Writing with kids?
Cindy on April 10th, 2011
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” ~Franklin P. Jones
Conducting a home-based business with little ones underfoot is rarely easy, whether you’re designing jewelry or writing for the local paper. What happens when your child really needs you, but you’re trying to meet an impossible deadline? How do you stop worrying about your clients when you should be focusing on your family?
In this week’s “No Place Like Home” column on Royal Oak Patch, I share some of my early struggles to balance motherhood with freelance writing, plus some new and timely advice from parenting experts. Click here to read it.
April 11th, 2011 at 12:01 am
I’ll just say that I believe people who have children are less self-centered, on average, than those who don’t. And that’s a very good thing, to say the least.
April 12th, 2011 at 6:15 am
I write at night, when I have enough energy, often after the child and hubby goes to bed. Or occasionally in the am since I am always the first one up! The blessings of middle aged decreased need for sleep! Great article Cindy!
April 12th, 2011 at 8:49 am
When my sons were small, I wrote poetry. Writing short things allowed me to accomplish something whole in my fragmented schedule. It’s a challenge, that’s for sure.
April 12th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Cindy Harrison,
But over time I fell in love with short pieces, and haven’t been able to break the spell…
It’s funny you mention “short” writing… that’s exactly how and why I started focusing on columns and short essays. I didn’t have time for much more when I was a mom. I also wrote a lot of haiku back then
April 12th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
I’m heading right over. This is something I do need to become better at.
April 12th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
I’m heading right over. This is one area I need to become better at.
April 13th, 2011 at 12:17 am
I am amazed at the demands placed on young mothers today, in addition to all the new-fangled technology that further complicates their lives. I follow a few moms online who still have children at home and am continually impressed with all they do while they give their kids the attention they need, too.