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The Book That Almost Wasn’t – guest post by Allison Maruska

November 27, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Please welcome author Allison Maruska to my blog! Playing favorites... for a reason: Almost two weeks ago, my most recent novel The Seventh Seed was released to as much fanfare as I could muster. I … Continue reading >>

Can Twitter Help You Finish Your Book?

March 6, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Today's post about how Twitter can actually help you finish your book is from award-winning author A.B. Funkhauser, whom coincidently I met on Twitter! Finish that WIP: A friend recently asked … Continue reading >>

Writing is no orderly process

February 1, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My novel doesn't start at the beginning. Is this an inside writing joke? What I mean is the narrative in my story isn't ordered chronologically. It wasn't always that way, but when it … Continue reading >>

Where to Start Your Novel

January 11, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The beginning as a place mark: We sit in front of the keyboard, poised, with an idea for a book spinning in our head, and find ourselves afraid to start. After all, we are aware we have one … Continue reading >>

How to Contrast Setting with Emotion

August 24, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I picked up this gem about setting and emotion at a writer's conference: When writing, consider putting your characters in a location or setting that contrasts the scene's emotional impact. This … Continue reading >>

First Time Novelist at 63 – Belva Plain

March 26, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Grandma wrote bestsellers Have you ever felt you were too old to start that novel you've always wanted to write? Belva Plain was 63 years old when her first novel, a romantic epic titled … Continue reading >>

The Book That Almost Wasn’t – guest post by Allison Maruska

Can Twitter Help You Finish Your Book?

Writing is no orderly process

Where to Start Your Novel

How to Contrast Setting with Emotion

First Time Novelist at 63 – Belva Plain

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