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Love at 350° — A delicious romance-comedy

October 30, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Welcome fellow Detroit author, Lisa Peers, to my blog: Lisa Peers and I met many years ago at a Detroit Working Writers Conference. I remember her sitting at the table in the conference room with … Continue reading >>

Writing Morally Grey Characters: Tips from crime writer Charles Salzberg

March 27, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Please enjoy this guest post written by Charles Salzberg, journalist, teacher and author of detective and crime fiction, as well as numerous works of nonfiction: Rather than risk boredom, why not … Continue reading >>

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 >>

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 >>

What, Why, How: Aaron Hamburger on writing characters that readers will love

August 19, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write literary fiction and non-fiction. All of my books have been fiction (two novels and a story collection), but I’ve written a great deal of creative non-fiction, especially memoir … Continue reading >>

Beyond the Easy Gestures in Fiction

September 10, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Oh, those flashing eyes! The other day, I laughed when I read the recent tweet of a fellow writer: “There's a lot of 'flashing eyes' in this draft. Need to fix.” Our fictional characters … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

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