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Wearing away the edges of illusion

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Wish Studio is at it again with this beautiful, personal post on motherhood and creativity — with dreamy photographs by the author, Christina Rosalie Sbarro. I post an excerpt here, but do go read the entire post.
Before my sons, my life was full of busyness, and creativity was often pushed to the margins as my [...]

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Amanda Craig on motherhood and creativity

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across a worthwhile blog post from Amanda Craig, British writer and journalist, about writing and motherhood. Interesting (or depressing?) to note that she doesn’t think it really gets any easier as the kids get older. An excerpt:
To write properly demands unbroken concentration, and solitude. You can just about manage a couple of hours [...]

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Motherhood, writing, and nature

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Coming in January 2010: The Motherhood Muse, a new blog and literary magazine that you will definitely want to read. You might also be inspired to submit your own work. Check it out:
The Motherhood Muse is a literary magazine, created to encourage mother writers to rediscover and reconnect with nature through their bodies, minds, and [...]

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Now for the “real life” blogger moms

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on October 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Last week I ranted about the mannequin-style approach at Mom Bloggers Club. Amy and Emma-Jane pointed out that the site’s header depicts women who are clearly NOT at home trying to bang out a blog post on an old laptop with a shift key that no longer works while the forgotten broccoli steams to mush [...]

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The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Last year, while trawling the web, I came across mention of Rachel Power’s The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood. The book’s scope was clearly related to my own work, so I immediately ordered a copy even though I had to order it directly from Red Dog, the Australian publisher. The book arrived in good stead [...]

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Cathy: The Next Big Thing

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »

crossposting from musings in mayhem
Why is it even when I have several projects I could be working on, narrowed to two that I am working on (read procrastinating) that I generally have at least part of my writer’s eye on The Next Big Thing?
This is also true in the home improvement arena, you should see [...]

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London Evening Standard: Motherhood need not spell the end of literature

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on October 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »

From the London Evening Standard’s Sebastian Shakespeare:
There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall, wrote Cyril Connolly. Britain’s latest Nobel Laureate for Literature, Doris Lessing [at left], would doubtless agree. Lessing abandoned her two infant children (both under five) after leaving her first husband. “I had these two [...]

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Kristine: My Love Affair

Posted in Kristine, tagged , on October 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »

When anyone asks me why I stay up until all hours of the night writing fiction when I could be sleeping or getting a number of domestic duties done around the house, I tell them it’s because (a) I have insomnia, (b) I hate cleaning just about as much as I hate exercising, and (c) [...]

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Cathy: Not selling myself short

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Crosspost from musings in mayhem.
The question of balancing motherhood and creativity arises constantly. The other day, I read a very interesting wake-up call over on and her head popped off. I loved the photograph of the mom going ahead with painting whilst her toddler hung upside down, squiggling on her lap. The mom in the [...]

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On Being a Vessel

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

A beautiful and interesting post on motherhood and creativity at Wish Studio from guest blogger Suzanne Sperl. An excerpt:
i believe somewhere i read a quote from goldie hawn in which she referred to motherhood as being a vessel for your children to pass through — both literally and figuratively. being on the cusp of the [...]

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Blog Spotlight: And Her Head Popped Off

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on September 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »

The only thing better than discovering another very cool blog written by a creative mother is realizing that I actually KNOW the blogger, even if I use the term “know” rather loosely, as in, friend of a friend of a friend whose name rings a familiar bell.
Such was the case with And Her Head Popped [...]

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Cathy: Uninspired

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , on August 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »

I don’t know if it’s because I’m still waiting for some feedback on my manuscript, or because of the weather and time of year, or because I recently completed my first larger scale writing project since my thesis in college about 20 years ago, but for a couple months now, I have felt completely uninspired [...]

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