tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post1443946067818074615..comments2023-01-08T13:48:58.890-08:00Comments on The Sound of Butterflies: Writing and babies.Rachael Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-70313883114267666982008-09-14T20:56:00.000-07:002008-09-14T20:56:00.000-07:00Thank you!I saw this and felt that it had been wri...Thank you!<BR/>I saw this and felt that it had been written 'specially for me.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696857445999360662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-31140039659812571032008-09-13T14:30:00.000-07:002008-09-13T14:30:00.000-07:00I should point out that I am talking in this post ...I should point out that I am talking in this post specifically about babies, and that warm fuzzy, tiring period when they are new and you are trying to find your way back into the writing life. So when I say I've done it and come out the other side, I mean the other side of newborn-ness, not having children. You find your way once they are older, and women have written with children hanging off them for all time, probably.Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-40548511399902825782008-09-12T09:04:00.000-07:002008-09-12T09:04:00.000-07:00It can be done. Having children made me think prop...It can be done. Having children made me think properly about everything in life which I'd hitherto just blundered through or taken for granted. Which was just about everything in life, I guess. And having children made me much more ruthless about what I could be bothered to do (i.e. them, and writing), and what I couldn't (everything else the Western liberal capitalism waves under your nose as desirable/cool/ethical...). In other words, it made me a writer.<BR/><BR/>On a practical note, though, I have to say that what made the most difference was getting divorced. 48 totally free hours every other weekend. I don't recommend it, as life choices go, but that's when I really got writing. The big one's eighteen now, the only slightly smaller one fifteen, and the light which was first a pinprick at the end of the tunnel when the younger one slept through the night is now as large as a planet. I love them to bits, but I can't wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-22202776769254895442008-09-11T21:23:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:23:00.000-07:00I'm struggling to write right now and it's not bec...I'm struggling to write right now and it's not because of my child (who is 15 months) but I just have so much on my plate. I've really turned to blogging as a creative outlet as well as some non-fiction bits. For me, it's easier than trying to transport my weary mind to another world. Great post :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617259549508716343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-48321985223507059152008-09-11T21:00:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:00:00.000-07:00I have 3 children (oldest scarily now 15, youngest...I have 3 children (oldest scarily now 15, youngest 10) and listening in on their conversations, their tv programmes, their issues etc...has been the greatest source of inspiration - oh and of course I wouldn't be without them. It does help that i write children's and YA fiction though<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>MelindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-22615599852854774792008-09-11T19:17:00.000-07:002008-09-11T19:17:00.000-07:00Well having babies doesn't seem to have stopped he...Well having babies doesn't seem to have stopped her writing does it? In fact maybe it is what led her to write a Booker prize winner!Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-66595690536751920232008-09-11T19:13:00.000-07:002008-09-11T19:13:00.000-07:00great post by Lauren Goff, read it this morning an...great post by Lauren Goff, read it this morning and laughed and felt my chest go all tight. shame she doesn't have a comment page...<BR/><BR/>are you sure Anne Enright's book doesn't put one off? ( heard it is offputting...) Am looking for inspiration for the leap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com