Motherhood & Words®

"It takes courage to write about motherhood in a culture that sets women with children on the sidelines, and it takes even greater courage to give voice to the powerful emotions and fears that swirl deep beneath the surface of our daily lives..." -Kathleen Hirsch and Katrina Kenison, Mothers

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

merry christmas

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I'm hunkering down, preparing for the big snow storm forecasted to hit Minnesota tonight. We don't have to drive more than a few mi...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

nap

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It’s been difficult for me to keep my eyes open this week. I’m fighting another cold, a cold I will continue to get—over and over again—beca...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

working, living, and a note about structuring chapters

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I thought I should check in about how my writing is going since the serious truncation of my work time. It’s, um, not going. I was on page 1...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

mother words writing retreat

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I am so excited about this! The first Mother Words Writing Retreat! Join me for a weekend retreat for mother-writers. We’ll write, share our...
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Friday, November 27, 2009

respecting differences

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I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday and didn't eat beyond capacity, something I seemed to do. Two meals, spaced five hours ...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

thankful

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Over the last year, I have tried to be very deliberate about being thankful. We have continued are pre -dinner ritual of going around the ta...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

fight for preemies

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I am half-way through my revision of Ready for Air , which is both exciting and daunting—exciting because retyping it has forced me to cut u...
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kate hopper
I'm a mama and writer and teacher. I've been helping mothers tell the stories they need to tell since 2006. I'm the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers and Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood, winner of a 2014 MIPA Midwest Book Award, and co-author of Silent Running, a memoir of one family’s journey with autism and running. My writing has appeared in a number of journals, including Brevity, Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Times online and Poets & Writers. I have an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and I teach online, in Ashland University’s Low-residency MFA program, and at the Loft Literary Center. For more information about my work visit www.katehopper.com. Join the discussion!
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