Writers who have kids face unique challenges in an industry that largely overlooks their needs. At this Listening Tour workshop, Pen Parentis Leader Joline ScottRoller will present tips, strategies, and stories to help parents maintain their creative practice. Time will be allotted for audience members to ask questions and present personal dilemmas and crowdsource possible solutions. Pen Parentis is a national nonprofit that helps writer-parents stay on creative track.
Instructor:
J.L. Scott is writer from Northeast Ohio with fourteen years' experience teaching in higher education. She holds a BA, MA and MFA in Fiction, is an editor for Mom Egg Review, and a Team Leader for PenParentis, a non-profit organization that supports parent-writers through fellowships, accountability groups, and community. She has given presentations for parent-writers at Inkubator for Literary Cleveland and at the Youngstown LitFest. She writes short contemporary fiction, science-fiction and fantasy. Her work has appeared in places like The Black Fork Review and Typishly. She can be found on Twitter @JScottRoller or https://jscottroller.wixsite.com/writer.
