Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

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...]

Puppy Update

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Eight Months Old Stony Creek Downtown Cowboy will be eight months old October 21st. It’s hard to believe how much our puppy has grown. His body is longer than Clementine’s (people ask if he’s part dachshund—he’s 100% Welsh Pembroke Corgi!) but he weighs less, most likely because he’s full of peanuts. Now that he’s housebroken, we’ve opened more areas of the house for him. Allowing him into … [Read more...]

Surviving a Native American Boarding School

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History 101 - a poem This devastating poem by my friend and fellow alum Mihku Paul is about her grandfather, a residential school survivor who helped raise Mihku. Their family was "deeply impacted by what happened to Gramp." Native American Boarding Schools (also known as Indian Boarding Schools) were established by the U.S. government in the late 19th century as part of an "enforced" … [Read more...]