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From Baby Brain To Writer Brain: Writing Through A World Of Parenting Distraction

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“I think โ€˜time to writeโ€™ must be one of the most misleading phrasesย in the English language…”

In this chapbook, Tansy Rayner Robertsโ€”the Hugo-award winning podcasterย and author of Musketeer Space, the Creature Court series,ย and moreโ€”explores the paths taken to reclaim andย re-envision her writing career after becoming a mother.

Drawn from her popular blog, From Baby Brain to Writer Brainย charts Robertsโ€™ journey and offers advice to any parentย trying to balance a writing career and caring for a new babyย as trilogy deadlines come due. The chapbook includesย essays on finding time to write, understanding the waves of guilt, and embracing the gentle art of not writing when necessary. The chapbookย also includes an appendix detailing eight weeksย of Tansyโ€™s own experiences returning to writingย after the birth of her second child.

Whether youโ€™re a harried parent trying to find time to write,ย a fan of Robertsโ€™ work looking for a glimpse at the behind-the-scenes,ย or simply a new writer looking for advice on building up your career,ย this chapbook is a fascinating insight into the way aย writing process develops step-by-step.

Paperback $14.99 | Ebook $3.99 โ€ข 62 pp โ€ข ISBN 9781922479044
Release Date: February 15, 2021

ESSAYS IN THIS COLLECTION

  • Time to Write
  • In It For the Money
  • Balancing Act
  • Guilt
  • Not Writing
  • How On Earth Do You Get Any Writing Done?
  • Appendix: From Baby Brain To Writer Brain in Eight Easy (hahahahaha) Weeks!

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About The Author

Tansy Rayner Roberts

Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award winning blogger, podcaster and fantasy author who lives in Tasmania with her family. She has a PhD in Classics and a particular attachment to Roman history, which infuses her work.

Tansyโ€™s books range from the light-hearted SFF likeย Tea and Sympathetic Magicย andย Musketeer Spaceย to the darker and more epic Creature Court. She also writes cozy murder mysteries under the name Livia Day. Tansy is one of the co-hosts of the popular Verity! podcast, discussing Doctor Who with women around the world.

In 2013, Tansy won the Hugo for Best Fan Writer thanks to the critical writing on her blog. This made her the first Australian woman ever to win a Hugo Award. She won it a second time in 2015 in the Best Fancast category with Galactic Suburbia.

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