VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

Jaclyn Weist is an Idaho farm girl who adores reading. She met Steve at BYU and they have six crazy children that encourage her writing. After owning a bookstore and running away to Australia, they settled back down in Utah. Jaclyn now spends her days herding kids to various activities and trying to remember what she was supposed to do next.   What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? ~ I have my computer in the living room so my kids can hang out around me while I write. I let them help me brainstorm when I ’ m stuck. There are times when I do a lot more family things than writing, and other times I get caught up in my writing and forget everything around me. I just make sure that after that happens, I go find something fun to do with my kids. After school every day, I ’ m usually running around to various activities for them, so I wait until they ’ re in bed to write. Every day is a new day and a new way to work around what needs to be

From an early age L. R. W. Lee knew she wanted to write a children’s book. Her imagination for such a book was cultivated early on as her family didn’t have a lot of money. She and her older brother were encouraged to use their imaginations to entertain themselves. And use them they did – climbing trees and tree forts, using a quilt for a matchbox car city, making puppets and putting on shows, and much more and her creativity and imagination grew. VS: Mr. Lee, I want to thank you for being my guest here on The Writing Mama once again. You recently just released the 2 nd book in our series, which is a great accomplishment. What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life while writing a series? Lee: I’m spoiled in that regard. I founded, built and sold a multi-million dollar company in January 2012. Since then, I’ve been free to write full time so I don’t face quite the challenges as many authors. I write while everyone is out of the house and

Mikey Brooks is a small child masquerading as adult. On occasion you’ll find him dancing the funky chicken, singing like a banshee, and pretending to have never grown up. He is the author/illustrator of several books including BEAN’S DRAGONS , the ABC ADVENTURES series, and author of the middle-grade fantasy-adventure novel, THE DREAM KEEPER . He spends most of his time playing with his daughters and working as a freelance illustrator. Mikey has a BS degree in Creative Writing from Utah State University. He is also one of the hosts of the Authors’ Think Tank Podcast . VSG: I want to thank you for being my guest here on The Writing Mama today. Mikey: It is my pleasure. I am happy to be on a show that helps promote writing for mommies and daddies. VSG : What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? Mikey: The best thing for me to do is remember that have more than one role in life and each of those roles requires my attention. Having