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Brief History of a Forty-Year Long Marriage

August 15, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Luv Pub It sounds like a cliche: I met my husband after last call in the Brown Derby Luv Pub in Independence, OH, where people danced on a lighted disco floor to a live "house band." There might have even been a mirror ball. I was just twenty years old, drinking with a fake ID, and working as a waitress in the upscale Chinese restaurant Pan Asia, while going to art school. He was pounding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: family, marriage, wedding anniversary

What, Why, How: Lisa Orchard

August 11, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? Before I became an author I was an Insurance Agent for thirteen years. I met people from all walks of life and gathered all kinds of material for my stories. I’ve known I wanted to be a writer ever since fifth grade, but it wasn’t until I decided to stay home with my kids that I began to pursue publication. My first novel The Super Spies and the Cat Lady Killer is the story of three quirky … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: teens, thrillers, young adult

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

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

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