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Mom’s Write: What Can You Live Without?
What Can You Live Without? There’s a finite amount of time in a day. Since most of my day consists of a non-writing day job, I have to really be careful about my hours outside of work. When I wanted to get serious about making a career out of…
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Mom’s Write: Get Rid of the Guilt Trip
Every mom I know has packed for a guilt trip. You know the kind that needs a gigantic suitcase where you can stuff major mom confessions: “I let my kids watch TV last night instead of encouraging them to do something constructive.” “I let my kids eat french fries…
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Guest Post: True Confessions of a Juggler
I’m guest posting today at DIYMFA. My article is called “True Confessions of a Juggler: Time Management Tips for Every Writer.”
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Mom’s Write: Potential Readers
I know many writers will disagree with me when I say that I sometimes use my own kids as a “test audience” for my books. One of the arguments against this is that kids aren’t going to tell you that they dislike your book because they don’t want to…
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Mom’s Write: Why I’m An Artist Date Rule Breaker
I’m an Artist Date rule-breaker. There I said it. I like Julia Cameron’s THE ARTIST’S WAY. I love this idea of a weekly Artist Date—you know where she says you must go fill your artist’s well on an outing—alone. She recommends going to a museum or a play or…
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Mom’s Write: Getting Rid of the Domestic Diva Mentality
If you have a clean house 100% of the time, write for hours a day, work full-time, spend most of your time chasing young children, and have all of your laundry folded and put away, then this post probably isn’t for you. But if you feel like something is…
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Mom’s Write: The Writing Life is Not a Race
Ready, Set, Go! Do you ever feel like we writers are in a race to the finish line? The person with the most endurance, training, talent is going to be the winner. If you are a mom writer, you might even feel like you’ll never be able to stay…
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Mom’s Write: Quiet Time
I don’t know a mom who doesn’t crave a little quiet time–a little time to relax and reset for the next thing that’s coming up. But if you are a writer, you need quiet time to write. If you are a mom with little kids, you might think quiet…
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Mom’s Write: A Day in the Life
Today I begin a new series for my Making Time to Write Mondays focused on writing while mothering and keeping down a full-time job. Every Monday for the next few weeks, I’ll write specific tips for writers who are also moms. My cousin recently asked me what a typical…