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I felt like I had never really heard of a story that reflected the stuff I was going through as a mom. I came up with an idea for a story about motherhood that I would want to read.

I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms.

I have written stories since I was a child.

I've been writing stories, in one form or another, since I was a kid.

So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.

I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of these feelings that I had, some of these discoveries or revelations.

All I am is a writer and a mom.

Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap.

A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.

Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.