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: 5 out of 5
Practical and Accurate! - Okay, I use this book's title as my Amazon name. Think I like it?

Moms don't have much time to read. Author Christina Katz knows this. We carve out ten minutes here and there. That's how this book should be read: in ten-minute blocks.

This book is practical. Katz inserted tons of useful ideas into each chapter, so you can read a chapter, grab your notebook or journal, and brainstorm ideas. Or you can take your kids to the library and scan magazine racks, taking notes on the magazines titles, subjects and tables of contents. Just keep one eye on your kids while you're scanning the racks, or you'll have to re-shelve twenty books. I speak from experience. :)

Katz also tells moms which kinds of articles sell, and which kinds we have time to write, like tips, fillers and lists.

Buy this book. You'll learn a lot, and you'll actually have time to read it.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Inspiring and Practical - I came across this at the library and found myself renewing it over and over. Sometimes returning it late, and paying fines, I realized it would make sense to finally PURCHASE it (!) and let someone else enjoy the library's copy. I also read it in just a couple days and then pick it up a few times a week for more inspiration and practical tips. Thanks for helping writers and mothers figure out how to do both better!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Writer Mama review - Writer Mama: How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids

When my husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas, this book topped my list! Author Christina Katz offers great tips for writers who want to write without sacrificing their relationships with their kids, family(including the hubby) and friends. Katz offers wonderful tips on how to manage a writing career while you juggle a load of laundry and the kids carpool list!

Kudos to Christina Katz!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
This has become my writing "bible" - As a writer and mother of two young kids, this book has been invaluable to me! I've read a lot of writing books over the years but this is the first one that so clearly addressed my specific concerns as a writer trying to balance motherhood and a career. This has truly become my writing "bible." And with it's convenient "purse-size" I hardly leave home without it anymore!

The chapters are chock-full of easy-to-follow practical advice and exercises to help you succeed, from writing query letters to finding your perfect target market. And you'll find lots of warm-hearted encouragement for those days when you have "writer mama burnout." It's like having a best friend sitting with you at the keyboard, cheering you on!

For any mother who dreams of non-fiction publication, this is the perfect resource. I highly recommend it!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Great Exercises - This is a great book for moms who want to start out in freelance writing. I love the writing exercises, I am optimistic about generating new ideas. I love this book because of the personal writing to moms, and I feel that Katz has done a fantastic job. I highly recommend this book.

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