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Wading into Writing for Children

February 27, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It began with a Ghost Crab Incident On a family vacation last summer, my daughter took my then 8-year old granddaughter and 3-year old grandson to the beach after dusk to look for Atlantic ghost … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books, It's Personal Tagged With: children's books, family, Fiction, picture books

Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Brodak

December 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Bandit, a Daughter's Memoir is such an exceptional memoir that I'm not sure I can do it justice. Memory comes back to us in bits and pieces, discordant vignettes that we try to stitch into a narrative … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: daughter, family, memoir

Searching for Nannie B., a Memoir

December 8, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Imagine a woman erased from her family's history. Imagine her being buried in a small town cemetery with no identifying markers on her gravestone, other than she was somebody's wife. What's more, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: family, grief, history, loss, memoir

Anticipating a holiday family food fight?

November 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In this heated political climate, I don't want to be in the middle of a family food fight during the holidays. When I visit relatives who have a vastly different stance on the election than me, I will … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: family, politics

Post-Election Change

November 14, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

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After a brutal campaign This was one of the most disturbing presidential campaigns ever. The consequences for us and the world are profound, and I'm not sure any of us knows what to expect. … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal Tagged With: community, family, hope

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

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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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