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Writer, with Kids: Elizabeth McCracken

Elizabeth McCracken, author of Thunderstruck and Other Stories, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Niagara Falls All Over Again, and The Giant’s House, Age of kids: 5 & 7 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual)

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Writer, with Kids: Sara Lippmann

Sara Lippmann is the author of the story collection Doll Palace (out in September from Dock Street Press). Her stories have been published in The Good Men Project, Wigleaf, Slice magazine, Tupelo Quarterly and elsewhere. She is the recipient of

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Writer, with Kids: Wendy C. Ortiz

Wendy C. Ortiz, author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, July 2014) and Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, late 2014) Age of kid: 3.5 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that

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Writer, with Kids: Mira Ptacin

Mira Ptacin is a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter. Founder and director of Freerange Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Guernica, Slice Magazine, New York Magazine, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The National Book Foundation, The Morning News, The Rumpus, Creative Nonfiction

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Writer, with Kids: Nelly Reifler

Nelly Reifler, author of See Through (stories, 2003) and Elect H. Mouse State Judge (novel, 2013) Age of kid: Beckett, 2. What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? I’ve always been

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Writer, with Kids: Aimee Phan

Aimee Phan, author of We Should Never Meet and The Reeducation of Cherry Truong Many of our friends and family believe that children of writers are blessed. They will grow up surrounded by books. They will love to read. They

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Writer, with Kids: Tom Williams

Tom Williams, author of The Mimic’s Own Voice, Don’t Start Me Talkin’, Four Fathers (co-author), Among the Wild Mulattos and Other Tales (forthcoming 2015) Age of kids: Finn, 4; Daphne Kit, in utero What was your writing schedule (ideal and

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Writer, with Kids: Curtis Smith

Curtis Smith, author of Beasts and Men; Witness; Species Crown; Truth or Something Like It; Sound and Noise; Bad Monkey Age of kids: one boy, 11 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has

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Writer, with Kids: Amelia Kahaney

Amelia Kahaney, author of: The Brokenhearted and The Invisible (to be released in October 2014) Age of kid: 5.5 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? When I try to remember

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Writer, with Kids: Kim Brooks

Kim Brooks is at work on her first novel. Her short stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, One Story, Five Chapters, The Missouri Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Meridian, and other journals. Her non-fiction appears frequently on Salon. Age of kids:

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