Writer Mama: How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids

Writer Mama: How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids

By: Christina Katz  

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Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

*Quirky design--unlike other freelance writing books (which are gray, businesslike, and boring), Writer Mama is sassy, fun and the perfect size for slipping into a purse or diaper bag

This book gives stay-at-home moms the encouragement and advice they need to create a successful writing career while raising their children. It covers everything from getting started and finding ideas to actually finding time to do the work. With advice on how to network and form a business and also instruction on crafting fiction, nonfiction and children's writing, this book covers everything a writer mama needs to succeed at her second job.

Publisher: Writers Digest Books

Customer Review: 4 out of 5
The book every Freelance Writing Mother MUST Have! - This is a wonderful little book aimed specifically for busy moms who want to be freelance writers or book authors. It shows you how to balance the myriad responsibilities of motherhood with the long-term and short-term goals you have as a writer.

As the editor for the Bella Online Moms site, I need to come up with ideas for new content each week and I am constantly looking for ways to improve my writing skills. This little book fit the bill perfectly.

It's chock full of great ideas for improving every aspect of your writing. Ii is also the perfect size for slipping into your bag and is very attractively presented.

It has been divided into 4 main sections :
PREPARATION: In this section you learn more about the attitudes and tools that successful mommy writers use and how to adapt them for your unique style of writing.

PRACTICE: This section shows you how to build your basic writing skills and is filled with lots of helpful tips on writing anything from full-length articles to essays. You will also learn how to submit your work with a basic cover letter. This chapter was very useful to me as a fledgling freelancer.

PROFESSIONALISM: Here you will learn how to query for assignments and when to send a query letter instead of a cover letter as well as how to complete longer assignments without losing your balance.

POISE: If you've ever wanted to be a well respected and recognized author then this chapter is definitely for you. This chapter will show you how to develop yourself and your talents so that you become recognized by agents and editors alike.

All in all this is a wonderful book for all writer mama's out there. No matter how experienced you are you are bound to learn something from this fabulous book.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
This book has me off and running as a freelancer. - I bought this book a few weeks ago as I was toying with the idea of doing a bit of freelance writing part time. The book is well organized and has very clear exercises designed to get you thinking about your ideas and the markets to whom you may pitch those once they come to fruition as marketable stories.

I found the practical advice invaluable, but also appreciated the fun encouraging tone that inspired confidence to proceed with my freelancing efforts.

I have just submitted my first commissioned article for a newspaper, have another commissioned piece in the pipeline and I am working on two stories of my own which I hope to pitch in the not too distant future.

This book is a must for any mom looking to do a little bit of professional writing.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Absolutely essential - When I first started freelancing I had no idea where to start. I had a four month old son and felt completely disorganized. I was terrified of the unknown until I came across 'Writer Mama'.

Its fun to read, easy to follow and is so well organized in terms of content. Christina Katz is a wonderful teacher and the exercises at the end of each section really help to build confidence. They're not long-winded at all. Just simple, fast tasks to get you going.

Not only did this book help launch my career, it showed me how I could do it whilst raising my family. It really does what it says on the tin!

I still have my copy close at hand for reference and have recommended it to all of my writing friends.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A find at the beach that launched a career - I was vacationing with my family at Seaside, Oregon when I found this book while browsing a local bookshop. It was one of the most exciting beach reads I've ever had. I began to see how I could really become a writer instead of just dreaming about it.

Christina Katz offered concrete exercises that I could complete while my son played in the sand. That started me on my journey. Two years later, I'm still building off of what I learned and going back to it to find information.

If you've ever thought about writing but were just never sure how to get yourself going, this is the book for you. If you're a mama who loves to put words on the page, this is the book for you. If you'd like get to know others who make a living with those words, try reading the Writer Mama.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Raise that career! - Writer Mama is a comprehensive guide for a stay-at-home moms (or anyone tackling multiple jobs at once) to enter the freelance writing business. It covers a variety of ways to do this, starting modestly with tips and fillers to compile "clips," and the moving up to articles for national publications. The tone is upbeat and helpful, and never annoying. It feels like someone is taking you by the hand and showing you the basics of freelancing and encouraging you to start generating ideas and your own expertise. Some of the chapters left me feeling so inspired that I set the book aside and jotted notes.

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