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Devil’s Food Cake and White Lies

February 18, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Birthday girl and cake

  Those nasty box cakes My mother had an electric mixer with a rotating bowl that blended her cakes into creamy smoothness, and she always let me lick the bowl clean. All that yummy raw … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: baking, cake mixes, duncan hines cake mixes, electric mixer, family, mother, white lies

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: Humor in Everyday Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: cornball jokes, corny jokes, humor, humor writing, puns

Bar Jokes and Grammar

May 14, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What's better than bar jokes for English majors, grammar nerds and writers? When they also serve as mini grammar lessons! These jokes are all over the internet, and unfortunately I couldn't find the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: dangling participle, grammar, hyperbole, malapropism, metaphor, oxymoron, passive voice, synonym

Things Couples Fight About

April 2, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Same old same old: According to Marriage and Family counselor Dr. John Gottman, 69% of the conflicts in marriage will never be solved. That means we are having the same argument over and over … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: conflict, family, humor, marriage, silly things we argue over

How to Make a Writer Crazy

March 12, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Telling someone you're a writer (poet, author, journalist, whatever) often gets, um, an interesting response or unwanted feedback. Many thanks to my fellow writers (and Barbara Bos of Women's … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: humor, rude, Things people ask writers, what not to say to a writer

What Not to Ask an Author

April 3, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

do book sales make you a 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 … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: book sales, how to measure author success, nosy questions, success, what not to ask an author

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Award-wining author of two novels, five poetry chapbooks, and one picture book. More here.

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line