by Lynn Lipinski | Aug 23, 2020 | Essays and Features, Los Angeles, Personal, Writing
In 1999, I landed a job that offered excellent medical benefits with one hitch: no dental coverage until after the first year. Perhaps I could go without dental benefits for one year? It seemed a calculated risk worth taking, my then-husband and I thought. We were...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jan 21, 2020 | Essays and Features, Personal, PR, Unsolicited advice
Just like that, 2020 is underway. Writers and content strategists like me have cycled through our year-end round-ups and predictions for the new year. My crystal ball is pretty hazy these days, but my hindsight vision scores a perfect 20/20 (haha). The new year marks...
by Lynn Lipinski | Feb 20, 2019 | Flash Fiction Friday
“Nanga Parbat. It’s one of the tallest mountains in the world at 26,000 feet,” Brooks said, his voice rising in pitch and in speed as he told me about the book on the Himalayas he was reading. “But it’s the sherpas that really get me....
by Lynn Lipinski | Feb 17, 2019 | Essays and Features, Writing
Who hasn’t heard about hackers ripping into a small-town water treatment system in Florida and altering the chemical supplies recently? It was an explosive news story laying bare the potential for hackers to poison a water supply. It caught our attention with...
by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 31, 2018 | Fiction, Oklahoma, Personal, Writing
The bones of the Bloodlines story rattled around in my head for nearly a decade. The main character, Zane Clearwater, was an intruder into my original story. He had a minor role as a love interest to another character. But as I wrote and rewrote the story and worked...