The Pearlsong Letter: Linda C. Wisniewski

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November 13, 2008

Linda Wisniewski interview -- and cute cartoon -- at Inkygirl

Debbie Ridpath Ohi has posted a great interview with (and cute cartoon/drawing of) Linda Wisniewski at her blog Inkygirl: Daily Diversions for Writers.

The interview is part of Wisniewski's blog tour promoting her memoir Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace With Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage (Pearlsong Press, April 2008).

Read the Inkygirl interview here. For a list of and links to the rest of the blog tour, click here.

November 13, 2008 in Author interviews, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 02, 2008

Linda Wisniewski launches her blog tour for Off Kilter

Yesterday Wow -- Women On Writing.com launched Linda C. Wisniewski's blog tour for her memoir Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage. A drawing for a signed copy of the book is being held for those who post comments on the WOW portion of the tour.

Read the WOW interview with Linda here.

The blog tour continues Monday (Nov. 3) at Allie's Musings, where Linda will talk about the business of writing.

On Tuesday, Nov. 4 Linda will chat about libraries at Hell or High Water.

On Thursday, Nov. 6 Linda will visit Anne Marie Nichol's blog to chat about how yoga helps with writing and work.

Read about Off Kilter Monday, Nov. 10 at The New Book Review.

On Tuesday, Nov. 11 Linda chats about yoga, writing in the midst of distractions, and women's spirituality at Andi Lit.

Linda stops by Momma Said on Wednesday, Nov. 12 for an interview and book giveaway.

On Thursday, Nov. 13 Linda stops by Debbie Ridpath Ohi's blog Inky Girl.

Linda visits Whole Latte Life on Monday, Nov. 17 to share how to stay focused on writing amid modern life's distractions.

On Tuesday, Nov. 18 Linda shares tips on memoir writing at Carolyn Howard-Johnson's award-winning blog Sharing With Writers and Readers.

Check out Lauri's Reflections on Wednesday, Nov. 18, when Linda will chat about writing and other inspirational topics.

On Thursday, Nov. 20 Linda stops by Life, Unedited for a candid interview.

Linda will share her reading habits -- and more -- at Musings of a Bookish Kitty on Monday, Nov. 24, 2008.

Finally, Linda tells a story at Happily Ever After, Today on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

November 02, 2008 in Author interviews, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter, Presentations, Signings & Appearances, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 15, 2008

Linda C. Wisniewski to appear at IWWG Big Apple event this Sunday

Linda C. Wisniewski will be one of the 12 recently published International Women's Writing Guild authors participating in a "Meet the Authors" Open House in New York City Sunday, October 19, 2008.

The IWWG's 56th Semi-Annual Big Apple Writing Workships & Open House will feature a Saturday, October 18 writing workshop with Eunice Scarfe and Sunday "Meet the Authors" and "Meet the Agents" Open Houses. In the Sunday morning Open House, Wisniewski and authors Susan Breen (The Fiction Class ), Elizabeth Buzzelli (Dead Dancing Women: An Emily Kincaid Mystery ), Susan R. Gold (The Eyes Are The Same ) and others will talk about how they got published.

Wisniewski is the author of Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage , which was published by Pearlsong Press in April 2008.

Scarfe is a writer and educator affiliated with the Faculty of Extension Writing Program at the University of Alberta. She has written and published prize-winning short stories and started her own company, Saga Seminars: Writing Workshops for Women.

October 15, 2008 in Author appearances, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 13, 2008

New "Writing to Heal" column by Linda C. Wisniewski in Bucks County Women's Journal

The Bucks County (Pennsylvania) Women's Journal now features a column by Linda C. Wisniewski on "Writing to Heal." Read the October/November 2008 issue and Wisniewski's page 18 column here.

Wisniewski is the author of Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage (Pearlsong Press) and teaches memoir workshops.

October 13, 2008 in Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 17, 2008

Linda C. Wisniewski interviewed on BlogTalkRadio

Linda C. Wisniewski was recently interviewed by Dr. Sally Witt on BlogTalkRadio about writing and her memoir Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage.

Listen to the interview online here.

There are technical difficulties in the first part of the interview, but once those are addressed Wisniewski and Witt proceed into discussion of Wisniewski's background, how she came to write her memoir, her writing -- and publishing and marketing -- process, and what she's working on now.

September 17, 2008 in Author interviews, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter, Radio Interviews | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 23, 2008

Off Kilter author Linda C. Wisniewski video interview by Dr. Sally Witt

Linda C. Wisniewski, author of Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage, was recently interviewed online by Life Coach Dr. Sally Witt.

View the interview at Dr. Witt's website, or on YouTube here.

August 23, 2008 in Author interviews, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter, Video | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Linda C. Wisniewski to sign copies of Off Kilter at the Doylestown, PA Bookshop Sept. 5, 2008

Linda C. Wisniewski will sign copies of her new book Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage at the Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, PA at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.

For more information see the Doylestown Bookshop website at www.doylestownbookshop.com.

August 23, 2008 in Author appearances, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter, Presentations, Signings & Appearances | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 17, 2008

Midwest Book Review's Small Press Bookwatch highly recommends Off Kilter, the new memoir by Linda C. Wisniewski

The July 2008 issue of Midwest Book Review's online book review magazine Small Press Bookwatch praises the new memoir by Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage.

Scoliosis was the least of her problems. "Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey" to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage" is the story of a woman's truly American life. She must deal with an abusive father, an apathetic mother, and the rigid stiffness of the Catholic Church. Only when she accepts her affliction, her family, and her heritage does she find a life she can live with it all in this compelling memoir. "Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage" is highly recommended for community library memoir collections.

Off Kilter is Wisniewski's first book. It was published by Pearlsong Press in April 2008.

July 17, 2008 in Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter, Reviews | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 07, 2008

Linda C. Wisniewski featured in article on yoga and the back

Linda C. Wisniewski, author of Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage, is featured in an AltMedWeb article on "Yoga and the Back" by Therese M. Pope.

Wisniewski talks about how yoga has eliminated the pain of her scoliosis (curvature of the spine) and increased her strength, flexibility, creativity and mindfulness.

Read the article here.

May 07, 2008 in Author interviews, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 05, 2008

Story Circle Network podcast interview with Linda C. Wisniewski, author of Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage

Becca Taylor talks with Linda C. Wisniewski, author of Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage (Pearlsong Press, April 2008) in the May 2008 edition of the Story Circle Network podcast.

Linda shares her experience with writing as healing, and also provides tips on pursuing publication.

To read about and listen to the podcast, go to http://www.storycircle.org, click on the SCN Podcast link in the lefthand column, and then click the link to VISIT THE PODCAST SITE NOW! (Due to frames in their website's formatting, I can't post direct links to the podcast page.)

You can also access the podcast recording directly by clicking here to listen or download.

May 05, 2008 in Audio, Author interviews, Linda C. Wisniewski, Off Kilter, Radio Interviews | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Pearlsong Press books

Frannie Zellman: FatLand
In the near future the Pro-Health Laws of the United States of America have become so oppressive that people seeking freedom over their bodies have established a new country. In FatLand, life is good and scales are forbidden. Free from the hatred and discrimination of the Other Side, FatLanders have built happy, productive lives. But not everyone is flourishing.
Pat Ballard: 10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are)
The Queen of Rubenesque Romances shares the steps she created -- and used -- to heal the damage of years of dieting. Join her in celebrating size diversity, self esteem, positive body image, and health at every size.
Charlie Lovett: The Program
A new weight loss clinic in New York City has an offer for you -- given them $5,000 and they'll make you as thin as a supermodel. You can eat whatever you want and never gain an ounce. Tempted? Fledgling journalist Karen Sumner would be -- if only she had $5,000. When Karen finally walks through the blue and gold doors of The Program, however, she's on the trail of the hottest story of her career. If she and her friends are right, The Program is doing something even worse than creating an army of unnaturally thin women. Library Journal calls The Program "a lively first novel. Highly recommended."
Linda C Wisniewski: Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage
Even before she was diagnosed with scoliosis at 13, Linda Wisniewski felt off kilter. Born to a cruel father in the insulated Polish Catholic community of Amsterdam, New York, she learned martyrdom as a way of life. Off Kilter shows her learning to stretch her Self as well as her spine as she comes to terms with her mentally deteriorating, widowed mother and her culture. Only by accepting her physical deformity, her emotionally unavailable mother, and her Polish American heritage does she finally find balance and a life that fits. Maureen Murdock, author of Unreliable Truth: On Memoir & Memory, calls Off Kilter "a courageous, insightful book, particularly relevant for anyone who grew up feeling physically 'different.'"
Pat, Ballard: The Best Man
Sparks fly the night Lana Clarke meets to plan her sister's wedding -- and not just because curvaceous Lana announces she's stopped dieting and doesn't care if she's fat as maid of honor. The strong-willed sister of the bride attracts the attention of the groom's devastatingly handsome best man, Anthony Angelino. But when the sparks become flames, Lana's in trouble. Tony's first wife died mysteriously. Will Lana be next?
Judy Bagshaw: At Long Last, Love
Big beautiful --and in some cases slightly more mature -- heroines grace the pages of this collection of romantic short stories by Judy Bagshaw.
Jack Adler: Splendid Seniors
An inspiring ensemble of 52 people whose accomplishments after age 65 remind us that creativity, passion & influence can not only flower in later years, but bear delicious fruit.
Mary Saracino: The Singing of Swans
"The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to reclaim our own inner voices!" --Margaret Starbird, author of The Woman With the Alabaster Jar & Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile
Ellen Frankel: Beyond Measure: A Memoir About Short Stature and Inner Growth
"If you have ever measured your height or your weight and felt good or bad about yourself as a result, you need this book. In its pages, Ellen Frankel makes an important contribution to human liberation by telling the most fabulous story that can be told, the story of a person coming fully into her own. This book is thought-provoking, heart-rending, and a genuine solace for people of all sizes." --Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?
Pat Ballard: Abigail's Revenge
Injustice, romance and suspense smolder in a small Southern town. Romantic suspense from the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, Pat Ballard.
Pattie Thomas, Ph.D.: Taking Up Space
"Thomas's incisive blend of sociological inquiry and personal narrative amounts to a provocative treatise on fat oppression in our culture. Taking Up Space is a kind of roadmap through the minefield of the 'war on obesity,' and it offers protection to the reader ready to fight for cultural change surrounding the meaning of fatness." --Kathleen LeBesco, Ph.D., author of Revotling Bodies: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity.
Anne Richardson Williams: Unconventional Means: The Dream Down Under
Shattered by family tragedy in the early 1960s, an upper-middle-class Southern teenager finds solace in art and literature. Decades later she is called to the continent whose literature once comforted her, and to a magical connection with an Aboriginal woman transcending race and half a world.
Pat Ballard: A Worthy Heir
When Pam Spencer sees the newspaper ad seeking "a worthy heir" to Fiona Bainbridge's millions, she jumps at the chance to get her brother the medical care he needs after a job-related accident. But Reese Bainbridge, Fiona's handsome grandson--and jilted heir--rushes home in anger when he hears his grandmother has moved Pam and her brother into the family mansion. Sparks fly--and Pam is up to the challenge.
Pat Ballard: His Brother's Child
One party, one silver-tongued, double-talking stranger intent on winning a bet, and Faith Carr ends up betrayed, alone, and pregnant. When Edward Brenner shows up on her doorstep intending to right his brother's wrongs, she's scared and vulnerable. But she agrees to marry this stranger to give the baby a father, although keeping him at a distance. She doesn't realize that Edward fell in love with her the moment he saw her. Will her battered self-esteem allow her to see the truth--and her own beauty?
Pat Ballard: Wanted: One Groom
Wealthy Hanna Rockwell will lose her home and her inheritance unless she marries by her 30th birthday. She's stunned when Matt Corbett, the faded rock start she worshipped in her teens, accepts her brother's offer to bail him out of financial trouble if he'll marry her. Her teenaged fantasies come to life--bringing a few surprises with them.
Pat Ballard: Nobody's Perfect
Nella Covington can't believe she's agreed to marry arrogant Samuel du Cannon, even if it IS only a marriage of convenience. He needs a mother for his young son, and she needs to keep her childhood home. If Sam's work keeps him on the road enough, she won't have to deal with him much. Sam's never been attracted to plus-size women, so they won't be tempted to have a real relationship. At least, that's what they keep telling themselves--
Pat Ballard: Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories
Ten romantic tales pack suspense and sizzle into this collection of short stories featuring amply curved women.