Author Archives: Linda Schifino

New Book Coming!  I’m thrilled that my second memoir–tentatively titled In My Grandmother’s Shadow—will be out late this summer.  This has been a writing project dear to my heart, delayed by health issues, travel, and other factors. Finally, it’s complete and I’ve signed a contract with the good folks at Sunbury Press for publication. InContinue reading “New Book Coming!”

I’ve worked on my second memoir for almost three years now. Not constantly, as there was a several month pause to pay homage to the damn cancer, but for the most part.  Multiple hours of research into family genealogy, days of writing, revising, editing, then revising again, even a journey to a small village inContinue reading “A Fall Pause”

A friend from my Latin Cardio dance class invited me to do a reading and discussion of Neighborhood Girl with her book club. The meeting was held at a local library, and the event was open to the public. About twenty-five people attended, and we had a lively discussion about my book as well asContinue reading “Book Clubs”

This past week, I picked the last of my tomatoes and peppers. The last zucchini was a few weeks ago. Soon I’ll be tearing down the plants and covering the planting beds for winter. Each year, this gardening ritual serves as a reminder of how short the seasons seem, how quickly they pass. I don’tContinue reading “Fall’s Lament”

A New Perspective After a serious illness caused me to miss months of my Latin Cardio dance class, I returned in January. The weekly class is seventy-five minutes of line dance, salsa, and just enough stretching to keep my old lady muscles limber. While exercise boosts my physical health, socialization feeds my emotional well-being. AContinue reading “A New Perspective”

I wondered if it was too late when I finished the MFA with a completed manuscript a month after my 74th birthday. I knew it would take months to polish the chapters, then many more months (maybe years) to submit in the hopes of finding a publisher. I decided that I’d come this far, so why stop now?