Category: mother writer interviews
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Manifesto for Living
As (some of) my children become teens, learn to develop relationships with others, forge their ideals and identity and face various challenges, I wrote this (along the lines of the wonderful Desiderata) as a guiderail for their journey.
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Get out of your (writing) head plus Mother Writer Colette Caddle news
Just a quick note today to say that I have a new post called Get out of your writing head up on Writing.ie. And great news from one of my Mother Writer Interviewees, the lovely Colette Caddle. It’s publication day for her new book Always on my Mind. Check out her site for a great…
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Mother Writer Interviews: Chris Mosler
Chris Mosler describes herself as an ‘over stretched, thinly spread mother of 4 writing, teaching, tutoring and parenting’. She is also a blogger (Her popular blog Thinly Spread is a finalist in the Mad Blog Awards), professional photographer and copywriter.. She was recently asked to travel to Mozambique with Save the Children and is now…
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Writer Mother Interview: Anne Tyler Lord
Anne Tyler Lord lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband, ten-year old twins, four cats and one dog. She has been a stay-at-home mom for almost a decade and recently returned to work part-time as a child and family therapist. During her time at home, she launched a writing career. Anne is currently working on…
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Mother writer interviews: Karen Collum
Karen Collum lives in Brisbane, Australia. She was a primary school teacher before she became a mum. Since the birth of her eldest son in 2005, she’s been a stay-at-home mum and now happily calls herself a writer. She’s a mum to four kids under six, with her baby girl arriving in December 2010. Karen…
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Mother writer interviews: Colette Caddle
Colette Caddle lives in north county Dublin with her husband and two sons aged twelve and seven. She came to writing later in life after careers in computer programming and marketing insurance products. Colette sent out her first manuscript in 1997 and is now the bestselling and hugely popular author of eleven novels which have…
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Mother writer interview: Rebecca Emin
REBECCA EMIN lives in Oxfordshire, England, with her husband and three small children. Her first novel for 8-12 year olds will be published later this year, and she is currently working on her second novel. Rebecca enjoys writing flash fiction and short stories and is an author for Ether Books. Tell me about your family…
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Mother writer interview: Vanessa O’ Loughlin
Vanessa O’Loughlin lives near Dublin. She is the founder of writing.ie the new national Irish writing resource. Vanessa started writing fiction in 1999. In 2006 Vanessa established Inkwell Writers Workshops which provides writing workshops and critiquing services to authors. She is PRO and Newsletter editor for Irish Pen. Vanessa has had several short stories published…