Fiction Archives - Page 9 of 12 - Linda K Sienkiewicz

What, Why, How: Thaddeus Rutkowski

February 18, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write short fiction: short stories and flash fiction. The cut-off between flash fiction and short stories, it seems, is one thousand words, according to literary journals, and my pieces are … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Charles Salzberg

January 2, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write. I started my first novel when I was 12. It was a roman a clef (although I certainly did not know what that term meant at the time) about a sleepaway summer camp. I had recently learned … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Caroline Leavitt

December 10, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I create worlds! I write novels. I write scripts and short stories and essays. Everything to me is a story! I’ve always made up stories. A few years ago, one of my novels Into Thin Air was … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Janice Eidus

November 19, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: In second grade, I proudly wrote my very first poem; it celebrated New York City where I lived: “I love the city/ It is so pretty.” My desire back then was to grow up to become a writer of … Continue reading >>

Beyond the Easy Gesture 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 >>

Endings are never easy

August 20, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What if... How many times have you enjoyed a book right up to the end, but when you closed it, you felt unsatisfied? Not in the sense that the ending wasn't "happy," but rather that the last chapter … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

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