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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 paragraph, … Continue reading >>

Highlights on Writing from AWP 2015

April 12, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The AWP Conference at the Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota was one of the best I've been to-- well organized, fascinating, and as always, high energy. Here are a few highlights and moments … Continue reading >>

Writer to Writer with Ellen Meeropol

April 2, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

On Hurricane Island by writer Ellen Meeropol is a psychological/political thriller that follows five characters involved in a nightmarish crisis at a secret terrorist interrogation center on a small … 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 >>

How to Cope with Writer’s Self Doubt

March 10, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I would start writing, and then say, "This is no good. No good at all." Does that sound familiar? In an interview in April's The Writer, playwright Christopher Durang explains how he coped with … Continue reading >>

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