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What, Why, How: Marci Diel

September 18, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: For 21 years, I've been “Head of Everything” for MarciDiehl.com as a multi-media writer, editor and producer/consultant for the web, print, video, and social media. Before that, I married … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Fiction, freelance, multimedia writing

Imagining Fictional Characters

August 21, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A series of fun photographs I took with dolls posed behind the partial figure on my book cover got me thinking about faces on book covers, and what we imagine when we read. What do you see when you … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: book covers, character description, Fiction

What, Why, How: Ellen Meeropol

April 24, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write fiction; I love spinning tales. Each of my three novels began with a small spark that grew into a book. In the case of House Arrest, it was a one-paragraph article in the Boston Globe … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Fiction, political thriller

What, Why, How: Louise Farmer Smith

April 12, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Lousie Farmer Smith, author and fiction writer

What? “What is it you want out of all of this?” This was my husband’s plaintive and exasperated question regarding my continuing to write fiction. He was in pain. A short story of mine or a book … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: Fiction, readers, rejection

A Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol

March 27, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

kinship of clover by Ellen Meeropol

Civil disobedience: How far does civil disobedience need to go before it makes a difference in the world, and at what personal cost? Ellen Meeropol's latest novel, A Kinship of Clover, revolves … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews Tagged With: environmental, Fiction, political

Unlikable Female Characters to Love

March 23, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

unlikable women

Women who refuse to play nice: Jamie Canaves, author of the list 100 Must-Read Books with Unlikable Women, writes that she loves unlikable female characters in novels: "They refuse to be boxed into … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews Tagged With: Fiction, unlikable characters, women in fiction

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line