Announcement from Regal House Publishing: “We are thrilled to welcome Linda K. Sienkiewicz to our RHP family & to publish her novel LOVE AND OTHER INCURABLE AILMENTS as part of our Fall 26 Frontlist season!” Here’s my official author page
Review of Sleepwalker: “Along with heartbreak, there is the endless return and re-examination, and there is no answer, no reply. There is only continuation… Love is an ache. In these marvelous poems, the reader aches with her.” ~ Rick Bailey
Review of Sleepwalker in MER: “…There is an under-weaving thread of, not exactly guilt, but rather a keen sense of knowing based on heredity in this poetry novella. Whether genetic or not, we take on the calm and anxieties, the kindnesses and fears of our parents. This is why, in part, the pain of losing a child to suicide is unbearable…” ~ Joy Gaines-Friedler
Review of Sleepwalker “Follow the author’s journey processing a world in which the stars around her moon have gone out.” ~ Cheri Caddick, in Pink Panther Magazine, Volume 14, Number 2
Springfed Arts Poetry Contest
Linda’s poem, “Like Learning a New Language,” won Third Place in their annual prose and poetry contest
Writing and Wellness :
“Why Poetry Was the Perfect Outlet for This Mother’s Writing About Suicide”
Rochester Media – The Community Edge:
“Local Author Pens a New Book of Poems about the Painful Healing of her Son’s Suicide”
Community Lifestyles
“Finishing Line Press announces Rochester Poet’s Upcoming Chapbook” — Sleepwalker
Poetry Vespers video recording
Powerful poetry reading, sponsored by the First UU Detroit Poetry Vespers, features Linda’s new chapbook Sleepwalker, and includes poetry, essay, music and video.
Dynamic Book Duo
Author Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw features two books that pair together in a meaningful way, along with educational activities to strengthen children’s reading skills. Linda’s Gordy and the Ghost Crab is paired with Suzanne’s The Mighty Mahi. How does a sea turtle pair with a ghost crab, since ghost crabs eat turtle hatchlings? Read to find out!
A Little Too Quiet Podcast
Recorded for the Ferndale Public Library, 2021: “A conversation with award-winning author and illustrator Linda Sienkiewicz about the creative process and her new children’s picture book Gordy and the Ghost Crab
Bookworm for Kids Review:
Gordy and the Ghost Crab: “While this story’s main theme describes a boy’s run-in with a ghost crab, it’s a tale about much more than just that…. It’s a great way to show kids how to feel for the world around them, even if they aren’t in a good spot themselves.”
Donald Levin’s blog
Linda discusses the most challenging aspect of writing and illustrating Gordy and the Ghost Crab
Cynthia Harrison’s Blog Swap
How a Dead End Lead to Gordy and the Ghost Crab
The Mitten
Gordy and the Ghost Crab is featured on Michigan’s SCBWI official blog.
Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations that Changed Their Lives,
Linda’s essay “My Horrible Celebrity Crush” is published in an anthology edited by Elizabeth Searle and Tamra Wilson (McFarland & Company, June 2018)
2017 New Apple Book Award Selection for Excellence in Publishing
In the Context of Love
The Darkest Moment in my Writing Career
“Life is a constantly evolving journey of self-discovery. I don’t know if there’s ever an end to such a journey when you lose someone to suicide.” Linda’s essay on Women Writers, Women(‘s) Books
The Balancing Act: Writing Unlikable Characters
Giving your characters unlikable traits can add spice to a story, but with that comes risk. Will your readers love them or hate them? Linda’s essay on Writerology.com
Listen to Your Mother:
Linda starred in the 2017 Metro-Detroit cast of the national live storytelling event that gives motherhood a microphone.
Mom Egg Review Literature & Art:
In the Context of Love is…a well-integrated treatment of love and family. Sienkiewicz’s decision to cast the narrative as a loose address to Joe affords the story a layer of suspense that remains wonderfully unresolved until the novel’s very end.”
Radio interview by Daria DiGiovanni for Writestream Tuesday about the story behind the novel In the Context of Love
Between the Lines
Radio interview: Michigan author Linda Sienkiewicz painted and wrote poetry. But it was a celebrity crush that inspired her to write her novel, In the Context of Love. Sienkiewicz talks with Zinta Aistars of WMUK Michigan Public Radio about the fun, but also the personal tragedy, that inspired her work
Through the Eyes of Women
Radio interview on NPR station KHSU – “Exploring women’s political, social/economic lives, as well as the obstacles and restrictions experienced in the form of discrimination… We seek to celebrate women and all their contributions to the local and global communities.”
Writing and Wellness
Guest post about healthy writing habits
Why I used You in my Novel
Point of View essay on Women Writers, Women(‘s) Books
Getting Past the Opening: Where to Start your Novel
on Women Writers, Women(‘s) Books
“A Dark Domestic Tale“
Interview: Between the Lines, by author Ellen Meeropol
Lisa Romeo Writes
Interview: “Linda Sienkiewicz on her Debut Novel and the Twisty Road That Got Her There,” by writer Lisa Romeo