That Writer (Mom)

Andrea Wrauley

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Narrative-driven non-fiction pieces about writing and parenting.

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The Details

In this episode, Andrea reflects on a simple game with her toddler that lends itself to a deeper meditation on happiness, mortality, and the emotional weight of motherhood. As she navigates sleepless nights, financial pressure, and creativity, she confronts the question: what does it mean to be happy in tumultuous times?

6 min
MAR 24

Leesa Dean: On Motherhood, Baby Jail, and Protecting Your Writing Life

In this episode, Andrea meets with award-winning multi-genre writer, editor, and teacher Leesa Dean to talk about writing in the early days of motherhood, including the experience Leesa describes as “baby jail,” where she found herself physically attached to her baby while maintaining a creative practice (aka finishing a manuscript!). Leesa shares how becoming a mom reshaped her relationship to writing, deepened her sense of purpose, and pushed her work in new directions. They discuss the importance of protecting creative time, the reality that no one else will do it for you, and how learning to set boundaries is essential to sustaining a writing life.

18 min
MAR 3

Christina Myers: On Motherhood, Self-Doubt, and the Urge to be More Literary

In this episode, Andrea sits down with author, editor, and writing instructor Christina Myers to talk about the myth that once children reach a certain age, mothers will “get their lives back.” Together, they unpack this cultural narrative of independence that spans generations. Christina talks about her shift from newspaper reporting to creative writing during early motherhood, listening to the urge to be more literary in her work, and navigating productivity that’s often fuelled by self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Together, they discuss the challenge of setting invisible boundaries when writing in the same space you live and parent, and why every mother’s story deserves to be written and read, even when it feels like it’s already been told.

27 min
SEASON 2 TRAILER

The Prologue (Season 2)

Welcome to season 2 of Notes from That Writer (Mom). In this episode, Andrea shares what’s ahead: more creative nonfiction essays about writing and motherhood and - new! - honest conversations with other writer-moms about creativity, caregiving, and the ever-evolving landscape of making art while raising children. This is a season about ambition, exhaustion, devotion, doubt, and learning how to honour more than one version of yourself at once.

2 min
FEB 19

A Work in Progress: Notes on Season One

In this episode, Andrea looks back at the first season of That Writer (Mom)— what sparked this project, how a quiet writing endeavour became public creative practice, and what feels important when sustaining a creative practice inside constant interruption. This is a literary reflection on voice, identity, and the quiet insistence of creative work inside a very busy life. Season One isn’t just a collection of essays. It is an excavation of language, of selfhood, of what it means to keep writing while being called to, needed by, and loved wholly by the little humans in your life.

11 min
FEB 11

Mom Math: The Trickle Down Effect in Motherhood

In this episode, Andrea explores the hidden math of motherhood— not the viral kind, but the quiet cause-and-effect calculations behind every small decision. A reflection on creativity, rigidity, the split-screen of writing while mothering, and what it costs to choose yourself.

8 min
FEB 3

Smoke in the Air: On Wildfires, Daycare Drop-Offs, and Learning to Let Go

In this episode, Andrea reflects on a season shaped by wildfire smoke and the challenges of first separations. As her toddler starts daycare, Andrea wrestles with the question many parents carry quietly: Am I doing the right thing? Moving between climate anxiety, creative longing, and the deep, wordless experience of attachment, this episode is a meditation on love, work, fear, and the tiny moments that remind us we’re still connected.

11 min
JAN 27

On Love, With No Fixed Address

In this episode, Andrea reflects on returning to Toronto with her family after three and a half years away, exploring how motherhood reshapes ideas of home, love, and time. This episode traces the shift from believing love is a place to understanding it as something boundless and lived, experienced through memory, travel, children, and the quiet (challenging) work of building upon one’s creative life while traversing motherhood.

15 min

Narrative-driven non-fiction pieces about writing and parenting.

Creator

Andrea Wrauley
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

13
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© Andrea Wrauley
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That Writer (Mom)