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What, Why, How, Diana Dinverno

May 23, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: Each poem in my chapbook, When Truth Comes Home to Roost, is meant to be a revelation, a slant of light shining through a window. The poems lean toward autobiography, capture experiences, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: family, grief, memoir, poetry

What, Why, How: Jenifer DeBellis

November 8, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

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What: Everything in my literary life at the moment is centered on the fast-approaching release of my second book, Warrior Sister, Cut Yourself Free from Your Assault (Library Tales Publishing, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: memoir, nonfiction, sexual assault, writing

Courageous Memoir of a Restless Life

August 23, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Self examination isn’t easy. Writing about it is even harder. Nancy Owen Nelson was an army brat whose military father struggled with depression and alcoholism. She says about her family … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books and Reviews, Grief and Loss Tagged With: depression, memoir, nonfiction, suicide

What, Why, How: Kim Peters Fairley

July 19, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What:  My second book, Shooting Out the Lights is my first memoir which will be out on July 27 through She Writes Press. I began as a visual artist. As a child I enjoyed drawing and … Continue reading >>

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

Cynical: A Writing Prompt

June 14, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

From Jamie Cat Callan If you're a writer and you haven't subscribed to Jamie's marvelous weekly newsletter for writers, do so right now, here. I met Jamie at the Stonecoast MFA residency when … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: memoir, poetry, writing prompt

What, Why, How: Gina Troisi

March 29, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: While my focus in graduate school was creative nonfiction, these days I am mostly writing fiction. I am currently working on two novels-in-stories. My debut memoir, The Angle of Flickering … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: creative nonfiction, memoir, parental abuse

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line