Interview with author Min Jin Lee

“I am always thinking about my kid…I need to learn how to separate.  To deal.”    ~Min Jin Lee, author Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing)   PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment? MJL: I am a writer.  My only son is 20 years old. He is in college in the West Coast.  […]

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Interview with author Jamie Brenner

“Take your writing seriously — don’t let anyone make you feel it is a hobby or that you are being indulgent. You don’t need permission — remember that” ~Jamie Brenner, author of The Forever Summer and The Husband Hour (Little, Brown and Company) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other […]

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Interview with author Patty Dann

“Some writers say you should be as bold as you want, no matter who you hurt. I do not feel that way….” ~Patty Dann, author of The Butterfly Hours (Shambhala) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment (if applicable). PD: I live in NYC, where I raised my son. I […]

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Interview with author John Reed

“There’s a maturity about life that comes through in the writing/art when the writer/artist is a parent …” ~John Reed, author of A Still Small Voice (Delacorte Press/Delta)  PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment (if applicable). JR: I’m faculty at The New School in the MFA in Creative Writing, and […]

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Interview with author Stewart Lewis

“It’s just nice to feel a close connection with a person who is part of you, to experience that love, which finds it’s way into characters and situations in my work…” ~Stewart Lewis, author of Stealing Candy (Sourcebooks Fire) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment (if applicable). SL:  […]

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Interview with author Alice Kaltman

“The best thing an established writer said to me years ago was, ‘If you feel like a fraud, that means you’re a real writer.’ It doesn’t take publication to validateyour place at the table.” ~Alice Kaltman, author of Staggerwing (Tortoise Books) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment (if […]

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Interview with Writer L. Annette Binder

“When I’m writing, I don’t torture myself about what else I should or could be doing…. There’s always something that needs to be done, but I set all that stuff aside and focus only on my writing.” – L. Annette Binder, Author of Rise (short fiction) [Learn more about the Pen Parentis Research Project.] PP: […]

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