Meet Linda …

Linda C. Senn is an author, publisher, book coach, instructor consultant and business owner.

In 1989, Linda followed her passion and began her professional writing career, at first focusing on travel articles for which she provided both the articles and photos.

In 1995, Linda founded Pen Central Communications, which then specialized in promotion and marketing for small and start-up businesses. Three years later 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.

In 2003, Linda became an adjunct instructor at University of Missouri – St. Louis, teaching nonfiction writing and publishing in the university’s Write Stuff continuing education writing program, and has been a guest at various  venues, including the following:

• Working Women’s Show
• Today in St. Louis (KSDK-TV),
• Greg Freeman’s Show WKMU radio,
• Psych Talk KDHX radio,
• Kirkwood Community Center,
• The Loop Conference Center,
• St. Luke’s Hospital,
• Kids in the Middle,
• Solo Singles,
• Eliot Unitarian Chapel,
• Clayton United Methodist Church,
• OWL Divorce Support Group,
• The Living Insights Center,
• The Healing Arts Center,
• Center for Spiritual Living,
• … and at Border’s and Barnes & Noble book stores.

Her www.DivorceTransitions.com website opened in 1999 and continues to offer resources and practical advice to those going through or recovering from divorce.

Linda is a current member of the St. Louis Publishers’ Association, as well as a former president and three-year board member of the organization.  She is also a member of the St. Louis Writers Guild and ESPW (Encouraging, Supporting and Promoting Women).

Books written by Linda C. Senn and published by Pen Central Press

• 10 Effective Ways to Promote Your Seminar by Linda C. Senn
• Your Pocket Divorce Guide by Linda C. Senn
• The Basic Divorce Workbook by Linda C. Senn
• The Divorce Recovery Journal by Linda C. Senn and Mary Stuart, MA
• And Now We Dance: Journaling for the Woman Within by Linda C. Senn
• The Many Faces of Journaling: Topics & Techniques for Personal Journal Writing by Linda C. Senn

(Supplementary teaching material available for the above: 40 Journaling Exercises: for use with The Many Faces of Journaling)

• The Usui Reiki Teaching Guide by Linda C. Senn
• The Usui Reiki Student Manuals: Level I, Level II and Master Level

Pen Central Press also published the following

• Leaf Bird Days & Firefly Nights: Renewal Through Nature Journaling
       by Beverly J. Letchworth

Newly Single Guides written by Linda C. Senn and published by Pen Central Press

• 60 Survival Tips for the Newly Single
• 62 Budget Trimmers for the Newly Single
• 58 Dating Tips for the Newly Single

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 (incl. market 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

  top of page

Location: Linda Senn was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and has spent her entire life there except for the years when she attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. She currently lives and walks in Kirkwood – a historic, tree-lined suburb of St. Louis.

Writing: She realized when she took her college entrance exams that she wanted to make a career of writing. One aspect of those exams involved writing an on-the-spot essay. To her surprise, she romped right through one on “Fidel Castro,” pulling in facts, analyzing and synthesizing them, and finishing with a solid conclusion. It was a revelation.

Two people played pivotal roles in Linda's writing career: her 7th grade teacher, Mrs. Hartig, and author Beverly Letchworth. When Linda wrote a particularly insightful book report in 7th grade on Louisa May Alcott’s An Old-Fashioned Girl, Mrs. Hartig gave her a resounding “F,” assuming she’d copied it word for word from the book cover. Linda showed her the book, which contained no such text, and her teacher changed her grade to an “A+” – making Linda realize she’d written adult-level prose. Years later when Linda took a Creative Writing class to freshen her skills, Beverly Letchworth gave her all the encouragement and specific compliments she needed to embark upon her writing career.

Personal: Linda is the mother of two children and grandmother of three (soon to be four) adored grandchildren. An only child herself, she grew up with an alcoholic mother and devoted father and learned responsibility early on. She has warm memories of her maternal grandmother, Mam, about whom she wrote the loving poem that appears in The Many Faces of Journaling. Another honored touchstone was her aunt, Marguerite Senn Waugh, who always supported Linda’s writing, as well as her parenting and ways of helping others. Linda married at 25, but after 26 years, her marriage ended and she started over again as a single.

Favorite Pastimes: Not surprisingly, Linda loves to read, especially books on other cultures and traditions, anthropology, spiritual growth, the environment and of course work-related books. Among her favorites are Pilgrim Heart: The Inner Journey Home by Sarah York; Csikszentmihalyi's Flow; Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff; and Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest by Mark J. Plotkin.

Good conversation is another of life's treats. Anne Morrow Lindbergh said, "Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after." – a belief shared by Linda.  She also enjoys live theater, especially the plays at St. Louis' Repertoire Theater, the ArtLoft, and Kirkwood Theatre Guild. "Blithe Spirit," "Arcadia," and "Everything’s Ducky" head her top-ten list so far. Folk music, particularly acoustic guitar, and foreign movies are also on that list, and she often does her preliminary book and workshop script writing at the local Kaldi’s or Starbuck’s.

Linda discovered long ago that being out in nature boosts her spirits and untangles the knots of everyday life. “You can clear away a lot of cob webs by floating leaf boats down a sweet lazy creek.” Reconnecting with the natural world is an essential part of her life.

For additional information, contact Linda Senn at Linda@PenCentralOnline.com