Taking Flight: Notes from the Writing Life
A Note on Writers as Teachers
Lately I've been teaching a Saturday morning creative writing class for 7th graders. The class takes place on Zoom, and I'm working with the students to write science fiction stories. In the meantime, I was invited to present a Symposium webinar on "Submitting to...
Readers Love Soul to Soul!
Now that Soul to Soul: Tiny Stories of Hope and Resilience is landing in mailboxes around the country and world, the verdict is in! Readers are loving the book. Here are a few of the comments I've received: “I finished your book last night, and I wished there were...
Soul to Soul Has Arrived!
Soul to Soul: Tiny Stories of Hope and Resilience is now available, right on time for the holiday season! I wrote this book -- a collection of one hundred 100-word stories -- hoping readers of all ages would find moments of hope and inspiration in its pages. With the...
New Interview on Linda K. Sienkiewicz’s Literary Blog
...even before the latest global events that are frankly frightening and challenging each of us in different ways, I felt it was timely to write and publish a book about overcoming obstacles and finding moments of hope and resilience in our daily lives. - Faye...
Pondering Thanksgiving During Difficult Times
These are strange times. The Merriam-Webster dictionary's first definition of the word "strange" is: "different from what is usual, ordinary, or expected." What is "usual, ordinary, or expected" differs widely from country to country, culture to culture, community to...
“The Art of Touch” is Now Available!
It's November 1, the official launch date for The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond. In this book, which I co-edited with Joan Schweighardt and which includes one of my own personal essays, the unique voices of thirty-nine of...