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As the founder of Pen Parentis, a nonprofit community organization dedicated to supporting writers with kids, award-winning poet and writer Milda M. De Voe knows well the challenges of balancing family with a creative career. In her first book, she draws on her own experience as well as anecdotes from other accomplished writers to offer inspiration and resources for helping parents push through the obstacles and keep writing.
— Columbia Fall 22
I have been writing while parenting for nearly 20 years, spent 10 of those years editing a website devoted to the topic, and I still learned a few things.
— Caroline M Grant
Fascinating stories about getting through the days… and nights in the ever-changing dance of raising children and the quest to be creative on the page
— Patty Dann
Most professional writers have a list of their favorite books about writing.
Here’s a new book that’s going at the top of my list.
— Writers on the Move
Synopsis
"Book and Baby" by author and parent Milda M. DeVoe is an inspiring, practical, and effective writing craft book that deftly addresses the various stages of parenthood and how a writing career can be affected at every stage.
Drawing on her personal experiences gleaned from 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), put her Columbia MFA to good use in creating a fun, readable, helpful and inspiring instructional reference book for parents, caregivers and others who feel they lack the time needed to write.
"Book and Baby" shows how aspiring writers who are also committed parents : How to write in short spaces of time; How to make time out of no time; Provide guidance for nurturing a writing career along with children. Additionally, "Book and Baby" will inspire parents who want to be writers with true-life stories drawn from an archive of interviews with serious, professional and even bestselling writers (all who have kids) and introduce resources that will keep those parents writing.
Critique
Critique: A unique and seminal DIY instructional for writers who are parents (and parents who aspire to become writers), "Book and Baby: The Complete Guide to Managing Chaos and Becoming A Wildly Successful Writer-Parent" must be considered a mandatory read. A thoroughly comprehensive and 'user friendly' instructional manual in both organization and presentation, "Book and Baby" is especially and unreservedly recommended for professional, community, college and university library Writing/Publishing collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Book and Baby" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $3.99).
BY JIM COX - MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
FAN PHOTOS
BOOK & BABY
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