This week, Alida, Kathryn, and Robert welcome Shari Medini and Karissa Tunis to the Round Table for our annual New Year’s episode. This year we take a different tack and look at how we can maintain our writing goals in the new year when we have extra challenges, like working from our busy homes.
Shari and Karissa are the parenting advice bloggers at Adore Them Parenting and have a new book out to help make sure you get your parenting, work, and YOU time into every week. As successful writers themselves, we wanted to talk about the challenges creatives have when also faced with parenting and working at home.
This conversation isn’t only for parents. Enjoy!
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What we talked about:
What was the inspiration for their book? (1:29)
What challenges do you face managing work, children, and creativity? (2:30)
What is my number one priority, today? (4:20)
How do you deal with self-criticism about what you should be doing? (5:35)
Focus on the positive of working from home? (8:50)
Put the kids first. (11:02)
How do the kids evolve with your needs as a work at home mom? (13:50)
The importance of self-care. (18:40)
What about our partners? (24:53)
How does the calendar affect parenting? (28:30)
What about when kids are out of school for long periods of time. (31:08)
How can you be a better team as parents? (34:38)
Pick where your priorities and focus are. (36:45)
A tip for January. (38:50)
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About Your Hosts
Alida Winternheimer is an award-winning author with an MFA from Hamline University. She pursues her fervor for all things story as a writing coach, developmental editor, and teacher. Two of her short stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of The Story Works Guide to Writing Fiction Series. Alida lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her Golden Retriever, Seva the Wonder Dog. She camps, bikes, and kayaks in her free time. Unless it’s winter, in which case she drinks chai by the fire. You can find more at www.alidawinternheimer.com.
Kathryn Arnold writes fantasy and anything else that sparks her creativity from her home in Kingston, Washington. She currently earns her living as an insurance underwriting assistant, where she also creates marketing and web copy. When not writing, she plays (and teaches) piano and keyboard in a band (or two), and is working on starting a ministry team with her husband. You can find Kathryn at www.skyfirewords.com.
Robert Scanlon was born in Australia, but whisked off to England when only a baby. After many years complaining about the weather, he did the sensible thing and moved back to Australia. Despite a career in the music industry, followed by decades teaching public speaking, Robert is an introvert who adores reading. Robert grew up on a diet of sci-fi masters, eventually discovering he had read the library’s entire science fiction section. Now he has to write his own. Robert is the author of Constellation, book one of the Blood Empire space opera series. Find out more at www.RobertScanlon.com
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