Welcome to Nebula Notebook!

Creativity, motherhood, books, and making space for YOUR dreams ✨ ✏️ 🪩 ⏳ 🍵 💕 📒 ✨

Hi, I’m 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, you’ll find Mothers Who Make interviews and fresh inspiration each week.

You’ll find essays like…

• Why Are All the Writer Moms on Substack?

• How to Take a Writing Break

• The Life Changing Magic of NOT Using a Planner

• What I Do When I Have Two Hours to Work

• How to Be a Good Friend to Someone with Autistic Kids

Paid subscribers get access to exclusive classes and guides on…

• Book Mapping

• Finding the Time and Energy to Write

• How to Write a Book Proposal

• Writing Nonfiction for Kids

• Writing Relatable Characters

• How to Query Agents Without Losing Your Mind

Plus you’re invited to…

• Join 4,000 Ideas: The Oliver Burkeman Book Club for Creatives (IYKYK—if you don’t know and are curious, check out the first post. It’s ok to skip the reading and just chime in with questions and comments in this book club.)

I’m also the author of Quickening: The Art of Being a Creative Mother.

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. 💛

I’m here to help you find ease and joy in the creative process, so you can keep going—even if you only have a few minutes a day to make something.

I’m 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 art—especially from mothers! We’re 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—right here, right now, in the middle of this messy, demanding season.

The truth is that making space for creativity and fun isn’t frivolous—it’s survival. That’s why you’ll find me talking about how to write a picture book, along with my favorite little luxuries, art, and whatever other delights come my way. 💛

I’m so glad you’re here!

Subscribers Say

“Heidi 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.”

“Heidi’s community of artist moms is one of the best places on the internet.”

“Heidi helps me believe I can do this and that there is a place for me.”

“Heidi’s writing is vulnerable, open, sometimes funny, sometimes teary, always written with a clarity of purpose”

“Heidi asks great questions and gathers all the beautiful answers and carves out space to talk about this living, parenting, making, creating thing we’re doing in such an expansive way.”

“Heidi is a force of calm and encouragement. She’s really honest about the challenges of caregiving and writing, and she provides lots of helpful tips for getting the work done anyway.”

“Heidi teaches us how to notice and nurture the little creative seeds most of us can already feel somewhere inside ourselves.”