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English Language Groaners

October 7, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In Memory of a Cornball My late father was great at telling corny jokes. And yes, I groaned, but I often laughed too, just because he was laughing so hard. Lousy jokes and laughter can be … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: corny jokes, humor, humor writing

What, Why, How: Aaron Hamburger

August 19, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write literary fiction and non-fiction. All of my books have been fiction (two novels and a story collection), but I’ve written a great deal of creative non-fiction, especially memoir … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How, Writing Tagged With: Fiction, nonfiction, writing tips

3 Reasons Why Women are Uniquely Suited to be Authorpreneurs

June 24, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Today's blog is a guest post on women's unique talents in the writing world, from author and motivational speaker, Colleen M. Story: I’ve taught a number of writing workshops over the past few … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Publicity & Marketing, Writing Tagged With: authors, women

The Heart of Storytelling

June 17, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

These fabulous "rules" (I prefer to call them writing tips) for storytelling were handed out at a recent conference, with credit to Pixar Story Artist Emma Coats. I refer to them often, so I thought … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: characters, crafting, fiction writing, storytelling, writing tips

I Will Revise: An Ode to the MFA Program

April 1, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

One highlight of The University of Southern Maine MFA program is their annual talent show. When I was a student ten years ago, we enjoyed everything from clarinet recitals, hula hoop performances and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Writing Tagged With: MFA, revisions, writing

Blackout Poetry – as creative as you want to get

March 18, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A mix of writing and visual art All you need to make blackout poetry is imagination and the ability to let your mind take creative leaps with given text. Even my logical, engineer-minded husband … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Art & Crafting, Writing Tagged With: blackout poems, blackout poetry, erasure poems, poetry, writing

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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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