Such great advice, Julie! I love the idea of setting quarterly goals, and I totally agree with you about parenting providing writing inspiration. With two of mine in college, the house is a lot quieter but there's definitely a shortage of "material." Thanks for sharing these!
I'm always so impressed by your humor pieces and your ability to find cool new places to submit! My not-so-secret strategy to getting some alone time when my boys were younger was simply threatening to read my work aloud - they couldn't get away from me fast enough! 🤣
I love the resources you share in your monthly newsletter. You mentioned that you ...
"found that there are a lot of outlets and readers for parenting-related pieces."
I'm just starting out in this space. My memoirs are soon to be released. Do you have a newsletter link or list you could DM of these outlets? This would be a tremendous help.
Enjoyed this post! Especially the emphases on boundaries and priorities in a parent/writer's life. Self-discipline is crucial, but also hard sometimes!
Love this, Julie! I try to redirect the thoughts of wishing my hobby was my career because it only breeds resentment. I have to remind myself I do this because it’s fun, and one day I’ll have more time and hopefully some brain left.
Such great advice, Julie! I love the idea of setting quarterly goals, and I totally agree with you about parenting providing writing inspiration. With two of mine in college, the house is a lot quieter but there's definitely a shortage of "material." Thanks for sharing these!
Thanks, Liz! I’m impressed by all the writing you do so hoping I’ll be able to do more too when my kids are a bit older :)
I'm always so impressed by your humor pieces and your ability to find cool new places to submit! My not-so-secret strategy to getting some alone time when my boys were younger was simply threatening to read my work aloud - they couldn't get away from me fast enough! 🤣
Thank you! Ha, I’m going to remember that!
I love the resources you share in your monthly newsletter. You mentioned that you ...
"found that there are a lot of outlets and readers for parenting-related pieces."
I'm just starting out in this space. My memoirs are soon to be released. Do you have a newsletter link or list you could DM of these outlets? This would be a tremendous help.
I wrote a parenting market list a while back for Medium that might be helpful (some of the outlets might not be around still but many of them are, I think): https://julievick.medium.com/markets-that-publish-parenting-writing-9fe8ae42e8f7?sk=f1a35502b71d01eadab1045f5c5fe1a9
What you do for new writers is invaluable. Thx a million!!!
Gah! I needed to hear this. Thanks, Julie!! :)
Of course!
Great insight in this one, Julie!
Thanks, Andrew!
Enjoyed this post! Especially the emphases on boundaries and priorities in a parent/writer's life. Self-discipline is crucial, but also hard sometimes!
Thank you! Yes, it's definitely tricky to figure it all out sometimes!
Love this, Julie! I try to redirect the thoughts of wishing my hobby was my career because it only breeds resentment. I have to remind myself I do this because it’s fun, and one day I’ll have more time and hopefully some brain left.
That is smart. I think more time and hopefully some brain left is right 😂.
Pity my brain isn’t trending in the right direction 🤣
Ha, same!