Personal Narratives

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Amy Poeppel shares the ups and downs and starts and stops of her writing life.

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Carrie Lambourne weighs the value of a good book, rejection, and family on her journey as a writer.

A guest post to motivate, encourage, and inspire… ~~~~~ A Simple Truth “Some days I’ll do almost anything else, Wander the house, tackle the ironing, dusting, I’ll shuffle This pile of papers, those books, to another more sensible place” -Ingrid Wendt The Simple Truth This poem comforts me enormously. Over lunch just now, I read […]

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader, Zsofia McMullin, shares her love of writing with her son.

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Danielle Ryan lauds the imaginative power of daydreaming.

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Brandy Wilkinson moves through the cycles of motherhood and writing, and back again.

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Christine Organ explores the messy pages of her journal.

In today’s post, Literary Mama’s Profiles editor, Christina Consolino shares how the small moments of writing a blog helped her heal.

In today’s post, Blog Editor Amanda Jaros shares her journey into the MFA thesis process.

In today’s post, Literary Mama’s Creative Nonfiction editor Rae Pagliarulo shares how the obstacles in her path might just be teaching her more than she realizes.

In today’s guest post, Literary Mama reader Sky England stretches herself to get past her demons and just write.