Lynne's Blog

An article in the New York Times about seven children killed in a fire in Brooklyn just a few days ago (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/nyregion/funerals-for-7-victims-of-brooklyn-fire.html)  reminded me of the deadly fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory 104...

March 25, 2015, will commemorate the 104th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.  The 1911 fire was the deadliest workplace disaster in NYC before 9-11.  It was significant not because 146 workers died, but because it instigated significant reform. At...

Several writers have asked me if I felt press releases were a valuable marketing tool.  My answer is yes, but with a qualifier.  You must have something to market besides your book.  There must be an interesting “story” to accompany the release.  I’ve only used a...

I recently read an excellent novel called “Help for the Haunted.”  It’s about two sisters, ages around 14 and 18 and their parents who make a living by helping expunge demons from haunted individuals.  Hmm.  Well, never mind the plot – it actually works quite well....

“The transfer of works of art from vanquished to victor is as old as warfare itself.” . . . Lynn Nicolas, author of Rape of Europa I open with this quote because it so aptly describes the events that began in the art world long before the outbreak of the second World...

First Harper Lee, then Dr. Seuss, now Lynne Kennedy.  A manuscript lost since 1985 has re-surfaced.  “Time Lapse,” an apt name for a missing manuscript has been unearthed by author Lynne Kennedy’s Labrador retriever, Rosie, in an old steamer trunk, buried in storage....

Forgive the long blog, but I wanted to share an interview I did with the editor of a London newsletter called “This is Writing.”  I hope you enjoy and check out other author interviews on this link:  http://thisiswriting.com/category/author-interviews/  Introduce...

I was contacted recently by Scott Mullins, an Australian transplanted to London, a writer, and editor of a Newsletter called “This is Writing.” He asked me to interview, which I did and that interview will appear next week. But he also asked me to write a brief...

Every so often I visit my book pages on Amazon to see if any new reviews have come in.  Some of the initial reviews were family and friends, of course, so I knew they’d be pretty positive.  But when the new reader reviews started coming in, I was fascinated.  Some...

Research for my latest book has taken me to the darkest corners of our past: the witch hysteria of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692.  This grim era in early America occurred during the waning of the Inquisition in Europe, more recently, Spain, and demonstrates how...