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Another mother writer’s NaNoWriMo win

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Stephanie Stambaugh, a blogger and writer living in Colorado, is a friend of Studio Mothers via Twitter. I had noted that Stephanie — also a mother of two — successfully completed NaNoWriMo, and I asked her how she pulled off that feat. Stephanie recently posted a blog-post response, which you may enjoy: Finally, My Post-NaNoWriMo [...]

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Cathy: No Nanowrimo win here

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »

crossposted from musings in mayhem
I am happy to have taken part in NaNoWriMo this year for the first time. It put me into a good lead on a companion book to my first novel, and now both need some serious editing. I lost my momentum between lots of doctor appointments for my whole family, getting [...]

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More from the creative mama interwebs

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The latest installment of cool creative mom blogs and websites worth a visit!
Creative Mums: An Australian site providing networking, support, and business resources to creative mothers.

Maternal Spark: Inspiration and support for creative mamas of all types.

She Writes: An extensive network and forum for writers.

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Miranda: The vortex of caring for young children

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2009 | 42 Comments »

You think I would have figured some of this stuff out by now, seeing as I have a few years of experience in the motherhood department. My oldest is nearly 19 years old (freshman in college) and my youngest is 18 months old. Five kids in total: three teenagers, a preschooler, and a toddler. Many [...]

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Cathy: An update on the progress or not of my nano novel

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , on November 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »

crossposted from my personal blog
Life happens,
doctors happen,
and this past week, a lot of doctor appointments happened and other sundry bits of attending to sick self, sick kids, etc. So in the interest of pediatrics, Nanowrimo fell somewhat behind and has been having trouble catching back up. also, I really got walloped by news of Brother [...]

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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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