Mama Sez

When I first joined Literary Mama it was as the Commentary Editor. Problem was, none of us quite knew what “Commentary” meant. We all had an idea — a piece…

My kids are past the picture book stage these days but in my capacity as a children’s lit expert, I still haunt the children’s section of the bookstore. And it…

Let’s suppose for a minute that you’re a mama who does a bit of writing. Perhaps you’d love to be published — or published more often — but you just…

Happy Father’s Day! People who identify as fathers — male or female — join us this month at Literary Mama in honor of fathers and fatherhood. Like other mother-centered publications,…

When I first learned that I was going to be a mother, I called a friend with two young children, who worked as a writer and editor from home. “So,”…

If you read my last column, you know that I believe writers should actually seek and embrace rejection as a means to conquer our fears about it, and ultimately to…

Although I make my living as a writer and an editor, I hate getting rejected. So I’ve given myself the same New Year’s resolution for two years in a row:…

Welcome to “Mama Sez,” a new column written by the editors of Literary Mama. We don’t have a central editorial office; in fact, the editors are scattered all over the…