A Letter to Writers who are Parents
Can you successfully write while also being a parent? NaNo Participant
Desiree S. Brown confidentially says yes, you can do both. Desiree offers heartfelt words of inspiration to other author-parents out there.
My
eyes were heavy with sleep as I plodded over to my son’s crib. I
remember holding him in a state of awe, but I was also terrified. I
hadn’t written in months—not from lack of trying—and had just emerged
from a digital rabbit hole.
Desperate for pointers from seasoned author-parents, I asked Google, “How do authors write while raising kids?”
I expected encouragement, but found Lauren Sandler’s essay The Secret to Being Both a Successful Writer and Mother: Have Just One Kid and Cyril Connolly’s famous quote: “There’s no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.”
You can write and be a parent.