It’s cold and gray; icy drizzle falls from the sky, which makes a hot cup of tea, a fuzzy blanket, and a chunky book the best accompaniments for a day spent inside. Winter is a wonderful time to hunker down and get some serious reading done. The editors and staff at Literary Mama would like […]
Mama writers, get out your wish list for Santa and add some new must-haves. If you’re looking to treat yourself this holiday season (we hope you are!), these gift ideas are great for helping you improve your craft, celebrating your writing and reading life, or simply make you feel good and cozy. If your family […]
Welcome to our newest blog series: Where Are They Now? In this series, our editors interview past Literary Mama contributors to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM and talk about their writing journeys. You’d have to be hiding under a rock to be unfamiliar with author and activist Stephanie Land. She’s the bestselling author of […]
Summer brings vacations, lazy days at the beach, and lots of time for reading. Literary Mama editors and staff put together a list of some of the books we’ve been enjoying. We hope these quick reviews provide some inspiration for your summer reading list! What other books are on your Summer Reading List? Tell us […]
Welcome to our newest blog series: Where Are They Now? In this series, our editors interview past Literary Mama contributors to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM and talk about their writing journeys. This week, former editor-in-chief Amanda Jaros chatted via Zoom with writer and editor Windy Lynn Harris, whose fiction was published […]
Welcome to our newest blog series: Where Are They Now? In this series, our editors interview past Literary Mama contributors to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM and talk about their writing journeys. Look to this series for writing inspiration, reading suggestions, and connections to other mama writers. This week, Blog Editor and CNF Editorial […]
We invited Mama Writers to share their words wrestling with the pain and emotion of the horrific shootings at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, TX. We hope their art inspires and challenges you. Have you created art from the recent events? We’d love for you to share it in the comments. Tender Flesh, Delicate Bone, Remains […]
New Book Recommendation! Zibby Owens’ newest memoir, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, is slated for publication in July 2022, and we can’t wait to read it. She writes that the book is “a deeply personal memoir about one woman’s journey to finding her voice and rewriting her story by the creator and […]
Welcome to our newest blog series: Where Are They Now? In this series, our editors interview past Literary Mama contributors to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM and talk about their writing journeys. This week, Senior Editor and Poetry Editor Libby Maxey caught up with Susannah Q. Pratt, whose third Literary Mama essay will appear […]
January is a perfect time to check in with you reading goals for the year and to see what you wanted to be sure to put on your TBR lists. As we hunkered down for some more pandemic and weather-related closures, our editors and staff delved into some books we’ve been wanting to read for […]
“When inspiration strikes, stop everything and write. But don’t wait for inspiration, and learn to hold ideas, words, whole paragraphs in your head, just in case. Make, beg, or steal time–from your job, your hobbies, your sleep–and write, whether it’s fifteen minutes a day or an hour once a week; find the time and use […]