Welcome to Nebula Notebook!
A place to celebrate creativity, motherhood, and children's books ⨠âī¸ đĒŠ âŗ đĩ đ đ â¨
Hi, Iâm Heidi!
Writer. Editor. Creative Coach. Mother.
Nebula Notebook is a warm community of creative mothers who dream of making a little book magic, even when life is bananas. The name Nebula Notebook is inspired by the notebooks I start every time I decide to work on a new project. I call them my nebula notebooks to encourage my brain to slow down, dream, and explore, the same way I would if I was floating through a beautiful nebula. In this nebula notebook, youâll find Mothers Who Make interviews and fresh inspiration each week.
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Join 4,000 Ideas: The Oliver Burkeman Book Club for Creatives (IYKYKâif you donât know and are curious, check out the first post. Itâs ok to skip the reading and just chime in with questions and comments in this book club.)
Follow along as I publish Quickening: The Art of Being a Creative Mother (My mantra is âMy book, my way,â and I would love to share all the nitty gritty details of this self-publishing journey with you.)
When I became a mother, I learned how to write books in small pockets of time, and I loved having something that felt like it was all mine. Over time, I came to see myself less as someone who needs to produce and prove herself and more as a creative creature who is here to witness, make meaning, and express my ideas. It made me a better writer and a better mother, and I learned creativity and motherhood are inextricably combined. đ
Iâm your host, but this is truly a shared project, where we make art, muddle through motherhood together, and cheer each other on. The world needs more artâespecially from mothers! Weâre building a beautiful community together. This is a place to meet kindred spirits, celebrate creativity, and get inspired. We share many of the same interests, values, and experiences, and that matters. It connects us. And celebrating that connection makes it stronger. It tells the world we matter.
Subscribers Say
âHeidi offers continuous creative insight through her mother interviews, professional background in publishing, and experiences as a mother. I feel both inspired and indulgent reading her newsletters, no matter how I want to pursue creativity.â
âHeidiâs community of artist moms is one of the best places on the internet.â
âHeidi helps me believe I can do this and that there is a place for me.â
âHeidiâs writing is vulnerable, open, sometimes funny, sometimes teary, always written with a clarity of purposeâ
âHeidi asks great questions and gathers all the beautiful answers and carves out space to talk about this living, parenting, making, creating thing weâre doing in such an expansive way.â
âHeidi is a force of calm and encouragement. Sheâs really honest about the challenges of caregiving and writing, and she provides lots of helpful tips for getting the work done anyway.â
âHeidi teaches us how to notice and nurture the little creative seeds most of us can already feel somewhere inside ourselves.â
So nice to meet you Heidi! I'm a fellow creative mom and I can't wait to dive into your work.