Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids

My daughter Samantha and I have been hit hard recently by particularly vicious allergy-related respiratory illness.

Isn’t it always the case that as soon as you decide to take it bit easier on yourself—that’s when you come down with something awful?

I’m sure I’m not the only mom who can relate. I thought I was doing myself a favor by resting up before I have several author appearances lined up and…WHAMMO!

But I will not cancel. My husband is a theater director, so I am quite familiar with the phrase, “The show must go on.”

I’m digging deep into getting my health groove on (and, of course, loading myself up with anything and everything that will soothe the—rather nasty—symptoms).

As of Saturday, I’m taking a family vacation over Spring Break week, combined with travel for author appearances. I’ll be sure to send some reports from the road.

A bit later than originally planned, I will begin weekly writing-for-publication assignments in this blog starting April 1st (and that’s no joke!). This will also give me a chance to finish up the phone consults with the raffle winners so I can offer more!

Amy Mercer, who I spoke with last week after she won a free consult with me, has just exploded with focused determination since we chatted. I’m so impressed with writers who try out things that are suggested to see how they work for them, and then keep what works and leave the rest.

For more inspiration on how to get proactive, visit the new Writers on the Rise blog. Where I’ve posted my letter from the editor on the topic of getting proactive despite distractions/obstacles.

Go Amy Mercer! I’m sending folks to your blog, as I type!

Proactive as she is, I predict that she will have a book deal by the end of the year.

And p.s., for all you other wanna-be authors out there, Sage Cohen has a great article in the same blog on how to get ready to write your proposal.