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No journaling prompt this week. Instead, open your notebook and enjoy what you’ve written so far. Then, come back next week and join me in a new year of writing prompts.

Patricia Harman is giving away one copy of her new book. Patricia spent over thirty years caring for women as a midwife, first as a lay-midwife, delivering babies in cabins and on communal farms in West Virginia, and later as a nurse-midwife in teaching hospitals and in a community hospital birthing center. In Arms Wide […]

Our Profiles Department seeks writers keen to explore behind-the-scenes of the publishing world and find out how successful mother-authors pack so much into a day. During 2011, Literary Mama published interviews with fantastic women-writers such as Nicki Richesin, Ellen Meeropol, Cassie Premo Steele and Clare Vanderpool. We have a stellar lineup for 2012 too, but […]

“Mom, you wouldn’t say no if I wanted to give you a Christmas present early, would you?” My son has just returned from an evening at the roller-skating rink and is hiding something behind his back.

So … how’s your journaling? Here’s a recap of the For Your Journal writing prompts I posted August through October 2011 in case you missed out on one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August Write a letter to your child. Is it hard to be a mom? Read the entire prompt here. What rules should be established regarding children […]

Do you keep a journal – or wish you could get one started? Literary Mama wants to help. This week’s prompt invites you to open a box of crayons, colored pencils, or markers.

Literary Reflections is pleased to present our featured writing prompt response from November. Earlier this month, we asked you to write about your transformation from childhood to adulthood in terms of how you interact with your parents and to describe a specific experience in which you saw your mother or father through the adult eyes […]

Do you keep a journal – or wish you could get one started? Literary Mama wants to help. This week’s prompt encourages readers to write about “the talk.”

From their press release: Black Balloon Publishing puts out genre-bending books that rebel against industry convention: the weird, the unwieldy, the unclassifiable — in anything from classic paperback, to interactive e-book, to digital storytelling collage. At only two books a year, we take on what we love — and it’s a deep-seated, hippocampal love — […]

Do you keep a journal – or wish you could get one started? Literary Mama wants to help. This week’s prompt asks you to consider seven myths about adoption.

Do you keep a journal – or wish you could get one started? Literary Mama wants to help. This week’s prompt encourages you to write about a learning experience that had an impact on you and your child.