I caught him reading #goodnightmoon all by himself and now I need a moment. 🥹🩵 #kidlit #writermom #tinymoments #amreading #raisingreaders #startyoung
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I caught him reading #goodnightmoon all by himself and now I need a moment. 🥹🩵 #kidlit #writermom #tinymoments #amreading #raisingreaders #startyoung
Just a reminder that Margaret Atwood wasn't a perfectionist. #recoveringperfectionist #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky #writermom
A baby and mother’s hands exploring a board book by Eric Carle. The page features a daddy seahorse.
Just a #baby in a #library experiencing a #kidlit rite of passage—discovering Eric Carle.
#amreading #booksky #raisingreaders #newmom #writermom #ilovelibraries
Close up of a sleeping baby’s head next to mom’s face and an empty milk bottle.
I kiss this tiny nose and really consider the word “should”. It’s starts with “sh…” and ends in “hold” with “u” squeezed in. Read: in the quiet, I hold you. #writersky #naptrapped #writerslife #parenting #writermom
A baby looking at books on bookshelves in a local bookstore
Just a baby in a local bookstore. 📚🩵
#raisingreaders #supportlocal #writermom #kidlit #booksky #cozymoments #goslow #parenting
Mac Barnett on why my kid is my Teacher:
"Childhood is a long series of experiments... so much of the best #childrensliterature is experimental too. Kids read without tightly held notions of what a story can or should be... It’s an adult who is much more likely to be bothered." #kidlit #writermom
I love my kids, they are my inspiration and it’s true when they say everything you do is for them. Even if it’s not always easy!
#momlife #writermom #parenthood
Stack of picture books surrounded by stuffed animals. A baby’s hand reaches for the books
Another satisfying #bookstore sesh w/ my little guy. 🥰🩵
I think I have a tiny editor on my hands. He may not be able to read, but he has an eye for great illustrations. 😎📚
#kidlit #parenting #booknerd #amreading #childrensbooks #coffeebreak #booksky #writermom
My little one eats like I write—
With delighted abandon for the first 3 minutes. Then all bets are off unless I’m strapped in.
#writermom #momswhowrite #creativelife #writingcommunity
Balancing being a mom and writing is totally possible… provided the coffee is on tap! #writermom #writingcommunity #writer
Sleep, eat, play. Sleep, eat, play.
Oddly enough, my little one’s daily schedule is my ideal #writer routine. Thank you, @scbwi.bsky.social, for the nudge to play.
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#amwriting #writermom #writersky
Sometimes
I live three times
while #naptrapped
#writermom #busybrain #amwriting #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #nataliegoldberg
An adult hand and a baby hand hold a small book on shapes.
A baby hand waves around a small book
After the messiest of breakfasts, he waves around this cute little book our pediatrician gave us. And I imagine a world where doctors prescribe reading in high doses.
#raisingreaders #parenting #writermom #kidlit #childrensbooks #literacymatters #amreading #booksky #booknerd
A woman’s fingers touch the last line of a poem. A baby’s fingers touches the first line. The poem is Wolf by Georgia Robert’s Durston
Together
we encounter
one page after
another.
I tell myself
he’s reading
in a way I
forgot.
#readaloud #startyoung #raisingreaders #literacymatters #booksky #booknerd #writermom #readingmatters #tinymoments #poemsky
I want to discover a good book
like my baby does his hand--
turning it over and over,
again and again,
the first time, every time.
#booksky #booknerd #amreading #kidlit #childrensbooks #amwriting #ilovelibraries #parenting #writermom
Sleeping baby in a woman’s arms. She’s giving a thumbs up.
I can plan the perfect #writing session, but life happens. So, I’m perfecting the art of writing while #naptrapped.
I learned word choice flubs are easier for me to spot on an iPhone screen and he sleeps better in my arms.
Win-win.
#amwriting #kidlit #writingcommunity #writermom #newmom #scbwi
How do you balance motherhood and writing? Raidah Shah Idil has thoughts in the latest episode of The Long Road to Publishing.
Listen at the link below or wherever you get podcasts! #writermom #writingcommunity #writingpodcast
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Baby is busy. Coffee is hot. Books are pulled. Time to research.
I 🩷 my #library
#warmfuzzies #amwriting #writercommunity #writermom #scbwi
Baby is busy. Latte is hot. Time to research. 📚
#amreading #librarylove #picturebooks #kidlit #amwriting #writermom #newmom #writercommunity #scbwi
Macaroni and cheese according to my child is an essential food on the food pyramid. #writer #writing #author #writermom #fiction
Hey, Mom Writers—
How do you balance caring for your idea babies and your baby babies?
#writermom #momswhowrite #parenting #writercommunity #amwriting #newmom #momlife
Bahahaha.. Badger sweatshirt and black leggings today! I'm kinda dark today, I guess lol
#writermom #author
On the sweet, sweet chaos of being a writer/parent/teacher:
#momswhowrite #writermom #writingcommunity #scbwi #teacherswhowrite #writerslife #writeon
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My #writing process looks like feeding a baby — messy & worth it.
It might end in tears, too. I’m OK with that. Good things can be hard.
My persistence will be his one day.
Thankful for baby wipes & backspace keys ✌️
#amwriting #writingcommunity #scbwi #writermom #momswhowrite #writerslife
Empty bottle.
Sleeping baby.
One loose title page circa 1987.
Time to write.
#momswhowrite #writercommunity #writermom #writerslife #raisingreaders #oldbooks #newmomlife #scbwi #amwriting
Of course, my 6-month-old loves shiny things… and good books!
#amreading #amwriting #kidlitchat #childrensbooks #raisingreaders #newmom #writermom #momswhowrite
My dinner last night may have been leftovers from my kids’ lunchboxes, but I ran a kickass writing workshop for younger kids after school where everyone had fun and stories got written 💜 and the library has already asked me to do it again sometime!
#WriteSky #WriterMom
Coffee fresh.
Baby asleep.
Manuscript open.
Moment savored.
#amwriting
#kidlit #writingcommunity #scbwi #writermom
#amwriting about a kiddo who is disappointed by their grown-up while trying not to disappoint my own kiddo. #mindblown 🤯
#writerslife #kidlit #childrensbooks #raisingreaders #writermom #momming #sel
My baby prefers to watch the world upside down these days.
So I followed his lead and flipped my manuscript.
It slowed me WAAYYY down.
I saw my words in a way I didn’t know I needed.
#amwriting #writerslife #writermom #momswhowrite #childrensbooks #kidlit #tinymoments #picturebooks #writeon