Pen Parentis - a blog for writers who parent

Had to share this inspiring article by Shawn Vestal, sent over by our newest advisory board member, NYC-based literary agent Renee Zuckerbro...

I was asked to guest-blog on Kidville's blog on the topic of balancing a creative career and parenting responsibilites, and I share with...

Not every writer who is a Pen Parentis Author has four novels and an NEA grant. A lot of us are writers with day-jobs to support a family,...

I'm reeling. I was at a cell phone service store today, chatting with the staff while waiting to deal with a billing question and my g...

This is going to be an unusually personal post - I went to AWP (the massive, twelve-thousand writers in a single event space dance-with-your...

It's grant season! The NEA's amazing fiction grant is available every other year - and this is the year for fiction (next year is ...

Guest blogger, Birgitte Rasine checks in with manuscript and toddler from her writing travels in the wilds of South America... ...