Category: Women and Family
A Turning Point in My Life
I had a wonderful childhood, and leading up to the present, well, like everyone, I have had my share of ups and downs. But as I will tell anyone and everyone who’ll listen, I feel that I experienced a turning point in my life only a few years ago. I awoke one morning, on a birthday, with [...]
Finding My Voice Again: A DV Story
The air in my upstairs bedroom was cold. In the rooms below me, my daughters and husband slept soundly beneath quilts and blankets. As I sat at my desk in an empty room, dark October branches brushed against the window, letting me know I was not alone. Comforted, I wrapped my hands around my mug of tea, [...]
On Giving Yourself Permission
My training is in the theater as an actor and director. One year, during rehearsals for a play, I began a short relationship with the only man in the play, an inexperienced but charming actor. He fancied himself a writer and scribbled stream of consciousness into a notebook, long and wordy, signifying nothing. But he [...]
A Teenager’s Life as an Author
Hello! I am Patricia Carrigan; you can call me Patti. Here is a little information about me. I am 18 years old, and I graduated from high school a couple of months ago. I’m enrolled in a nearby college, and I’m a fashion consultant at a junior teen fashion store, as well as a published [...]
Having it all: Life as a Working Mother and Author
From the perspective of a single mother, it seems that we have to wear all the pants, hats, shoes, and everything in between to take care of our business, right? While this may sound simple enough, I assure you it is not! As a matter of fact, it is extremely difficult to keep the smiles [...]
Childbirth: The Inspiration to Write
Even as a child, I wanted to be a writer. I wrote an endless amount of poems and stories about wolves and horses. I also read a lot, and if I liked a particular author, I would hunt down every book, every item they had ever written. But to me personally, the writing game is [...]
Writing with Children: A Day in the Life of a Writer Mom
I’ve been asked a few times how I manage to be a writer. I am a home-educating mother of four children, between two-and-a-half and eight years old. Oh yes, and a breastfeeding counsellor as well. Before I get started on explaining how I do it, I need to say that it is not because I [...]
A Mom’s Life: Writing With Kids
Novel writer Stacy Green found us on Twitter. We’re delighted to have her post about being a mother and writing. It’s something so many of us have to learn to balance. Stacy asks a very important question at the end here. Leave a comment with your experience. After not writing for several years, I took [...]
When Women Write
Women are hardwired to sustain the life of their children. Hardwired for relationships. Hardwired for nurturing. Though we’re all different and fall across the spectrum, biologically, more women are instinctively focused on sustaining life of the vulnerable and weak. It’s necessary because human infants need years of nurturing and care before they can survive independently. [...]
