Are you a writer of personal essays and short memoir pieces?
Have you been writing stories based on family history?
Is your work gathering "dust" because you don't know where to begin with publishing?
Or have you been submitting your work to no avail?
In this course I will show you exactly how I, and many of my students, have been able to publish exactly this kind of true stories. I will share my experiences (both good and not so good), and how I find publications that might be interested in my work. I will give you my take on thorny issues like contests and getting paid versus not getting paid. There will be resources as well, but mainly, it is about sharing my approach that has brought my students and me success, time and again.
Let me tell you about Publishing Pointers:
How this course works:
- The program is entirely self study, meaning you can learn the material at your own pace.
- You will have complete access once you purchase it.
- The course kicks off with a video lecture (incl. transcript), followed by several articles highlighting different aspects of submitting your work for publication, as well as a cache of resources.
- Each section will offer you the opportunity to comment and ask questions.
- I will keep an eye on comments and will respond in a timely manner.
- The course is available from September 23 to November 23, 2024.
- I might extend the course beyond November 23, 2024. If I do so, I will inform everyone who has purchased it.
Curriculum
Welcome to Publishing Pointers!
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Publishing Pointers: Guidelines and Practicalities for Submitting Your Work
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The Realities of Submitting your Work for Publication
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Hi! I’m Annette Gendler, and my personal stories (essays and memoirs) have been finding their way into the world for the past twenty years.
I've been teaching memoir writing since 2006, and while I specialize in helping others write stories from their family history, with this short course I am sharing my advice on how to get your own stories published, based on my experience.
"My writing, confidence, and motivation to challenge myself to dig deeper and continue writing have benefitted immeasurably from Annette’s insightful critiques of ALL of our stories."
Erika Berg, participant in Mini Course on Writing Stories from Family History, November 2021
"At our final workshop meeting, Annette raised the question whether my relationships with my siblings could become the organizational structure for a memoir. Those questions led to a stand-alone published essay about one 'lost' brother in 2017 and a published memoir, Scholarship Boy: Meditations on Family and Race (2020). Like all good teachers, Annette was coaching me to dig deeper inside myself for those questions that transformed my life."
Larry J. Palmer, mentee since 2013
"The Book of Things was my first online writing course. I was completely satisfied with the coursework and Annette's focused approach to helping her students "get out of the gate" with their stories. I would definitely sign up for another course with Annette."
Batya Malichi, participant in Capturing Family History in a Book of My Things course, January/February 2022