Linda Aksomitis

{{Short description|Canadian author}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Linda Aksomitis

| image = Aksomitis_1000px.jpg

| caption = Linda Aksomitis, February 28, 2014

| pseudonym = Sunflower Sue

| birth_name = Linda Demyen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|08|07

}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan

| death_date =

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| occupation = {{Cslist|Photojournalist, nonfiction author, novelist, children's writer, teacher, online curriculum developer}}

| nationality = {{flagcountry|Canada}}

| period = 1964-present

| genre = {{Cslist|Historical fiction, fairytale retellings, children's literature, short stories}}

| subject = {{Cslist|Snowmobiles, North America Old West}}

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| website = {{URL|https://aksomitis.com}}

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| alt = Linda Aksomitis

| education = Master Vocational/Technical Education

| spouse = David Aksomitis (1973-present)

| children = 3

}}

Linda Aksomitis, née Demyen (born 7 August 1954), is a Canadian author specialising in YA and children's adventure, folktale and fairy tale retellings as well as travel literature. She also writes nonfiction and fiction about the history of the snowmobile. She is a former president of the Saskatchewan Writer's Guild.{{Cite web |last=Media |first=OH! |title=Board « Saskatchewan Writers' Guild |url=https://skwriter.com/about-swg/board |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=skwriter.com |language=en}}

Aksomitis currently works as a course developer for Saskatchewan Polytechnic.{{Cite web |title=Open Education Week Recordings |url=https://library.saskpolytech.ca/news/posts/2024/oe.week.recordings_April2024.aspx |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=library.saskpolytech.ca |language=en}} From 2015 to 2021, she was an instructional designer{{Cite web |last=Aksomitis |first=Linda |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Content Specialist - Linda Aksomitis |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-aksomitis-ab887513/}} with Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

She also teaches the online course, Write Effective Web Content,{{Cite web |last=ed2go |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Write Effective Web Content |url=https://www.ed2go.com/courses/writing/writing-and-editing/ilc/write-web-content#instructors}} with international certification. Previously she also wrote and instructed the courses, Introduction to Internet Writing Markets, from 2003 to 2023, and Publish and Sell Your E-Books from 2011 to 2023 through the community college network{{Cite web |last=Media |first=OH! |title=Find Saskatchewan Writers « Saskatchewan Writers' Guild |url=https://skwriter.com/find-saskatchewan-writers/linda-aksomitis |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=skwriter.com |language=en}} in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Europe.

Aksomitis did her thesis work at the University of Regina on online education. Exploring the Preferred Communication Modes of Students in Online Nonformal Education and Training{{Cite thesis |last=Aksomitis |first=Linda Susan |title=Exploring the preferred communication modes of students in online nonformal education and training |date=2006 |publisher=The University of Regina |url=https://www.learntechlib.org/p/120404/ |language=en}} was awarded in 2006.

After graduating from the U of R with a Master of Vocational/Technical Education, Aksomitis joined Credenda Virtual High School and College as the Coordinator and Instructor{{Cite web |date=2010-09-19 |title=Credenda Staff |url=http://credenda.net/eStaff/staff.htm |access-date=2024-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919220420/http://credenda.net/eStaff/staff.htm |archive-date=19 September 2010 }} for the Library Training Certificate program in 2007. Her textbook, Guide to Becoming a Library Technician was published by ICDC publishing in California. She also delivered professional development library seminars in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba after completing a teacher-librarian focus in her undergrad degree and eleven years of working in school libraries.{{Cite web |date=2011-04-13 |title=Credenda College Program Library Technician |url=http://www.credenda.net/college/programs/library_tech.htm |access-date=2024-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413022141/http://www.credenda.net/college/programs/library_tech.htm |archive-date=13 April 2011 }}

Aksomitis presented sessions for the travel writing organization, TBEX, in the U.S., Sweden, and the Philippines. Her current travel writing is reviewing museums in Canada and the United States on her travel blog, guide2museums.com.

She's a member of the writers' group, Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin,{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Linda Aksomitis |url=https://books4kids.ca/authors/linda-aksomitis/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin |language=en}} which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024{{Cite web |title=Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin Anniversary {{!}} Regina Public Library |url=https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/11381624 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.reginalibrary.ca}} with a number of events including presentations at the George Bothwell Library in Regina. Aksomitis has published 30+ books including both fiction and nonfiction. Her books have been published in five different countries by traditional publishers. She's currently focusing on indie publishing, including a series of fairytale and folktale retellings in the Magic Forest Adventures series.

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, during her early teens, she wrote poetry under the pseudonym Sunflower Sue as occasionally published in The Western Producer magazine.

Aksomitis lives in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan.