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Writing Prompt: Robin Lentz Worgan Responds

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Victoria Livingstone’s Exhaustion and Rest: Motherhood and Creativity and Linda Collins’s Write of Passage: Telling a Daughter’s Story. We asked, “Has motherhood impacted your creativity in unexpected ways? Has observing your children’s approach to life or listening to their comments about it changed […]

Kimberly Lee |  February 19, 2021 | Blog, Writing Prompt |  8 Comments

Now Reading — February 2021

I’ve always felt that reading is balsam für die Seele, meaning “balm for the soul,” a phrase I learned from a friend who’s wondrously fluent in German. Immersion in the universe of a book is a form of escapism from real world concerns, causing the heart rate to slow, the breath to deepen. It’s easy […]

Kimberly Lee |  February 12, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

Writing Prompt: Laurie Phillips Responds

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Victoria Livingstone’s Exhaustion and Rest: Motherhood and Creativity and Linda Collins’s Write of Passage: Telling a Daughter’s Story. We asked, “Has motherhood impacted your creativity in unexpected ways? Has observing your children’s approach to life or listening to their comments about it changed […]

Kimberly Lee |  February 12, 2021 | Blog, Writing Prompt |  One Comments

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We’re looking for a creative individual to join our team!

Amanda Jaros |  February 7, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

Writing Prompt: Andrea Isiminger Responds

Last month, we invited readers to share their responses to a writing prompt inspired by Victoria Livingstone’s Exhaustion and Rest: Motherhood and Creativity and Linda Collins’s Write of Passage: Telling a Daughter’s Story. We asked, “Has motherhood impacted your creativity in unexpected ways? Has observing your children’s approach to life or listening to their comments about it changed […]

Kimberly Lee |  February 5, 2021 | Blog, Writing Prompt |  5 Comments

Calls for Submissions – February 2021

Welcome to our Calls for Submissions page. Here, we’ll feature new publication opportunities for all our Mama readers. Look for updated posts each month. If there is a ❤️ next to a call, that means the magazine or press is specifically looking for mother writers. We ❤️ all our Mamas! Literary Mama is always open […]

Blog Editor |  February 3, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

February Writing Prompt: Literary Reflections

For each issue of Literary Mama, Literary Reflections shares a writing prompt, inviting our readers to respond. Our editors provide feedback on the responses we receive, and we post our favorites on the blog. This month’s writing prompt is inspired by Kendra Stanton Lee’s Are You There, Judy? It’s Me, Kendra. ~~~~~ Blubber. Deenie. Tales of […]

Kimberly Lee |  February 2, 2021 | Blog, Writing Prompt |  Comments Are Closed

Where Are They Now? An Interview With LM Contributor, Cindy House

Every other month, we will publish an interview with a Literary Mama contributor to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM, and talk about their writing journeys.

Blog Editor |  January 27, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

Craft Talk With Colleen Kearney Rich, Fiction Editor

Welcome to Craft Talks. In this bi-monthly post, we’ll have a mini-interview with our own editors about craft, what they look for in submissions, and all things writing. Today, I talked with Colleen Kearney Rich, Fiction Editor. She told me about her recent publication, Linda Hogan, and the delight of surprise in submissions. 1. Tell […]

Bridget Lillethorup |  January 25, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

Now Reading — January 2021

Each page of my crisp, new reading log contains space for thoughts about the books I plan to read this year, along with room to jot down noteworthy quotes and award ratings for plot, characters, and overall enjoyability. Strangely, this will be my first time keeping such a journal. As a devoted, enthusiastic reader, one […]

Kimberly Lee |  January 15, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

Craft Talk With Autumn Purdy, Reviews Editor

Welcome to Craft Talks. In this bi-monthly post, we’ll have a mini-interview with our own editors about craft, what they look for in submissions, and all things writing. Today, I talked with Autumn Purdy, Reviews Editor. She told me about her current writing project, the cadence of E.E. Cummings, and how to open minds to […]

Bridget Lillethorup |  January 11, 2021 | Blog |  Comments Are Closed

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