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What Not to Ask an Author

April 3, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Nosy questions authors get about success

The questions that some people think are okay to ask of authors is astounding! How many? How many books have you sold? It's a surprisingly common question authors get asked. Sometimes it's from … Continue reading >>

A Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol

March 27, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Civil disobedience: How far does civil disobedience need to go before it makes a difference in the world, and at what personal cost? Ellen Meeropol's latest novel, A Kinship of Clover, revolves … Continue reading >>

Unlikable Female Characters to Love

March 23, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Women who refuse to play nice: Jamie Canaves, author of the list 100 Must-Read Books with Unlikable Women, writes that she loves unlikable female characters in novels: "They refuse to be boxed into … Continue reading >>

Every Least Sparrow: Special Needs Parenting

March 20, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Carolyn Walker writes about parenting a special needs child

A Parent's Expectations: Looking back, Carolyn Walker writes that it was good that she and her husband didn’t know what to expect when their daughter Jennifer was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi … Continue reading >>

Wading into Writing for Children

February 27, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It began with a Ghost Crab Incident On a family vacation last summer, my daughter took my then 8-year old granddaughter and 3-year old grandson to the beach after dusk to look for Atlantic ghost … Continue reading >>

Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Brodak

December 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Bandit, a Daughter's Memoir is such an exceptional memoir that I'm not sure I can do it justice. Memory comes back to us in bits and pieces, discordant vignettes that we try to stitch into a narrative … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

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