Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

It’s Not the Same Old Vacation Spot

By

  Since 1985, when our youngest child was a baby, our family has vacationed on the beaches of Cape Hatteras in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. "Doesn't that get boring?" a friend asked. "Why stay at the same place year after year?" Maybe my friend thinks: You've been there once, so you've seen it all. Check it off your list and move on to another destination. I don't think that way. Neither … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Angela Barton

By

What: In 2017 I signed a three-book contract with Ruby Fiction (a new imprint of Choc Lit Publishing). Two of my novels are contemporary women’s fiction and one is historical fiction. Why: Writing is like a therapy for me. For a long time I felt I couldn’t control my own life so I escaped into stories, which I could control. If I have a problem, I give it to one of my characters and help … [Read more...]

Setting Limits in a Pandemic

By

What if your friends don't mask up? When visiting with friends during the coronavirus pandemic, most of us understand that “You are now swimming in the same pool with not just that person, but all the people those people are interacting with,” said Dr. Aaron Milstone at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This is what contact tracing has taught us. If you're hanging with your … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Cindy Frenkel

By

What: The Plague of the Tender-Hearted is a small book of poems, which is part of a larger collection. It mostly centers around the biggest events of my life:  my youngest brother's suicide--he was my closest sibling, a family trapped in "the external locust of control," a mother's demise and death, a sudden divorce, and the best catalyst for change: mothering. It's also a book … [Read more...]

Quarantine Experience Reviewed like an Airbnb-

By

Today's post comes from my brilliant daughter The Washington Post asked their readers and staff to review their homes like a hotel during the coronavirus quarantine, "and they did not disappoint." I shared it with my daughter, and asked her to write a quarantine review for her own house. Enjoy! Airbnb this beautiful 1900 Century Farmhouse A perfect prairie get-away! Escape virus … [Read more...]