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If that man were you – a video

August 8, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

This YouTube video is a reading of an excerpt from In the Context of Love . Second-person Narrative Angelica talks to (the absent) Joe, recalling the time they drove down Route 21 past the steel mills and factories into downtown Cleveland. The time setting is in the mid-seventies. If that man were you... "Cuyahoga Iron Works, Republic Steel, and Cleveland Steel & Tubes pumped the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Context of Love Tagged With: second person address, video, youtube

What, Why, How: E. Ardell

August 4, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? What do you mean “what”? Haven’t you heard? My new YA Science Fiction Fantasy book, The Fourth Piece is out now! Ha-ha, just kidding. I’m not that full of myself. I’m a newly published author. I was discovered by a small press called 48fourteen. The publisher loved the concept and the manuscript and offered me a deal. What is it about? This is where I get to plug in my summary, because I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: fantasy, science fiction, The Fourth Piece, young adult

What, Why, How: M.J. Schiller

July 28, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? I enjoy writing romance and romantic suspense. I have gathered my books in three collections, the Rocking Romance Collection, Real Romance Collection, and Romantic Realms Collection. The Rocking Romance Collection, you might have guessed, has a character who is a rock star. I have four books out right now in this collection. Three have rock star heroes; one has a rock star heroine. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: Fiction, romance

Lawn Kitsch

July 25, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My Neighborhood I spotted this donkey, deer family, lighthouse, gazing ball, and Dutch children in one front yard in a section of houses built in the fifties. The children are supposed to be smooching, but the homeowner separated them. I guess there's no kissing on the lawn. I imagine the kitchen in this house has pink or avocado green appliances and a formica table with metal chairs and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: family, kitsch, lawn ornaments, small town

What, Why, How: Karrie Waarala

July 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? Poems, mostly, and mostly persona poems told from the point of view of characters in and around a circus sideshow. The book version of those poems, which centers on a sword swallower and a tattooed lady and is tentatively titled Pierce & Brand's World of Dangerous Wonders, is currently looking for a home, though it did come close this past year as a book prize finalist. The performance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: circus, persona poems, poetry

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a picture book which she wrote and illustrated, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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