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    Returning to work after 10 years

    Thursday, July 31st, 2008

    Returning to work after being a stay at home mother for 10 years sucks LOL.
    For 10 long (or short now that I look back at the time) years I was able to come and go as I pleased (around the school schedule.) Learning that a nap in the middle of the afternoon is no longer [...]

    Writing around Children

    Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

    Writing and Parenting. Both sound like fun, don’t they? Unfortunately if you want to do either right, they both take a lot of time, no matter how many children you might have.
     
    Many writers require silence for concentration to write. Parents know that silence is absolutely golden. It’s rare. When you get silence, there may be [...]

    Married mother of three seeking scientist for dinner…

    Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

    Today’s post comes to us from Emma Ray Garrett. As a full-time-stay-at-home-Mom, things get pretty hectic around her household. So without further ado…
    Married Mother of Three Seeking Scientist for Dinner, Movies, and Possible Cloning
    By: Emma Ray Garrett
    All right, I’m kidding about the dinner and movies - but not the cloning. Mostly because I don’t have [...]

    Finding the time to write with two boys and five invisible guinea pigs.

    Monday, July 28th, 2008

    I’m lucky. I don’t have to rush out to a full time job, as well as having two small monsters and writing. That will probably change next year as my youngest starts school in September…but here I’m going to talk about how I’ve manage to find time to write with rampaging boys destroying [...]

    Left Behind and Loving It Workshop

    Sunday, July 27th, 2008

    Tomorrow night we’ll launch our first ever workshop at the Phenomena Authors website!
    I’m looking forward to chatting with you all and as always, comments and discussion are welcome. Thanks goes out to the fabulous Lynn Viehl* for launching the Virtual Workshop tour.
    See you tomorrow night!
    Dawn

    Left Behind and Loving It

    Saturday, July 26th, 2008

    Lynn Viehl, author of the Darkyn series, is hosting a Left Behind and Loving It workshop. She’s been generous enough to let the Phenomena Authors throw our own workshop entitled: Left Behind and Loving it…How to balance Motherhood and Writing…or…How to write 1000 words a day in the zen of
    toddler meltdowns.
    Stay tuned for a [...]