motherhood and writing Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/motherhood-and-writing/ Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:03:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Overcoming Mom Guilt: Why I Un-Quit http://booksbywomen.org/overcoming-mom-guilt-why-i-un-quit-by-annette-lyon/ http://booksbywomen.org/overcoming-mom-guilt-why-i-un-quit-by-annette-lyon/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:53:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17818 When fellow mothers of young children found out that I was a writer, some smugly said that sure, they’d like to write too, but couldn’t possibly take the time from their children. No, those mothers would write when their children were grown. Cue mom guilt. I had several little ones, a demanding church assignment, a […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/is-marketing-harder-than-writing/feed/ 17 14152 Cerrie Burnell: How Motherhood Led me to Writing http://booksbywomen.org/how-motherhood-led-me-to-writing-by-cerrie-burnell/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-motherhood-led-me-to-writing-by-cerrie-burnell/#respond Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:00:56 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12402 Cerrie Burnell is an actress and well loved CBeebies presenter and one of the few visibly disabled presenters on television.  She wrote a wonderful piece for us last year (read it here) and we’re delighted to feature her again! Before I had my daughter, writing was a love which wove in and out of my […]

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