#55 Productivity and Parenting with Milda De Voe

In this episode:

• What the non-profit organization Pen Parentis offers parents who are writers [3:34]
• Milda's best tips for staying productive and finding accountability [7:35]
• Actionable tips for finding a writing routine that works best for you [12:14]
• Being a creative person in a relationship and creating priorities [15:20]
• Writing tips for creatives [28:00]

M. M. De Voe is an internationally published creator of short fiction and poetry and holds numerous writing awards in a broad range of genres including poetry, literary fiction, horror/fantasy, and creative nonfiction. De Voe also runs Pen Parentis, a literary nonprofit she founded in 2013 to help writers stay on creative track while raising children. She is the author of Book & Baby, a fun-to-read guide showing parents how to find the time, money and energy to devote to creative writing. The book is organized from infancy to grown-and-flown and includes personal anecdotes from various established authors. In 2021, it won first prize at the NextGen Indie Book Awards. Her debut story collection A FLASH OF DARKNESS just launched in 2023 and is available here. Reviewers have called her "a femme-Kafka." Connect with Milda: Website: mmdevoe.com website also has links to BOOK & BABY for purchase. Substack: mmdevoe.substack.com Medium: mmdevoe.medium.com X: Twitter.com/mmdevoe Facebook: Facebook.com/mmdevoe

How to find Pen Parentis: Website: penparentis.org X: twitter.com/penparentis Instagram: instagram.com/penparentis Facebook: facebook.com/penparentis

Photographer credit for Milda's headshot: Luba Grossman.

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