Hi, so you had a baby and you're writing and also working a dayjob. Welcome to a fiasco. Buckle up. Here's some things -- specifically my things, specifically things that happened to me. Let's go. Part A: The Biology Thing 1: Breastfeeding takes up more of your time than you possibly think it could and... Continue Reading →
Baby brain and meanderings
I downloaded this chapbook from Brain Jar Press called From Baby Brain to Writer Brain. It's the reflections of one author on how to come back to a creative life post-matrescence. Matrescence is a cool word I learned thanks to NPR that describes pretty accurately what having a baby feels like. There was me before,... Continue Reading →