true story of my son Josh who at nine-years-old wondered why ice cream trucks never came down our street. … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Dennis Hinrichsen

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What: schema geometrica, my ninth full-collection, is a departure from my previous work in that it was conceived as a project book on two fronts. For the longest time I wanted to write a book entirely of short poems, so the first parameter was form. So I zeroed in on the sonnet, or broken sonnet, as the shape, with collage as the logos. Joseph Cornell’s wonderful boxes were a model as well … [Read more...]

I, Myself, or Me?

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Myself? A letter to advice columnist Miss Manners begins: “My husband, myself and another couple went out for dinner last summer…” I read the rest of the question but kept bouncing back to that opening sentence. It was so wrong. Myself? MYSELF? Miss Manners wisely didn't correct the writer; she focused on the question at hand. I, however, couldn't let it go. Myself is a special kind of … [Read more...]