Writer Mom Life Blog
Details on Daphne's first year of self-publishing, guest posts, and more
How to reach your biggest goals
Getting ready for your big goals and actually reaching them look very different. For example, I took two 30-minute walks over the long weekend, in preparation for running a 10k race in September. Um, if you want to run,...
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How To Find More Time To Write
A few months ago I shared a template with the Writer Mom Life community that combines two different ways to track your time. First, track what you do every single day for a week. Second, track how long individual activities take you. Yikes, that sounds like a lot of...
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How to run a successful author collaboration
Publishing with others is a great way to make connections in the writing community. These connections may turn into friendships and the books often manage to hit bestseller lists thanks to combined marketing efforts. And while it can be exciting to start a new project...
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Finding the best resources for your stage of author career
One of the goals we have at Writer Mom Life is making sure our resources are adapted for the stage of career that you're at right now. While the resources page is still a work-in-progress, I wanted to look at what is already available to you. On the podcast, we talk...
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3 essential skills writers gain by working out
Thanks to J.K. Coy for this guest post, and listen to more of her running/writing tips on episode 43 of the podcast! I don’t run to be a superhero, I run to stay sane. I’ve had house guests and sickness passing through my front door for the last two weeks, and I’m...
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What makes you joyful?
A huge thank you to Meg Cowley who was featured in Episode 42 of the podcast, for this inspiring post on what success and joy mean to her! Defining success; chasing joy What is success to you? Could you answer that, right now? Picture it; what does your success look...
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What do the first exciting months of self-publishing look like?
This is a follow up to Azaaa's post and podcast last year when she was in the preparation stages of indie publishing her first novel....
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Should you treat book marketing like gambling?
If you could invest $50 and get back $300, would you do it? What if you had to gamble with that $50? Is there really a difference between investing and gambling? When I was in Las Vegas for an indie author conference this month, I did a little gambling. I don't do the...
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A Gift Guide for the Exhausted Writer Mom in Your Life
In one of those random YouTube sessions that the exhausted mind seems to delight in, I came across a series of videos from Ellen, who I love, featuring Kristen Bell, who I also love. In my Mega Millions fantasy, I have a house between the two of them and we run across...
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Should you self-publish your book?
In this guest post from Melissa Uhles of Pen and Parent, she shares her thought process on deciding to self-publish her latest book. Not long ago, I stumbled upon the Writer Mom Life podcasts and had been enjoying them and relating to the writer moms that were...
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How to know if you have the right skills to self-publish
We bought our first house at the beginning of the summer and we are slowly working our way through the long list of improvements. My husband is in charge of outdoor projects and I am in charge of the indoor projects, in part because I have never used a lawnmower in my...
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When growth is hard: taking the time to learn
When you're an indie author, time is literally money. The faster you can produce new books, the faster you can see the money start to come in. No one makes a living off of one book, right? When you're a writer mom, however, time is hard to come by. You might not be...
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Finding value and reward in sacrifice
This week's guest post is from new mom and debut indie author Azaaa Davis, who will be featured on episode 31 of the podcast. I'm sorry but... I don't drink alcohol anymore. I'm breastfeeding my little one. I don't go out dancing at night, my family needs me as a...
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What to do when experiments fail
This week's blog is adapted from a great post that JR Frontera put up in the Writer Mom Life Facebook Community. Join today and find your tribe! Tomorrow is my son's first day of 2nd grade. While I will be happy for the more regular schedule of the school year, I'm...
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How to deal with rejection and disappointment as a writer mom
I did something very scary this year and entered my first writing contest. i didn't win. You'd think that it wouldn't be a big deal to me. After all, I also released a YA novel, three romance novellas, and a short science fiction story this year, plus tons of...
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My best and favorite time management tip
We all have those days where our to do list is miles long and our brains just can't seem to focus. We're a bundle of buzzing energy, skipping from one project to the next, never really starting anything and certainly never actually finishing anything. In those...
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Patience thy name is writer mom
My son is learning how to button his shirts. For those of you who are still spending what feels like hours stuffing a squirming infant into clothing, this might sound amazing. How lucky! you might think, now that the task of dressing him is off my plate. For those...
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Is more free time really better?
If you're dreaming of more free time, be careful what you wish for! My husband took our son to visit his family in Europe at the end of last month for 9 days. I knew I would miss them, but I was also very excited about the prospect of so much free time. I calculated...
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