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Writing Prompt: I Write in the Shower

Each month, we post a writing prompt tied to the current month's essay. Please email your responses of 500 words or less to lmreflections (at) literarymama (dot) com with the word "writing prompt" in the subject line so that we know it's not an essay submission. We will accept responses until the 15th of each month and offer our feedback on each response privately before the end of the month. We hope you'll take this opportunity to get inspired, share your work, and find community with other writers! We'll post our favorites on our blog.

In this month's "I Write in the Shower," Heidi Scrimgeour finds her loyalties stretched between mothering and writing.

Have you ever had an incident where your writing made you feel like a "bad" parent or person? Did you resolve the conflict? If so, how?




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