I've been writing to pay the bills since my children were very young. As long as they have been aware, they have had the experience of having people comment to them - and to me in their presence - about books or articles or essays or blog posts that I've written.
(Me, at work, blogging from Bonnaroo, 2006)
Mostly, that's a pleasant experience for them because 99.9% of the time, the people who take the time to talk to them or around them about their mother's published writing are doing so because they have something positive to say - stuff like "I enjoyed that article your mom wrote for the newspaper last week," or "I like your mother's blog," or "It must be fun having a mother who is a writer."
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