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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: Jessica Dewberry

Jessica Dewberry’s work appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Mutha Magazine, and other places. She is currently writing a memoir and a compilation of essays and photographs. Age of kids: Frank, 16; Cabe, 11; Iona, 10 What was

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Writer, with Kids: Paula Bomer

Paula Bomer, author of Inside Madeleine (2014), Nine Months (2012), and Baby (2010) Age of kids: 15 and 18 What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? I always wanted to write

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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: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, author of Bittersweet, Set Me Free, The Effects of Light Age of kids: 5-year-old son What was your writing schedule (ideal and actual) like before kids, and how has that changed? I’ve been much more productive since having

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Writer, with Kids: Julia Fierro

Julia Fierro, author of Cutting Teeth: A Novel Age of kids: 4 and 6 What was your writing schedule like before kids, and how has that changed? I had a lot of free time before my first child was born,

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