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What, Why, How: Elizabeth Meyette

October 10, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: When I watched Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on Creativity, courage surged through me to submit the novel I’d written for publication. I had just retired from my career in education, and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: childrens books, Fiction, multi-genre, writing, writing tips

What, Why, How: Ellen Meeropol

September 19, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I imagine my novels balancing on a tightrope stretched between the issues that are important to me (racial and social justice, the climate emergency, feminism) and the characters who live … Continue reading >>

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

Social Media and Selling Books

November 15, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

It's about building relationships! If you are a published writer, you undoubtedly have Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page and/or other social media accounts. If you have books on consignment … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Book Marketing & Promo Tagged With: book selling, books, childrens books, Fiction, social media

What, Why, How: Arnold Johnston

April 12, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What:  I write in all forms--poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, and translation. My most recent individual works are Swept Away (due for release May 1 from Atmosphere Press), a … Continue reading >>

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

Why We Write

March 8, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

“Fiction is supposed to be, forgive me, less shitty than life. Better than life. It is supposed to make more sense than life. That’s one of the reasons we read, one of the reasons we write. We want … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Fiction, writers, writing

How Many Flaming Chainsaws Make a Novel?

March 4, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Ever wonder what makes a book catch fire? What makes a book impossible to put down? Flaming Chainsaws I found this gem of an essay on storytelling with an unlikely title,  The Dance of the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Fiction, flaming chainsaws, storytelling

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line