[HPforGrownups] Announcement

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 5285

Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I just wanted to share our good news of the day with everyone

Congratulations, Penny, to both you and your partner.  I just wanted to add:
besides all of the wonderful standard things that people tell you a baby can
add to your life, you'll probably discover that it will have a great effect
on your writing--and I'm not just talking about the fact that you'll have
less time.  I'm talking about the fact that you'll start to see things from a
new perspective when you become a parent, AND you'll be taken back to your
own childhood at the same time.

Tip: when the baby is between 18-36 months old, a big, big pile of duplos at
Mom's feet on the office floor is one of the best tricks in your arsenal to
give you writing time.

Peg,
who has been known to type on her novel manuscript while simultaneously
nursing the baby in a sling.  It works, too, although using the mouse can be
tough.  And who once had to explain to her editor what that weird noise was
during a telephone story conference ("It's . . . um, my breast pump.")