Writing

For many parent writers, it is enough of a challenge to find a spare moment to jot down our thoughts about parenting, our children, our new roles, and our shifting identities. Finding the additional time to research the publishing market, draft query letters, devise a marketing plan and get to a post office to send […]

Literary Mama Editor, Columnist and Naughty Mommy Heidi Raykeil was featured on The Situation with Tucker Carlson on MSNBC last night. Seems like she had Mr. Carlson feeling a little hot and bothered under his trademark bow tie. The transcript can be found here (about half way down the page).

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Literary Mama’s The Naughty Mommy is at it again! This time she’s been answering readers’ questions over at The Washington Post.

This one was close to my heart because it took place in my cozy neighborhood independent bookstore. Much has been written about the sudden death of the owner, Debi Echlin, just two months ago, and she truly was a remarkable woman. Local Author (of one of my favorite books of last year, The Unthinkable Thoughts […]

I had a chance to catch up with Literary Mama Senior Editor and Columnist Heidi Raykeil after her interview with Ann Curry on the Today Show. Heidi was interviewed about her first book Confessions of a Naughty Mommy: How I Found My Lost Libido and came across as calm, cool and collected. She revealed the […]

Literary Mama Senior Editor Heidi Raykeil’s interview with Ann Curry on the Today show can be viewed here. After her interview aired, sales of Confession of a Naughty Mommy jumped, driving the book from #77,093 on the Amazon sales rank yesterday to #39 (and climbing) today. In other words, today Heidi’s book sold more copies […]

Literary Mama’s own Heidi Raykeil will be appearing on NBC’s Today show tomorrow morning in the 9am time-slot to promote her new book, Confessions of a Naughty Mommy.

The Toronto Star ran an article today on “mommy blogs” and how mothers are connecting via the web. Author Andrea Gordon interviewed Literary Mama’s Andi Buchanan and me (among others) for the article and Literary Mama received a nice mention in the sidebar article. A major component of the article is about how blogging has […]

Bethany Hiitola is a blogging mom who is taking the self-publishing aspect of the blogosphere one step further. She had posted a draft of her novel, Postpartum Euphoria, online in the hopes of generating some buzz and to get some bites from agents or editors. Could this be the start of something new?

In this week’s question, Dr. Sue addresses the dangers of writing what you know (again, it has to do with other people! Why do writers always seem to come up against this “other people” issue??). This is something I grapple with often, especially as someone who writes mostly nonfction. Personal essays about my life necessarily […]

A wonderful writer and online friend is making a guest appearance on MJ Rose’s blog every Friday starting today. Sue O’Doherty, PhD, is a psychologist specializing in issues affecting writers, and is no slouch herself. (And, in the interest of full disclosure, she has a lovely essay in It’s a Boy.) Today she tackles two […]