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What, Why, How: Novelist Lisa Peers

June 16, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? I'm editing the second draft of my second novel, currently titled Desired Effect. The working log line is, "When a San Francisco actress lands her first film role as the often naked love … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: Fiction

What, Why, How: Paula Treick DeBoard

April 28, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? I write realistic fiction. Sometimes my books are filed under “mystery” or “thriller,” but when I’m writing, I’m thinking about the people involved—usually families at a point of crisis. My … Continue reading >>

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What, Why, How: Charlene Diane Jones

March 10, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? I write across years, across pages, across oceans of memory. My poetry has been published widely in Canada and the US reaching a peak in 1996 with my poetry partner Linda Stitt in our book … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: Buddhism, Fiction, healing, meditation, nonfiction, poetry

5 stars for Panic in a Suitcase, a Novel

February 9, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Panic in a Suitcase follows the lives of the Nasmertovs, who emigrate from Odessa, for over two decades. The elders wonder if they made the right choice in moving to America while at the same time … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: family, Fiction, omnicient point of view

Writing is no orderly process

February 1, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

  My novel doesn't start at the beginning. Is this an inside writing joke? What I mean is the narrative in my story isn't ordered chronologically. It wasn't always that way, but when it … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Beginnings, Fiction, narrative, order, writing, writing tips

What, Why, How: Elizabeth Heiter

January 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? I write both psychological suspense (in my Profiler series with MIRA Books) and romantic suspense (in my Lawmen series with Harlequin Intrigue).  My Profiler series features FBI Profiler … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: Fiction, suspense

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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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