Comments on: Writing, Burp Rags & Sesame Street–How Can We Balance It All?

By: Finding Inspiration from Unlikely Sources « Kristen Lamb's Blog

Finding Inspiration from Unlikely Sources « Kristen Lamb's Blog — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:03:53 +0000

[…] you Kristen for having me back again! Last time I spoke about balancing writing with burp rags and Sesame Street. Today I’m discussing writing inspiration. A topic that interests all writers, but still the […]

By: Put the dog to work and wa-la more time! | Sadie Hart

Put the dog to work and wa-la more time! | Sadie Hart — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:22:32 +0000

[…] Writing, Burp Rags, & Sesame Street – on Kristin Lamb’s awesome blog, the post is by Natalie Markey – in helping to better manage your limited time […]

By: Sonia G Medeiros

Sonia G Medeiros — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:15:06 +0000

I dragged my feet a lot but I eventually had to make a schedule and stick to it. That included getting up at 5-6 am and I am so not a morning person. However, it’s worth it to get the writing done.

By: Inspired Links – Sept 20, 2011 | Inspired by Real Life

Inspired Links – Sept 20, 2011 | Inspired by Real Life — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:06:37 +0000

[…] Natalie Markey – guesting over on Kristen Lamb’s blog – shares some wisdom about writing moms (a subject near and dear to my heart) in “Writing, Burp Rags & Sesame Street – How Can We Balance It All?“ […]

By: Marilag Lubag

Marilag Lubag — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:59:25 +0000

Parenting is always hard. However, the kids are cute so it should cancel everything out. 🙂

By: bethkvogt

bethkvogt — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:12:34 +0000

A little perspective: I put writing on hold while my first 3 grew up. (I had a lot to learn as a mom the first go-round). Then a surprise late-in-life pregnancy at 41 made me realize: If I wait until this baby grows up I will never, ever write!
I pulled my writing dreams off the back burner and figured out how writing and motherhood mixed. I learned, while it wasn’t easy, it could happen. (And landed a contract for a book on late-in-life motherhood. How ironic.)
I believe in To Do lists, Done lists, and the reality that some days you realize nothing got done. But there’s always tomorrow.
And critique groups are a must–talk about accountability!

By: the writ and the wrote

the writ and the wrote — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:16:43 +0000

Great post. I’m not a parent, but I do struggle with finding time to write around work and other commitments. I like the idea of goal setting vs to-do lists. I’ve been thinking that I need to set some self-imposed deadlines for my writing, since I don’t have a boss to tell me when things need to be done.

By: Sara Grambusch

Sara Grambusch — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:46:05 +0000

Oh my gosh, the baby is so cute. I am distracted by the baby.

I separate my long and short term goals for prioritizing and perspective because I tend to think I have to do everything now.

By: nicotarquinio

nicotarquinio — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:29:58 +0000

I’m not a parent, but this blog entry really got me to rethink the way I’m approaching (and failing at) writing.

The Sesame Street video was surprisingly on-point, and definitely cheered me up–if at least to imagine the other sort of things Bert and Ernie would be doing indoors.

Great post!

By: Jolyse Barnett

Jolyse Barnett — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:11:11 +0000

Great post! My situation is a little different, as my children are older (one is special needs) and I work a dayjob, but I definitely understand the juggling aspect of my life. I agree that when there’s a will, there’s a way. I set goals and finished my first book pretty much on schedule (about a month later than I had hoped), and have begun the second.

Sounds like a great workshop. I’ll check it out.