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3 very good questions + answers (opens the original)
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Recently I’ve had some emails with excellent questions about my work! And I thought I would copy these here so that I bulk-answer some niggles. (I have 6 spots in my Thursday cohort starting next week. Deadline tomorrow! All info here. Tuesday’s cohort is now sold out. Thanks everyone who’s signed up, I’ll be in touch tomorrow with onboarding info :-) )Will the Thursday cohort be aimed specifically at neurodivergent & disabled mums / mums of neurodivergent & disabled children? My answer:<br /
Who am I and what am I doing? (opens the original)
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I have started several drafts about aspects of my matrescence / peri-menopause / family etc. I promise to publish something about actual maternal experiences and creative writing SOON instead of banging on about my programme! But in the meantime — and because doors close in 4 days —BASIC INFOYou don’t need to be a writer to take part in The New Mothers’ Writing Circle. You already have a voice. I will not fix motherhood for you. Nor your marriage or choices or really anything. I won’t tell you h
FOR THE N/D & DISABLED MOTHERS (opens the original)
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Hello! How are you?! A special welcome to the newbies who recently signed up! I don’t have much time to write today — a longer post soon I promise…I have made changes to my work with The New Mothers’ Writing Circle to reflect feedback from some of the mothers in my life and where I am now, too —I am adjusting some of the content of my Thursday cohort of The New Mothers’ Writing Circle, run
WRITING MATERNAL IDENTITY & ICK (opens the original)
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Hello! How are you? First a note about Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder*. I am soooo late to this party. Having seen the film I thought I didn’t need to read the book — but duhhh — the book is, frankly, a masterpiece. For anyone with a toddler, especially those artist-mothers or creative-mothers amongst you, I suggest you get a copy and quick.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4A60!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:st
When was the last time you actually stopped? (opens the original)
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Tomorrow (Thursday 30th July) 10am - 11am BST I’m leading a writing sprint on Zoom, on the theme WRITING MATERNAL BURNOUT. I’d love you to attend. More info here.For what its worth (what IS it worth?) I never use AI in my writing, both here and on my website. This is 100% human-made.If I started with, How are you? what would you reply?Say we’re sitting across from each other — o
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