Monday, August 09, 2010

How My Mom Landed on Oprah and Launched a Publishing Career      

You think you have no time to write? Mark Garcia-Prats explains how his mother managed to raise ten sons, land on Oprah, publish three parenting books -- which have sold a total of 55,000 copies -- and launch her own publishing company.

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Is Having Children an Unexpected Path to Publishing Success?  
 
  
It's not unusual that some authors have found the focus a child brings to a household is helpful to their writing. Think of Toni Morrison who forced herself to wake before her children to get her writing done or others who left another career altogether to care for children, freeing them to focus on their writing. But for many people the demands of raising a child are more of a hindrance than a help in finding the time to write.

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