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Linda Senn
Linda Senn Quick Facts
Main Areas: nonfiction writing, book coaching, writing instrruction, publishing, traditional Usui ReikiBest Sellers: The Many Faces of Journaling: Topics & Techniques for Personal Journal Writing, Your Pocket Divorce Guide (2nd edition), Your Pocket Divorce Guide
Career Focus: Author, Coach, Instructor
Affiliation: St. Louis Publishers Association, St. Louis Writers Guild, Self-Employed St. Louis.
Linda C. Senn, book coach, nonfiction author, consultant and instructor, became a professional writer in 1989. In 1995, she founded Pen Central Communications, and in 1998, she opened Pen Central Press, the publishing arm of her company and began sponsoring workshops and seminars associated with the nonfiction books she published. A book coach since 2005, one of Linda's clients, Barbara Altman, recently released her book, "Cry Depression, Celebrate Recovery: My Journey Throught Mental Illness." She also teaches personal writing classes on writing your autobiography, family history, nonfiction book(s), commercial and personal travel writing, and journaling.
An adjunct writing instructor at the University of Missouri/St. Louis, she’s been a guest at various venues, including radio and TV shows, wellness support groups, community centers, churches, bookstores, and holistic health centers.
Her www.DivorceTransitions.com offers practical advice articles and resources to those going through or recovering from divorce. While www.PenCentralOnline.com carries her articles on writing, information about her and her company, and a section on all of her books and writing products. On www.Balanced-Life-Coaching.com, she shares information about her various areas of personal and professional coaching. A life-long native of St. Louis, MO, Linda is currently a member of the St. Louis Publishers’ Association, as well as a former president and three-year board member of the organization.
Books written by Linda C. Senn and published by her Pen Central Press
- And Now We Dance: Journaling for the Woman Within
- The Many Faces of Journaling: Topics & Techniques for Personal Journal, 2nd ed. (Supplementary teaching material available: “40 Journaling Exercises for use with The Many Faces of Journaling”)
- Your Pocket Divorce Guide
- The Basic Divorce Workbook
- The Divorce Recovery Journal co-authored with Mary Stuart, MA
- Handbook for the Newly Single: tips for surviving, budgeting & dating
- The [Complete & Traditional] Usui Reiki Teaching Guide
- The Usui Reiki Student Manuals: Level I, Level II and Master Level
Linda’s Pen Central Press also published the following:
- Leaf Bird Days & Firefly Nights: Renewal Through Nature Journaling
by Beverly J. Letchworth
Workshops and Classes Linda presents a number of useful, upbeat workshops, classes and seminars including the following:
- Personal Journaling 101: Getting Started
- Boost Your Creativity through Journaling & Other Nifty Methods
- Write Fascinating Memoirs!
- Write Your Family History
- Basic Guidelines for Writing Your Non-Fiction Book
- Self-Publishing in a Nutshell (includes marketing analysis)
- Journaling for the Writer
- Journaling to Meet the Real You
- Exploring & Celebrating the Phenomenal Woman Within
- Coping with Change: Dealing with Life’s Transitions
- Rebuilding Genuine Self-Esteem
- Preparing for Divorce
- Healing from Divorce
Other Programs & Highlights
I host two blogs for writers:
- A Writers Ruminations http://awritersruminations.blogspot.com/
- The Many Faces of Journaling http://manyfacesofjournaling.blogspot.com/
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Linda Senn
From my book, And Now We Dance: Journaling for the Woman Within
· The story of the kindly gesture you offered yesterday to a passerby may have already been retold a dozen times. · The shortest distance between a question and its answer is the straight story.. · …humans are perfect in their complexity and combinations of strengths and weaknesses, not in the absence of flaws. · A broken bone must be set, but a broken spirit too often must fend for itself.
From my book, The Many Faces of Journaling: Topics & Techniques for Personal Journal Writing
· It's hard to let go of our rage until we allow ourselves to acknowledge it.· Through ... journaling, we can honor what was, what is, and what is yet to be.· ... that which is viewed as a burden seldom becomes a joy.
Quotations from other sources
· “The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
~ Mahatma Gandi
· “Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut [Never write on a subject on which you don’t feel real passion.]
· “Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one real person you know, or an imagined person, and write to that one.” ~ John Steinbeck
· “Look for clutter in your writing and prune it ruthlessly. Be grateful for everything you can throw away. Re-examine each sentence that you put on paper. Is every word doing new work? Can any thought be expressed with more economy? Is anything pompous or pretentious or faddish? Are you hanging on to something useless just because you think it’s beautiful?” ~ William Zinsser
Getting Started With Linda Senn
Read the writing articles on my web site www.PenCentralOnline.com and divorce articles on www.DivorceTransitions.com to best understand my life outlook and personal philosophy.
Helping others seems to be my life purpose, through my books, my coaching (book, divorce and balanced-life coaching), writing to help and inform, teaching and facilitating small mutual support groups. My experience, knowledge and compassionate support are a huge help to those who are contemplating or going through divorce, as is my informative website www.DivorceTransitions.com. I'm also a traditional Reiki Master-Teacher with 10 years' experience in both teaching and practicing the gentle, healing art of Reiki. To encourage others to honor the Reiki traditions, I wrote a complete "Usui Reiki Teaching Guide" and the three student manuals to use with it. (See the Books section of my www.PenCentralOnline.com.)
