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Meeting Readers at Books By the Banks

October 17, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become. -- Ursula K. Le … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: book festival, books by the banks, bullying, family, Fiction, readers

My First Video Poem

May 11, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

video poem

A few of my savvy fellow writers use YouTube as a means of engaging readers and fans, so I decided to give it a try by making a video of one of my poems. I used iMovie and stock photos from my … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: poem, poetry, video, youtube

Why Reader Reviews Matter to Authors

May 2, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A tsunami of books One book every five minutes. That's the estimated rate of books published by the click of a button on Amazon every day since the self-publishing boom. That's a tsunami of books! How … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: amazon, authors, readers, reviews

I’m Going on a Book Tour

March 28, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

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I'm going on a book tour... via blogs! Would you believe I'm making 27 stops in 12 days?! It's the perfect book tour for a writer who's a homebody! My iRead Book Tour begins March 28 and wraps up … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: blog tour, book tour

Reading in Public: How I Conquered my Fears

February 16, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

squelch your fear of reading in public

Most people are terrified to speak in public. As a writer who's read in more coffee shops and libraries than I can count, I was once terrified, too. Here are two of my worst moments, and 10 … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Publicity & Marketing Tagged With: anxiety, public reading, public speaking

Book Launch Party Photos

September 21, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

This was the night I'd dreamed of for so long - my book launch party. In the Context of Love is published and released into the world! It's a time to celebrate, but also an opportunity to gather my … Continue reading >>

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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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