If Your Mother Is A Writer....

Pepper here, and I've been holding on to this post until after ACFW because I wanted to make sure my kids didn't have a few more things to add to it. A couple of months ago, Allecat Angie Dicken’s husband, Cody, wrote a post about being married to an Alleycat (aka writer). It was such a fun post with a great perspective, that I mentioned it to my kids.

Well they had plenty to say about being the child of a writer. I thought I could start off your week with a few chuckles, because I bet there are more kids out there who would agree with my kids' perspectives.

They gave me 8 tips – but I’m SURE we can find plenty more! J

Here we go.

If your mother is a writer….

8. She will spurt out random information about her current (or any past) story because she assumes we are all in the same world her brain is.

7. She may ask you odd questions which make you wonder what on earth your mother is up to. (such as “if I wanted to create a weapon that could do this, what would I need?”

6. If she is talking to someone you can’t see, it’s ok. Simply walk away and pay no attention to the invisible person.

5. She may spontaneously dress up in odd costumes – and encourage you to help her create more costumes. (The upside to this is that you always have cool things to wear for Halloween or Fall Festivals)

4. Don’t expect her to edit your novel any time soon….because she’s invariably working on hers (this from my eldest, of course)

3. You never know where the bedtime stories are going to go.

2. She will totally ‘get’ your creative way of thinking. It really takes one to know one.

1. Prepare yourself for an ‘awesome, crazy, weird parent’

It was funny (and somewhat humbling) to compile the list from my crew. What can you or your kids add to this list?

Are you willing to share? J

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Pepper writes Blue Ridge Romance peppered with grace and humor. She's a mom of five and speech-language pathologist who loves hanging out with her Alleycats and pals both online and off. You can learn more about her on her website, www.pepperdbasham.com, or spend some time on The Alley.

She is thrilled to be represented by Julie Gwinn of The Seymour Literary Agency. Her debut novel, A Twist of Faith, arrives in bookstores in early 2015!! You can learn more about the story and the series at www.mitchellscrossroads.com