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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

What, Why, How: Kevin St. Jarre

September 28, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I have two novels under contract with Encircle Publications.  The first one is literary fiction, with humor/absurdism, titled Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle, due in bookstores November … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: author, Fiction, humor, YA fiction

What, Why, How: Angela Barton

August 17, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: In 2017 I signed a three-book contract with Ruby Fiction (a new imprint of Choc Lit Publishing). Two of my novels are contemporary women’s fiction and one is historical … Continue reading >>

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

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