Book and Baby, The Complete Guide to Managing Chaos and Becoming A Wildly Successful Writer-Parent - Softcover

Devoe, Milda M

 
9781952991073: Book and Baby, The Complete Guide to Managing Chaos and Becoming A Wildly Successful Writer-Parent

Synopsis

A GUIDE FOR EVERY WRITER WHO INTENDS TO SUCCEED AFTER HAVING KIDS.


Winner: First Prize 2021 Indie Award in Books about Writing/Publishing.



Book & Baby is a fun but factual writing craft reference book intended to inspire writers to stay on creative track through at all stages of parenthood from infant to grown-and-flown. 


Organized by age of child in the categories of time, energy and money. 


"Mandatory reading for writers with kids" -- Mid-West Book Review 



Drawing on the experiences of many authors encountered during ten years of running a literary nonprofit that helps writers stay on creative track after starting a family, Milda M. DeVoe, founder of Pen Parentis, puts her Columbia MFA to good use in creating this fun, readable, helpful and inspiring reference book for parents, caregivers and others who feel too overwhelmed to write.





This Guide will:

  • help you learn how to write in short spaces of time
  • give you inspiration to keep you motivated during low-energy moments
  • help you learn how to make time out of no time
  • provide guidance for nurturing a writing career along with children
  • inspire you with true-life stories drawn from an archive of interviews with
  • serious, professional and even bestselling writers - all who have kids
  • introduce you to a plethora of resources to keep you writing

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About the Author

M.M. DeVoe earned her MFA at Columbia University as a Writing Fellow under Michael Cunningham and Helen Schulman. Her explorations of identity through creative writing have brought her to publish in nearly every genre: literary fiction, poetry, science fiction, urban fantasy, horror, even musical theater... she has won or been a finalist for more than 20 writing awards. She won her first grant for Pen Parentis from NYC's Department of Cultural Affairs in 2009 and remains its founding director to the current day.

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