C. L. Brenton’s work bears witness to motherhood.

An MFA graduate of Vermont college of fine arts, C. L. Brenton writes about women on the brink, about mothers that struggle to fit into traditional molds, and women who fight hard to create, endure and sustain their families through life’s most intense trials. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Colorado Review, A3 Review and Witness magazine. She is fond of really nice cats, chocolate chips in just about anything, and mothering her two young sons in Carmel, California.

Rainy day work session. Bed office edition. Happy noveling you post Christmas folks. May it be filled with heart and fire, and may you merrily, actually, finally write the last, hard-fought word of it. 📓💪🏻
I came for a quiet place to write and found so much more. This is a magical cabin, more-so in a storm with views above the foggy redwood canyon. My office is on the couch by the fire, pen in hand, soaking wet dog curled beside me, with a little bit o
Here are all the books I’m bringing on my three day Kerouacian #writing retreat this weekend. I’ll be in a one room cabin in Big Sur with my dog, an outdoor bathtub, and a huge storm. I’m a little bit terrified, but that’s wh
This beautiful journal was delivered to my doorstep yesterday amid the chaos of my oldest’s fifth birthday. I decided to pursue my MFA when he was four months old, traveled to Vermont for my first residency when he was one, had his brother just
I’m humbled and grateful to announce that I just signed my contract with Colorado Review for the (hopefully Fall) publication of my story “Mothers of Daughters and Their Mothers too.” I make all these stories without clarity. I for
More photos from the @witnessmag launch!
Thanks @witnessmag for the nice words and for featuring my reading. Check it on their feed — https://www.instagram.com/tv/CeM4X9-MwXk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Getting ready for my reading with, ya know, that kind of confidence. @witnessmag
Flying for the first time in over two years to the #bmifestival in Vegas for the @Witnessmag launch party! Relearning how to socialize with strangers, get through security, and empty and fill my water bottle at appropriate times. It comes back quick

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” 

― Henry David Thoreau