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What, Why, How: author Kate Woodworth on writing climate change

March 10, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Book: Little Great Island, by Kate Woodworth

What: Little Great Island tells the story of a small Maine island community needing to reinvent itself in the face of climate change. Told from the point of view of a handful of community members, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: climate change, Fiction, great ;little island, kate woodworth, point of view

What, Why, How: Lynne Golodner, marketing guru and prolific author

August 19, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? While I’ve always been a writer, and I write in lots of genres and about lots of topics, these days I am focused on writing emotional novels with compelling Jewish characters that fill their … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Fiction, jewish writers, marketing books, writing habits

What, Why, How: Susan Sage on historical fiction about great aunt and uncle

August 12, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: My third novel, Dancing in the Ring, was published in 2023 by Black Rose Writing. While it’s Historical Fiction, it can also be described as Historical Biography or Historical Romance. It’s … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: books set in Detroit, Detroit, Historical Fiction, roaring twenties, Susan Sage

What, Why, How: Genre- Jumping with Author Craig Terlson

October 9, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I’ve always been a maker of things; I actually prefer that moniker to the somewhat loaded term “artist.” The first things I made were illustrations. I was lucky enough to draw and paint for … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: crime fiction, genre fiction, noir fiction, novels, short stories

What, Why, How: Jacob Strunk and “horror adjacent” stories

June 26, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: The form I keep coming back to, the longest on-again-off-again relationship of my life, is the short story. I’ve written longer works, certainly – a novel, graphic novel, novellas, a couple … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: film, horror, horror adjacent, jacob strunk, short stories

What, Why, How: Aaron Hamburger on writing characters that readers will love

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: The Writing Life, What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Aaron Hamburger, Fiction, nonfiction, writing tips

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

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