Good Moms on Paper
A podcast about writing and parenting brought to you by Annie Hartnett, Tessa Fontaine, and Ellen O'Connell Whittet, all writers and mothers of young children. Formerly known as the Here to Save You podcast. We're so glad you're here.
Episodes
Ellen and Annie reunite after many months and we talk about the cutest baby and Ellen reveals a secret we've kept from listeners. We talk disciplining children, and why Drew isn't starting a home daycare any time soon.
We love you, you're doing a good job.
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Annie Ellen and Tessa
We're back! Hoping to start more regular programming...
For free admission to the Novel & Memoir classes, preorder Tessa's novel The Red Grove from any bookstore and email receipt to goodmomsonpaper@gmail.com
Novel Class, April 23 at 8 pm est on zoom
Memoir class, April 30 at 8 pm est on zoom
One place to preorder: https://riffraffpvd.com/the-red-grove-a-novel/
Also mentioned...
Annie and Tessa got to hang with Lucas Mann, the author of the forthcoming essay collection ATTACHMENTS (May, 2024) and the new co-owner of the bookstore/bar Riff Raff in Providence with his wife, Ottavia De Luca. He is also the author of Captive Audience: On Love and Reality Television, Lord Fear: A Memoir, and Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere.
Here is Lucas's website: https://www.lucasmann.com/
His...
We're back! We missed you! In this casual return episode, we talked about Tessa's great adventures spending a few months in Portugal with a toddler, about Tessa's upcoming book THE RED GROVE (preorder now!), about our writing contracts and our accountability group -- and new website!!! Oh, and Annie cries at the end.
The Red Grove preorder!
New website: https://www.accountabilityworkshops.com/
Ellen & Annie got to talk with Sara Peterson, author of Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture. We have been waiting for this episode and Sara didn't disappoint!
About her work, Sara says: "I want to understand why our culture idealizes motherhood (online and off) but fails again and again to give moms what they need to thrive (like universal preschool, paid fami...
Tessa and Annie got the chance to talk to Yael Goldstein-Love, author of The Possibilities, about postpartum anxiety and writing as a meaning making practice. Yael is on tour now -- try to see her!
Buy The Possibilities here
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The Good Moms
Hi friends --
Tessa and Ellen chatted with Szilvia Molnar and she had wonderful things to say about her new book, The Nursery, literature that makes you uncomfortable, mental health, and about the urgency to "stitch yourself back together after birth" and what she learned between her first and second pregnancies.
Buy The Nursery here
Read Ellen's Fleishman essay
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The Good M...
Hi friends --
Tessa and Annie connected with Disha Bose, author of the April Good Morning America Bookclub pick Dirty Laundry. She talks about writing after having a kid, writing during the pandemic, the man who said her career was over after kids and: how she showed him!!!
Get Disha Bose's book here:
DIRTY LAUNDRY
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The Good Moms
Tessa and Ellen caught up with our friend Julia Fine -- we talked writing schedules, her new novel Maddalena and the Dark, finding a book that fits your interests, and her super supportive husband.
Get Julia's new book now!
Maddalena and the Dark
and her other books!
The Upstairs House
What Should Be Wild
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The Good Moms
Hi friends --
We've gotten so many great members for the accountability groups who are listeners of the podcast, but when people join they always say: this community is so much more than we expected! So we wanted to take a deep dive to explain everything the accountability workshop community offers. Even if you don't join us, there are great tips in this episode for how to keep your writing on track, so feel fre...
Hi friends!
In this episode, Ellen and Tessa interviewed M.M. de Voe, author of A Flash of Darkness, Book & Baby, and Founder of Pen Parentis, a literary non-profit designed to help parents get their work done.
MM de Voe's books:
Book & Baby
A Flash of Darkness
Also mentioned:
7 Writer Residencies that Are Family Friendly
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The Good Moms
Hi pals!
In this episode, Annie and Ellen talk about being together IN REAL LIFE at the Boston marathon and how fast (and kissable! and heroic!) Ellen's husband is. Then Ellen and Tessa interview Krys Malcom Belc, a transmasculine essayist/dad/teacher/baker and the author ofThe Natural Mother of the Child.
Get Krys's book here:
The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Non-Binary Parenthood
Hi friends!
Today we talked with Julie Carrick Dalton about raising bees, raising kids, climate anxiety, hope for the future, and a fiery message from the beyond.
Julie's books:
The Last Beekeeper
Waiting for the Night Song
Tessa and I are offering a deal for our accountability workshop for podcast listeners if you sign up for the month of June. To read more about the accountability worksh...
Hi friends --
Tessa and Annie talked with Jennifer De Leon, author of the novels Borderless and Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, and the essay collection White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, and Writing.
We also talk about what we learned when Rufi Thorpe visited our accountability groups as the guest speaker.
Event on April 25th!: Celebrate the release of Borderless with author Jennifer De Leon...
Hi friends,
In this episode, we catch up a bit on life stuff, talk about this incredible Maggie Smith essay: My Marriage Was Never the Same After That (also we're so excited to buy her book!) and discuss our book club pick: Fight Night by Miriam Toews.
Listen to the NPR segment about Ellen's book here!
For our next book club, we'll read Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. ...
Hi friends --
It's been a month since we last spoke, but we've recorded some great episodes!
Ellen and Tessa spoke with Marisa Crane, author of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, which received a great review in the NYT.
You can buy Mac's book here:
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
Until next time, you're doing a great job.
The Good Moms
Hi friends --
This week, we were lucky to be joined by the writer and NYT bestseller Christie Tate. Christie talks about writing success after having kids, rejection and professional envy, and the power of the 10 minute check-in phone call.
It's such a great and helpful conversation -- don't miss it.
Christie's books:
BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found
Group: How One Th...
Hi friends,
Today on the podcast, we discussed a great listener question:
How can I find/build a writing community when I’m the primary caregiver for my toddler? Or—can I get by as a writer without one? Momming is a job I love, but it’s all-consuming. Every hour that I have childcare is spent adjunct teaching (need to give that up—too little pay for too much time) or writing, because I have a book coming out and...
Hi friends,
This week we're back with Diksha Basu, the author of internationally bestselling novels Destination Wedding and The Windfall.
Articles/podcasts mentioned:
Gretchen Rubin, podcast: More Happier
Rebranding Motherhood - New York Times
Restraint Is My Family's Love Language - The Cut
Gabe Hudson, podcast: The Twitterverse
Buy Diksha's books here:
Destinatio...
Hi friends,
We've always wanted to be part of a bookclub (where we mostly drink and brag about our kids), so we started our own! We read SPARE by Prince Harry, and highlighted some of the best gossip so you don't have to read the book (but you can if you want to! It's fun! Unless you're Tessa. Then it would be torture.)
In February, we'll be reading: Fight Night Miriam Toews
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