Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

The Finnish Sauna

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What it's not I laughed when I saw this photo in a catalog. How is that even comfortable? Where is she, in her living room? And what happens if she drops the book she's supposedly reading? It couldn't have been easy to hold the book and zip this contraption up. It's so far from the esthetic of an actual Finnish sauna I just can't deal with it. My sauna experience I grew up hearing about … [Read more...]

Unexpected Joy in a Sleepy Comedy

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Joe Pera Talks With You I just started watching a comedy on the Adult Swim Channel called "Joe Pera Talks With You." To be honest, I never heard of the show, or even this channel, before reading an article in the Detroit Free Press, but it sounded engaging. Especially since the series is set in the UP, and centers around the life of a choir teacher in Marquette. Not much goes on in … [Read more...]

Social Media and Selling Books

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It's about building relationships! If you are a published writer, you undoubtedly have Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page and/or other social media accounts. If you have books on consignment in bookstores, or have sold books wholesale to bookstores, do you use your social media accounts to help promote those bookstores? You definitely should. Using social media effectively doesn't mean … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Jenifer DeBellis

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What: Everything in my literary life at the moment is centered on the fast-approaching release of my second book, Warrior Sister, Cut Yourself Free from Your Assault (Library Tales Publishing, November 15, 2021). The idea for this self-help book came to me during my 2018 book tour with my coming-of-age poetry collection, Blood Sisters (Main Street Rag). Reading after reading, teen girls and … [Read more...]

Pirates’ Halloween for Landlubbers

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A Pirate Jamboree Our "over-board" Halloween decor began after Don and I stumbled upon the Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoake Island, North Carolina in 2018, which just happened to be the 300-year anniversary of the death of Blackbeard the Pirate. His final battle took place near Ocracoke. The jamboree was a rollicking party filled with attendees in full pirate costume, musical entertainment, … [Read more...]