Annette Gendler, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/annettegendler/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:06:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 My Artist & Writer’s Workbook 2018—A Yearly Review Process https://booksbywomen.org/my-artist-writers-workbook-2018-a-yearly-review-process/ https://booksbywomen.org/my-artist-writers-workbook-2018-a-yearly-review-process/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:05:30 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=21373 At the end of every year, I review where my writing has taken me over the past twelve months. This process provides me with a mirror of realities I might not have been aware of yet, because what’s in my mind is often quite different from what has actually transpired. I have found, for example, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/my-artist-writers-workbook-2018-a-yearly-review-process/feed/ 0 21373 Rejection vs. Failure https://booksbywomen.org/rejection-vs-failure-by-annette-gendler/ https://booksbywomen.org/rejection-vs-failure-by-annette-gendler/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:17:32 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17861 “You do your best work after your biggest disasters.” Tim Robbins, as quoted in The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp Finding neither a publisher, nor an agent, for my memoir after three years of looking does not constitute my life’s biggest disaster, but in terms of my writing it did. There’s no creative project into which I […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/rejection-vs-failure-by-annette-gendler/feed/ 7 17861 The Year I Gave Up Submitting to Literary Magazines https://booksbywomen.org/the-year-i-gave-up-submitting-to-literary-magazines-by-annette-gendler/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-year-i-gave-up-submitting-to-literary-magazines-by-annette-gendler/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:04:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17859 At the end of every calendar year, I review my writing life to assess what I’ve accomplished and to see where my creative path is leading me. What’s working and what isn’t? What patterns are there, and what are they telling me? As 2015 drew to a close, I reviewed my submissions log and noted […]

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