The writer-parent life can feel like trying to do ballet on a broken ankle in a bog.
We must marshal creativity, time, and funds like any other writer, all while feeding hungry mouths, cleaning up bodily goo, and pretending to be a tree. Or a squirrel. Or Maleficent.
But if we’re not going to quit writing—and since the hope and prayer is we’re parents for life—what other choice is there but to try our best to do both?
Read on for inspiration and tips on how we can survive (and thrive!) as writer-parents.
We’re all entitled to our Titanic!
I can’t remember a time in adulthood when a topic has fascinated me as much as the Titanic fascinated me as a kid.
Dispatches from the Potty Training Trenches
Hold onto your panties, writer-parents. Because I’ve been swimming in a world of excrement lately and thinking a lot about how it relates to writing.
10 ways to more writing time
To write well, we must have time, energy, and the ability to focus—all of which are hard to come by in general, especially as a parent, and most especially as a parent post-2020.
Peas and Carrots
Turns out writing while parenting isn’t easy.
Hell, turns out parenting by itself isn’t easy.