I had the great privilege of spending a morning talking to literary and musical couple Claudia and John Savage – they have a whole podcast dedicated to artists with children. It’s hard to underestimate how essential it is to hear the stories of other folks who persist making work while struggling through the day to day reality of the parent’s no sleep/no time/no money life.

Here is a LINK TO THE PODCAST where we talk about marriage, work, taxes and book tours, and give a short video tour of my super messy writing space/office/den/laundry folding station.

Nutshell takeaway: it’s hard as hell but you do it anyway.