Out too late last night, up too early this morning, and a total of about four hours in the car did me in. The Writing meets Motherhood event at the Read Between the Lynes bookstore in Woodstock was very fun: (edited to add: for a great description of the store and a reminder of why we should support these institutions in our communities, check out Jennifer’s blog.)
(left to right…me, Jennifer Margulis, Toni Klym McLellan, picture courtesy of Lonna)
Topics covered: Motherhood (of course), helping dads bond with babies, the publisher/author relationship, how to write about your kids without saying too much…and why writing about your kids isn’t, in and of itself, exploitative; traveling with kids, writing about traveling with kids. And much more.
And now to bed, so that I can be somewhat functional tomorrow. Hope everyone else had a busy, productive, and sunny weekend!
I’m tired too, but it was a blast! I didn’t get home until after midnight and had to leave this morning at 4:45 a.m. I’m writing this comment from the Portland airport (on my way to Mexico). Yay for wireless internet. Yay for Portland. Yay for Toni for organizing our event!!!