I’ve spent the last three years pregnant, breastfeeding, or trying to conceive. I want more children, and I want close age gaps, and I want to write a book, and go to more parties, and keep publishing this newsletter. I still feel creative impulses, but they don’t always translate neatly to tangible output anymore. In fact, I would say they rarely... See more

At some point while I was trying to write a dissertation as a parent of a preschooler and an infant, I attended a workshop from which I remember exactly one thing: Touch Your Project Every Day. We all lead busy lives, one of the organizers explained, and it can be difficult to find long stretches of time to focus and work through such a large and... See more

Your challenge isn't that you are only making light things; your challenge is that you are trying to manage three different modes simultaneously:

1. The Current Heavy Thing: Finishing, illustrating, and marketing the 500+ page children's novel.


2. The Light/Mid-Weight Output: Generating content (likely related to your theology niche or novel) to sustain

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