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End Your Novel with a Push to the Future

July 16, 2013 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Hitting the right note at the end of a novel can be tricky. Wrapping things up too neatly, leaving your protagonist smiling, often rings false. So what are an author's options? Molly Giles wrote a … Continue reading >>

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Writers: Renew Your Vows to a Troubled Novel

March 8, 2012 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

This guest post is written by award-winning writer, my fellow alum and friend, Diana Muñoz Stewart, on a wonderful panel discussion from the recent AWP Conference in Chicago. Any writer who has … Continue reading >>

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Seven Magic Elephants of Creativity ~ Margo LaGattuta

September 7, 2011 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I Vacuum, Therefore I Am: Magic was in the air in a crowded coffeehouse 18 years ago when I first heard poet Margo LaGatutta read. Her poem, “I Vacuum, Therefore I Am,” gave me goose … Continue reading >>

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A Story Best Told in Third Person

August 7, 2011 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The struggle over POV is real Have you ever struggled over what point-of-view  is going to work best for your narrator? I recently changed a novel manuscript from first person POV (I) to third … Continue reading >>

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Proper use of “I” and “Me” – Grammar Basics

December 30, 2010 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The photo is of my parents and I at a backyard wedding. Does that sentence sound wrong? If you're not sure, how about this one: My in-laws joined my wife, our children and I for a big … Continue reading >>

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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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