Good Moms on Paper Annie Hartnett, Tessa Fontaine & Ellen O'Connell Whittet

Hi friends --

This week, we were lucky to be joined by the writer and NYT bestseller Christie Tate. Christie talks about writing success after having kids, rejection and professional envy, and the power of the 10 minute check-in phone call. 

It's such a great and helpful conversation -- don't miss it.

Christie's books:
BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

Essay mentioned:
Why I Let My Children See Me Argue with My Husband

Authors mentioned:
Lauren Groff
Carry the Dog Stephanie Gangi

xox 
The Good Moms

Hi friends,

Today on the podcast, we discussed a great listener question:

How can I find/build a writing community when I’m the primary caregiver for my toddler? Or—can I get by as a writer without one? Momming is a job I love, but it’s all-consuming. Every hour that I have childcare is spent adjunct teaching (need to give that up—too little pay for too much time) or writing, because I have a book coming out and have hard deadlines I can’t ignore. 
I can’t figure out how to carve out the time to nurture friendships with other writers, and even though I’m fresh out of grad school, I’ve let too many of those relationships fall through the cracks of early motherhood. Also, so many readings, master classes, workshops, etc. are held smack in the middle of my little girl’s bedtime, which I hate missing. Don’t even get me started on conferences and retreats. I’d love to spend six weeks in the French alps doing nothing but writing and eating croissants, but I also can’t imagine missing six weeks of my daughter’s life. It’s a weird problem, because I’m sort of okay with the isolation and I absolutely adore being a mom, but I’m aware that it’s probably not healthy and not great for my writing career to be so forever alone. Who am I going to hit up for blurbs if I don’t have any writer friends? My toddler’s kindermusik classmates? 



We tried our best to help! If you have questions for us to answer on future epsiodes, email goodmomsonpaper@gmail.com



Ellen's essay: About that Horrific Birth Scene in Fleishman is in Trouble

Update on the leopard gecko: he has a real cage now, and a heat lamp. Doing well, thanks. 

xx 
The Good Moms

Hi friends,

This week we're back with Diksha Basu, the author of internationally bestselling novels Destination Wedding and The Windfall.

Articles/podcasts mentioned:
 Gretchen Rubin, podcast: More Happier
Rebranding Motherhood - New York Times
Restraint Is My Family's Love Language - The Cut
Gabe Hudson, podcast: The Twitterverse 

Buy Diksha's books here:
Destination Wedding
The Windfall

More information about our accountability workshops here. 

Annie's paperback events for Unlikely Animals:
Newtonville Books - March 1st at 7 pm
White Birch Books - North Conway NH March 2nd at 6 pm 


Don't forget: You're doing a good job! 

Hi friends,

We've always wanted to be part of a bookclub (where we mostly drink and brag about our kids), so we started our own! We read SPARE by Prince Harry, and highlighted some of the best gossip so you don't have to read the book (but you can if you want to! It's fun! Unless you're Tessa. Then it would be torture.)

In February, we'll be reading: Fight Night Miriam Toews

Hi dear friends--

This week, we talked about Leora's Moana costume and also Halloween (even though, yes, it's January....) and then we had a wonderful conversation with the writer L'Oreal Thompson Payton, a health and wellness writer at Fortune magazine, and author of the forthcoming STOP WAITING FOR PERFECT.  We discuss perfectionism as a writer and a parent, IVF, sleep regressions, publishing as a debut Black woman author, managing professional jealousy, and rest as resistance for Black women.  And a magical moment where she sees her preorder link for the first time!

Writers and articles mentioned:
My Daughter Wanted to Be Elsa, I Made Her Go as a Dumpy Owl
Jen Sincero - How to Be A Badass
Jen's Non-Fiction Book Proposal Course
Fortune magazine articles
Jasmine Guillory
Inner Workout - Taylor E. Morrison
Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons
Tracee Ellis Ross
How I  Learned About the Power of Rest for Black Women

L'Oreal's book & preorder link!
STOP WAITING FOR PERFECT: Step out of your comfort zone and into your power

Until next time, we want you to know: You're doing a good job. 

We are back this week with a new podcast name -- Good Moms on Paper! We hope you love it, we spent *a lot* of time texting about it.

This week, we responded to questions from listeners... we hope we were helpful! If you have questions for us about writing or parenting or both, write to us: goodmomsonpaper@gmail.com

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Until next time, we want you to know: You're doing a good job.