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Listen To Your Mother Metro Detroit Recap

May 14, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

On April 30th, 2017, I had the honor of sharing the stage with a dozen other brave and honest women at Saint Andrews Hall in Detroit for the Grand Finale Season of Listen To Your Mother, a national, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: Listen To Your Mother, LTYM Metro-Detroit, motherhood, mothers day, parenting

Handsewn Treasures

May 13, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Mom was a saver Thelma was sentimental. She'd saved so many of my favorite toys, books, artwork, cards, and dolls... even a confirmation dress and two prom gowns, in her basement and bedroom closets. … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: Barbie Doll, memories, mother, mothers day, sewing

Hungarian Cursing and Humor

April 17, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Hungarian cursing: My friend and fellow poet Olga Klekner taught me about Hungarian cursing when I was writing In the Context of Love. As the Hungarian heartthrob Joe tells young Angelica about his … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, It's Personal Tagged With: cursing, humor, hungarian

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 >>

Filed Under: Books, It's Personal Tagged With: book sales, success

First Rehearsal for Listen To Your Mother

March 30, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Listen to your Mother

I was so excited - I hadn’t seen the Listen To Your Mother producers Angela Smith Youngblood and Angela Amman since my audition several months ago. The Angelas, as they like to call themselves, filled … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: Detroit, family, Listen To Your Mother, LTYM, mother

Fun with math. Really.

March 13, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Playing Foxland! I have to share this amazing math game my granddaughter made for school called "Foxland." We had so much fun playing the other day. Actually, I was quite pleased to discover that I … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: board games, family, math games

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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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