Return to Top of Page
Menu
  • Close
  • About Us
  • Contributors
  • Donate
  • Opportunities
  • Staff
  • Submissions
  • 20 Years
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Search Website
Literary Mama
  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Departments
  • Blog
  • Newsletter

April 18, 2005 | Blog |  No comments

New stuff

By Andrea J. Buchanan

We’re running an interview with author Jennifer Lauck in which she talks about writing and motherhood and writing about motherhood:

    Before I wrote Show Me the Way, an agent asked, “Are you going to be a serious writer or are you going to disappear into the abyss of motherhood?” I said I was going to be a serious writer, of course. I had been a writer for 20 years, why would mothering change that? Now that I am eight years into mothering, I see what she was asking. The day-to-day of mothering is so consuming that it’s tempting to give yourself up to it completely. Still, I believe that I can be lost in the abyss of motherhood and be a serious writer too. It isn’t a black and white choice because this isn’t a black and white life. I write because I must and I mother because I must.

Lauck writes more about mothering for our Creative Nonfiction department this month in a piece called Not So Perfect.

Tagged: Literary Mama

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Share This Page

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Copy Link

Recent Posts

  • 20 Years of Literary Mama: Luck March 20, 2023
  • Call for submissions: Teen and young adult writers March 18, 2023
  • The AWP Diaries: Saturday, March 11 March 16, 2023
  • The AWP Diaries: Friday, March 10 March 15, 2023
  • The AWP Diaries: Thursday, March 9 March 14, 2023

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Don't miss out on Literary Mama news and updates

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Instagram
  • RSS

© 2023 Literary Mama | Search Site | About Us | Staff | Submissions | Privacy Policy