Now Reading: October 2016
Celebrate the Halloween season with these spooky and fantastical reading picks from the staff of Literary Mama.
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Writerly Roundup – October 2016
Our Writerly Roundup blog series features a curated collection of articles on the craft of writing and the creative life that we don’t want you to miss.~ 6 Writing Tips from John Steinbeck, Maria Popova (@brainpicker), The Atlantic If you’re going to take writing advice, it might as well be from one of the greats.
After Page One: Claiming Space
In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Melissa Sokulski tells how she found time to write at a retreat in the mountains.
After Page One: Conferences
In today’s post, Literary Mama Editors Rae Pagliarulo and Whitney Archer share about attending Hippocamp.
Join Us for a Facebook Chat on Writing and Motherhood
Literary Mama is excited to chat on Facebook this month. We invite you to join us on Thursday, October 20, throughout the day to answer questions regarding motherhood and writing. Our focus will revolve around the increasing rhetoric in parenting and when to draw the line on what we write about our children. The Literary Mama staff will be happy […]
After Page One: Support
In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Laura Mathis wonders who is going to mother her in her time of need.
Calls for Submissions – October 2016
On the first Wednesday of each month, Literary Mama shares a list of current calls for submissions. Good luck sending your work out into the world! LITERARY MAMA OPPORTUNITIES The Profiles department seeks “profiles of writers who are mothers, or writers who write about motherhood
After Page One: Inspiration
In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Melissa Ressler gets in touch with her creative muse.
Now Reading: September 2016
The hustle and bustle of September can leave us all a little frazzled and in need of an escape. In this month’s Now Reading, we are featuring the books some of us Literary Mamas read when we need more than Calgon to take us away. These books represent our escape into the written word when we can’t actually leave our daily routines.
Writerly Roundup – September 2016
Our Writerly Roundup blog series features a curated collection of articles on the craft of writing and the creative life that we don’t want you to miss. ~ 3 Strategies for Staying Productive as a Writer, Tom Farr (@farrtom), Hippocampus Magazine Tom Farr is probably like most of us: he gets overwhelmed by the amount of work on his […]
Writing Prompt: Literary Reflections
What passions do you wish to model for your children? Use this writing prompt to explore your writing world, then share your thoughts with Literary Mama.