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Just a Writer Who Moms
Category: The Blog
Writings about parenting, writing and career.
I missed my flight today. It’s for a trip I have been looking forward to, but somehow I just had my timing all wrong.
The writing process is personalized for every writer. I’ve found it evolves over time as what you need to enter that creative space morphs.
I can’t remember the first time I got recognized in public. In the early years of my career, before print news really embraced the digital…
Generative writing is a writing exercise where the focus is on words on a page, not the final product. This can be a powerful technique for writers.
This looks at a personal essay entitled “She Called It Managing ‘Like a Man.’ I Call It Assertive” written by a writer but not sold to a publication.
People will believe what they want to craft a story that fits their narrative. Sometimes not engaging is the best response.
Deep in writer’s block, I wondered if my career was done. Here’s how rereading my childhood journals changed that.
At a writing camp when I was 15, a professor told me that when I deeply cared about a subject, it reflected in my writing.…
I am a writer with older children. As they’ve grown, I’ve shifted how and when I write about them. But what now?