We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful LindaAnn LoSchiavo. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with LindaAnn below.
LindaAnn, so great to have you with us and we want to jump right into a really important question. In recent years, it’s become so clear that we’re living through a time where so many folks are lacking self-confidence and self-esteem. So, we’d love to hear about your journey and how you developed your self-confidence and self-esteem.
Through writing.
At age 3, being horrified by bad poetry in mass-produced greeting cards, my aunt and I started our own handmade greeting card line. My aunt drew the pictures; I wrote the metrical verse. Our relatives praised our uniquely personalized cards and a formalist was born.
Six years later, at the age of 9, I began to write one-act dramas, conduct auditions, sew costumes, direct and produce my plays in NYC. My parents never attended these performances — but strangers occupied every seat in the house and applauded my efforts.
Also at the age of 9, I had my poetry published in school magazines.
All of this increased my confidence, self-esteem, and encouraged me to keep writing.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I am a fulltime writer. Since the pandemic and COVID lockdown closed the NYC theatres, I’ve been more focused on creative writing for the page instead of the stage.
In 2024, I had three titles published in three different countries: “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems” [USA: Wild Ink Publishing], “Apprenticed to the Night” [U.K.: UniVerse Press], and “Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide” [India: Ukiyoto].
In November 2025, two new books were released: “Cancer Courts My Mother” [Prolific Pulse Press] and “Vampire Verses” [Twisted Dreams Press].
Some of the book accolades I have earned are: an Elgin Award for “A Route Obscure and Lonely”; Chrysalis BREW Project’s Award for Excellence and The World’s Best Magazine’s Book of Excellence Award for “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems”; the Spotlyts Story Award from Spotlyts Magazine for “Apprenticed to the Night”; and the Chrysalis BREW Project’s Seal of Excellence and the Voyages in Verses Book Award for “Cancer Courts My Mother.”
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
The three qualities that were most impactful in my journey were:
(a.) an early love of reading — fueled by access to a good NYC library;
(b.) a good memory — which gave me the ability to memorize long poems and stage dialogue from Broadway plays;
(c.) patience and concentration when perfecting my work on the page.
I’d advise early-career writers to read as much as possible, to keep a writer’s journal to help chart your progress, and to join a critique group to get feedback so your writing can progress.
To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?
I was raised in a working class household and my parents were too poor to afford a TV set.
Growing up without a TV was the most impactful thing.
I have never owned a TV as an adult either.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://vampireventurespoems.com/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindaann-loschiavo-45a0767/
- Twitter: https://x.com/Mae_Westside
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lindaannliterary8035
- Other: Blue Sky https://bsky.app/profile/ghostlyverse.bsky.social and Substack https://substack.com/@greenwichvillagepoet
Image Credits
CREDIT: LindaAnn LoSchiavo
except for . . . .
front cover art for “Vampire Verses” – Jennifer Horgan
2 fantasy portraits of LindaAnn LoSchiavo with a skeleton and with a vampire – Ekaterina Orlovskaya
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