Writing residencies for parents

If you’re a writer and mother (or father), should you abandon your young children and escape for a few weeks to a residency?

A story about a spider

by Stella, 4-3/4 years old

New story in Confrontation

Searching for aliens and/or God

and a new story up on Necessary Fiction

Soundtrack for writing stories

and a new story in the Kenyon Review

The joys of writing short stuff

and a few new stories online