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Writer, with Kids: Leesa Cross-Smith

Leesa Cross-Smith, author of Every Kiss a War and editor of WhiskeyPaper Age of kids: 10 and 8 What was your writing schedule like before kids, and how has that changed? Before I had my daughter, I was writing obituaries

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Writer, with Kids: J. Robert Lennon

J. Robert Lennon, author of: Mailman, Familiar, Pieces for the Left Hand, See You in Paradise Age of kids: 14, 17 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? My wife and

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Writer, with Kids: Kara Krauze

Kara Krauze, author of essays, memoir, and fiction, occasionally blogging at karakrauze.com. Teacher of writing workshops for veterans. Founder of Voices from War. Age of kids: Two sons, 6 and 8 I’ve started writing this guest post twice already on

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Writer, with Kids: Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like An Artist and Show Your Work! Age of kids: 2 years and one on the way What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? My wife

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Writer, with Kids: RK Arceneaux

RK Arceneaux, author of: M.I.L.F.shake, a memoir-in-progress Age of kid: 1 I bought a vibrator off of Groupon because it was $19.99 (regular $99.99!) and it had seven functions and it was an enormous upgrade from my last vibrator which

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Writer, with Kids: Maya Lang

Maya Lang, author of The Sixteenth of June Age of kids: One daughter, five years old What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? Pre-kid, I didn’t really have a writing schedule.

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Writer, with Kids: Michelle Wildgen

Michelle Wildgen, author of You’re Not You, But Not For Long, and Bread and Butter Age of kid: 3 years old What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? The most productive

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Writer, with Fetus: Courtney Elizabeth Mauk

Courtney Elizabeth Mauk, author of Orion’s Daughters and Spark What is your writing schedule like now, and how do you anticipate it will change when the baby is born? For years I’ve been very fortunate, teaching part-time with a lot

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Writer, with Kids: Sean Singer

Sean Singer, author of: Discography (Yale University Press, 2002), Honey & Smoke (Eyewear Publishing, forthcoming 2015), and the chapbooks Keep Right on Playing Through the Mirror Over the Water (Beard of Bees Press, 2010) and Passport (Beard of Bees Press,

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Writer, with Kids: Benjamin Parzybok

Benjamin Parzybok, author of: Couch, Sherwood Nation Age of kids: 7 (girl) and 10 (boy) What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? Before kids, I did a thing which seems right

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