Reyna Marder Gentin, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/reynamardergentin/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:13:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 A Yearning To Connect http://booksbywomen.org/a-yearning-to-connect/ http://booksbywomen.org/a-yearning-to-connect/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:01:01 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=35041 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 […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/a-yearning-to-connect/feed/ 0 35041 Don’t Wait For Inspiration; Make It Happen! http://booksbywomen.org/dont-wait-for-inspiration-make-it-happen/ http://booksbywomen.org/dont-wait-for-inspiration-make-it-happen/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:30:51 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34134 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 […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/dont-wait-for-inspiration-make-it-happen/feed/ 0 34134 Faith in fiction http://booksbywomen.org/faith-in-fiction-by-reyna-marder-gentin/ http://booksbywomen.org/faith-in-fiction-by-reyna-marder-gentin/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:31:58 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=25357 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 […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/faith-in-fiction-by-reyna-marder-gentin/feed/ 2 25357 Learning How And When To Take Advice http://booksbywomen.org/learning-how-and-when-to-take-advice-by-reyna-marder-gentin/ http://booksbywomen.org/learning-how-and-when-to-take-advice-by-reyna-marder-gentin/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:31:37 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=25188 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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