Writing while Caring: A Practical, Generous and Slightly Bloody-Minded Guide for Unpaid Carers Who Write – Or Want To - Softcover

Vaught, Anna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1804472352 ISBN 13: 9781804472354

Publisher: Haywood Books, 2026

Synopsis

If you care for someone without pay and you write, this little book was made for you.

Writing while Caring is Dr Anna Vaught's practical, generous and slightly bloody-minded guide for writers whose lives are full of hospital appointments, forms, and interruptions; who are often tired, unsupported and, perhaps, very sad.

Drawing on the principles of The Alchemy and The Elixir, and everything the Curae Prize has taught her about the sheer number of brilliant, invisible writer-carers out there, Vaught makes the case that you don't need four uninterrupted hours and a linen notebook to be a real writer. You need a hundred words, permission to write badly, and someone telling you the truth: you are still a writer.

Funny, fierce and unexpectedly tender, this is a small book built to feel like a friend on a hard day.

About this title

About the Author

Anna Vaught is an English teacher, Creative Writing teacher, mentor, editor and author of several books, including Saving Lucia, Famished, Ravished and These Envoys of Beauty. Her short creative works and features have been widely published, and she has written for the national press and has had a column with The Bookseller and Mslexia. In 2022 Anna launched The Curae, a new literary prize for carers. Anna is also a guest university lecturer, a tutor for Jericho Writers, and volunteers with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. She is the mother of three sons, comes from a large Welsh family and lives in Wiltshire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haywood Books
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1804472352
• ISBN 13: 9781804472354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64