Author Archive: Reyna Marder Gentin
A Yearning To Connect
A Yearning To Connect There are many ways that writers fight the isolation inherent in what we do. One is forging alliances with other writers, building a community that understands the creative process and comes together to celebrate the triumphs and soothe the sting of the rejections. Over the past six years and a newbie […]
Don’t Wait For Inspiration; Make It Happen!
In the fall of 2017, I was feeling both exhilarated and burnt out. I’d recently quit my job in a public defender’s office where I’d spent most of my legal career representing indigent people appealing their convictions of the worst crimes imaginable: murder, rape, burglary, robbery, drug dealing. Striking out in a new direction, my […]
Faith in fiction
Every year around Thanksgiving, well-meaning articles suddenly appear warning folks not to discuss politics or religion at the table if they want to keep the holiday meal friendly. Is the same true when writing fiction? If we want our stories to have wide appeal, perhaps we’re better off staying away from these contentious subjects as […]
Learning How And When To Take Advice
I wrote my debut novel in six weeks. Okay, that’s not quite true. I wrote what I thought was my debut novel in six weeks, and then I revised, edited, and workshopped it for over three years before it was finally published this past November. As easily as the initial writing flowed, the refining and […]
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