These Mums Write

Have you ever questioned whether you have anything worth saying? What if it didn't matter what you said, but how you said it? Jen Mann is a mother of two and author of the hilarious New York Times best-selling book People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges as well as her most recent book Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is...

Do you doubt whether you have what it takes to be a writer?  Vanessa Marie Caron, mother of four from Ottawa, Canada, has had a lifelong passion for writing. However, she struggled with not feeling worthy of the "writer" title until a traumatic life event, the loss of her infant during pregnancy and her own near death, showed her how powerful her words truly are, and her obligation to share t...

Have you ever been curious about your family's history? Curious enough to write a book? Kathleen Aldworth Foster started writing her debut novel in historical fiction after learning that an Irish woman known as the world's first female Freemason shared her name. Despite Kathleen's 25 years experience in broadcast journalism, a career which saw her covering war zones and earthquakes across the glob...

What does risk-taking mean in your writing life? And when's the last time you pushed past your own boundaries?  Elizabeth Schechter is a romance author described as one of the world's top erotica and alternative sexuality writers. She's also a mum. In this episode Elizabeth shares how she has overcome the stigma associated with sex-positive writing, despite the occasional awkward incident wit...

Are you fitting writing in around things like nap time and soccer practice? Do you wake up at 5:00 a.m. to get in a few words before the chaos erupts? Time is a precious commodity so we mommas gotta make the most of it. In this episode, book coach Katie Wall shares the most common pitfalls she sees in her clients' work, such as incomplete character arcs. She also breaks down in easy-to-digest-step...

Does marketing scare you? Overwhelm you?  Patricia Bates is a mom and romance author with over two dozen independently and traditionally published titles to her name. Patricia recently decided to publish exclusively as an indie and the reason, she says, is to have full marketing control.  In this episode, Patricia shares what marketing means to her, the tools she uses most, and the keys...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a romance author? And I mean, not the kind that ends the scene when the kissing starts? Kat Not Her Real Name Long started writing romance novels just a few years ago after having a dream that she just couldn't shake. That writing turned into a romance novel, that turned into a series, that turned into an author platform. Life as a mum with a day...

As a single mom starting over in a new country, it wasn't until Irish author Joan Flood was nearing retirement that she finally took the plunge and really invested in her writing career by taking a creative writing program at a local university ( the SFU Writer's Studio ). Since then, she has gone on to publish two books and is now a teacher herself in that program program. For any mums that ever...

Are you having a midlife crisis? I started this podcast to work through mine and rather than keeping all those embarrassing details to myself, I'm starting a new series of bonus episodes called Midlife Crisis Confessions. Can starting a podcast help a 40 year old woman who's greatest professional accomplishment is correctly spelling things find purpose and meaning? Maybe. Or maybe I should just go...

Stevie Marie McCoy is a mother and young adult paranormal fiction author. In this episode, she shares how she approaches writing and launching her books as a self-published author. The keys: take risks even if it means feeling awkward and always be building relationships. Download the show transcript . Connect with the These Mums Write community: Join the These Mums Write Facebook group . Get my f...

Sylvia Taylor is an author and writing coach based in Vancouver, BC. In addition to two literary non-fiction book, The Fisher King: A Deckhand’s Tale of the BC Coast (Heritage House Publishing Group, 2012) and Beckoned by the Sea, Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast (Heritage House Publishing Group, 2017), she has authored over 400 magazine and newspaper articles. She was the Executive Director of...

Sunyi Dean is a mother and a sci fi/fantasy writer living in Leeds England. Her debut novel, The Book Eaters, will be released by Tor Book in August 2021. In this episode, Sunyi shares the emotional and personal challenges she overcame as a single mother of two children with autism to get her book written and picked up by a traditional publisher. As well, with her first-hand, in-depth understandin...

In 2018, Allie Gravitt left her six figure career in digital media to create more space in her life for her kids and her writing. She has since published two books of poetry and launched an online community that has become a life line for writing mums, Moms Who Write and includes a merchandise line and an upcoming anthology. In this episode, she shares social and digital media tips that can help w...

Laura Faurina is a mother and an author of two full-length books of poetry, Some Talk of Being Human (Mansfield Press, 2014) and This Woman Alphabetical (Pedlar Press, 2005), as well as a picture book This is the Path the Wolf Took (Kids Can Press, 2020). In this episode, Laura shares how motherhood both fuels her writing and challenges it, and some of the hilarious consequences of that tension. S...

Welcome to These Mums Write. Writing can be scary. Sharing your work can be scary. But if you can survive without sleep for as long as you have and still manage to make coffee in the morning without seriously burning yourself, you can do this, too. So take a listen to what this show is about. I can't wait for us to get started. I promise I won't always talk about my hemorrhoid.