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What, Why, How: Yancy Caruthers

March 31, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? Military narrative non-fiction, stories that could be fiction, but they aren't.  I began with Northwest of Eden, my own memoir of my experience as the second-in-command of an Army Emergency … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: military, nonfiction, veterans

Memoir Writer Faye Rapoport DesPres

July 14, 2014 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Faye Rapoport DesPres is a writer who was born and raised against a backdrop of loss, and for much of her life, she’s had the sense that she was always holding the carrot of happiness just beyond her … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: BuddhaPuss Ink, memoir, nonfiction

Writer to Writer with Shelley Stout, Author of Radium Halos & Celebrities for Breakfast

February 14, 2011 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I've know Shelley Stout for years from the online writing community, and I find her to be an author who has excelled in promoting her two novels, which has translated into solid book sales and, most … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Fiction, nonfiction, Promotion

Writing from Experience? Beware

December 15, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Do readers always assume that writers are always writing about themselves? It happens in poetry, but I didn't think it did with fiction, until I gave a public reading of an excerpt from my novel where … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: It's Personal, Writing Tagged With: memoir, nonfiction, writing tips

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a children's picture book, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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