I thought I posted about Motherwords here, but maybe not. I have a piece in the current issue. It looks to be the only other Brain,Child-ish print mag out there - definitely try them. And tell us about your book proposal! (If you want.)

Miranda: a zine about motherhood and other adventures

I was just looking at their website and couldn't tell if it was an actual print magazine or online only? Is it worth it? I am suffering from serious magazine overload (must be killing 10 trees a year) and am trying to limit myslef.
GEMINI Mama

Yes, Motherwords is an actual print magazine. (I have a copy right here.) In looks it's a little less...hm, I don't know if "edgy" is the right word, than Brain, Child. A bit more glossy. But in terms of content, there's a real diversity of voices, excellent, honest writing, including a kick-butt piece by Raye Tibbits called "Attachment Parenting Rebel" and cartoons by Hausfrau. I'm pretty excited about it.

Miranda: a zine about motherhood and other adventures

My MMO acceptance has revitalized me and I've been a submitting fool this week.

Is it in the upcoming special needs issue? I may have a piece in that as well :-)!

That's the one! Yay!

Thanks for cracking the whip(:

Thanks for the Motherwords tips. I think you did mention Motherwords before, Miranda. When I looked, I wasn't sure if it really was print - now, I will definitely try it.

Guess what? One goal checked off - I got a yes back from the MMO! Yay!

The proposal is my Siblings At Birth thing, expanding from the former article. I soon will be hounding everyone for stories(:

No news except a rejection on the Cinderella story - but it came really fast and with a personal (if not sweet) note, so Fantasy and Science Fiction Mag looks like a good possibility.

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you.

I'm not sure. I keep wishing that old MZB fantasy mag still existed. I need a cross between a fantasy mag and a women's literary journal.

Sent off a book proposal today - cross your fingers for me!

and now, to keep from worrying and checking your inbox 20 times a day, get working on those other projects!

What are you working on now?

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you.

This week I need to get my September column in and I am not ready.

need I say more?

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you.

sent off Illness today. I am sending things out semi-steadily. Trying to stay on it.

Sent Hurting Cinderella to a fantasy/sci-fi magazine.

I didn't know you wrote fantasy/sci fi. Keep me posted about that and, since Octavia Butler has turned me onto sci-fi/fantasy, let me know where I can read your story!

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you.

Thank you! It's still up under fiction here, since there aren't many posts there, even though I wrote it awhile back. And did you read my Queen Bee story under fiction?

It actually looks a little messed up now that I check it - I guess the site had some updates in 3 years!

Thank you! That's exactly what I need. I sent BB off to HipMama today, so we'll see. Please keep hassling me!

Has anyone else submitted anything to the new HipMama? Any word?

inspired by 3 days of being around awesome media makers with my kind of (political) stripes and 3 days of seeing how happy dd was in the Allied Media Conference's Kids' Track, I asked kerlin if she had space for a short write-up. And she did (if I sent it in that same day).

Soooooo....

thanks to china, who was my non-stop cheerleader/editor, I sat down at 1 pm and by 10:30 that night (I had to go home and get the list of concrete ways to support mothers, children and families that we had drafted at the conference), I had a finished piece to send!

Hope I'm not giving away any secrets, but she said she was finishing the issue this week. Not quite sure what that means in terms of print media (this is why I love zines. 'cuz *I* control when the damn thing comes out. Well, as long as the xerox machine doesn't malfunction), but I'm assuming it means it will be out soon.

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you.

Congrats!!! Way to make a deadline!

In that case, I am thinking Bus Brats probably didn't make the cut, because I never did hear back. I'll wait a little more to see, though,before I start scouring about for another market for it. The one I posted today in non-fiction, I am hoping to submit to The MMO, which I've not tried yet. I think I still need to flesh out the end more, though. I also sent Boys To Men to Motherverse and haven't heard from them yet. I'm trying to keep up with those goals!

never having worked with Kerlin before, I'm not sure how she works. But you could try dropping her an e-mail and asking.

Also, if you want to try your hand at shorter pieces, you could try make/shift's Everyday Actions (scenes of feminist action in everyday life (200 to 400 words))section: http://www.makeshiftmag.com/submissions.htm

Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you.