It has long bothered me that motherhood is so often framed as a tale of sacrifice. When I was working on my book, the novelist Nicky Singer – who mentored me with such generosity and perspicacity that she became my ‘Book Mama’- informed me that mother-child stories always end in sacrifice. I didn’t want to believe it…
Art and Care
How to keep going
I am wondering how to keep going, what stories I can find to help me, and if there is a less exhausting, worrisome way to move on in the aftermath of publication.
What It’s Actually About
“What is it actually about?” Nicky asked me. We were in her study. The room of a real writer, I thought. She handed me a piece of paper with a list on it. “You have four choices,” she said. “You can only pick one.”