I found this site off hipmama and am so glad I did. Writing has become a huge outlet for me since my son was born. I don't have the time to paint so all my energy is expressed through pen and paper instead. So big Hello to everyone...

I am a client of the WL Writers Agency and I felt I had to put in my
reply.

You know, I read all this and all I can say is that the WL Literary
Agency
has treated me fairly. They have NOT led me on with false promises.
They
told me how hard it is. They didn't make me use any of their companies
to
get my work edited, they just said that I had to get it edited and
improved.
I think that makes sense. And my work really needed it, whew!

Hello Mamas
After reading Mamaphiles I thought, "I've finally found my people" I submitted Chop Wood to Susan and viola, here I am. I started my zine Reality Mom four years ago and it has saved me on many dark days. Check her out at www.realitymomzine.blogspot.com or email me and I can send you a copy in her full illustrated glory. Thanks for being here, back to writing while my four and one-year-old asleep-at the same time!

Do you have a mother who's always asking you those nagging questions, the kind
that make you question your parenting skills? Is she constantly giving you
unsolicited advice? Or is your mother so supportive, that she makes your busy
life as a working mom so much easier? Either way, I'd like to speak with you
and interview you for a book I'm writing on how to resolve the tensions
experienced between today's working mothers and their own mothers.

Hi all just wantto say how happy I amto have found this board. I am a SAHM and new to my area so right now I don't know a soul where I live. Recently I have been so bored I want to scream. Finding this site was awesome so that maybe I could have an adult convo (kind of) with other moms. Nice to meet you all!

I've been musing about color (or the lack thereof) among (American) performance artists and musicians especially who are also mothers. And I realize that aside from the couple of incredible women artists I know personally, I'm ashamed
to say I can't name any!

Is there an actual lack of visibility or is it just my own ignorance about general American culture?

The only mother artist I can think of right off the top of my head is an old friend who goes by the name of infiniTee da

Hello! Has anyone printed their own book? What were they costs? Who did you work with? What went well, or poorly? I would love the entire scoop.
Thanks

Mama of 2 boys who were returned to Germany with abusive father by Californian court. Am prolific and seeking to self publish this year. Have lived overseas for the past 4 years (Spain and Germany), and fled back to my home in CA to escape rapist abuser father of my children. ICK!!! Am hoping for prosperity and justice to take place this year. Am battling PTSD and winning. Count my blessings though the path of life can be hard to understand. Cry tears at night, wail at the stars in longing for my offspring. Have always been their primary caretaker while philandering spouse paved his way. Am baffled by backlash directed at mothers by the courts. Was told not to seek sole custody because it was never granted these days. Also want to start zine, seeking submissions: MWTC (mother's without their children).

i always see that there are new people registering, and when i read their profiles i'm psyched to have them aboard. but then i never see them again...

so i just wanted to extend a welcome to all of you. i know we are *all* strapped for time and i'm sure that's a factor in this, but come pop in when you can. we need your every one of your unique voices!

By tenderfoot at 01/08/2005 - 5:25pm | Welcome! | 4 comments | read more

I've been lurking for a while, and I've been trying to muster up the courage to write again. I used to do it constantly, a couple lifetimes ago. Somewhere along the line I decided I sucked and I quit. Then intermittently, I would pick up my pen and my angry notebook and try to write again and it was no good. In fact it was horrible. I thought it was lost forever.

I was in therapy a few years ago and discussing my former drug use and its effect on my then-current school performance. My therapist, Goddess-Tanya (she only went by Tanya, no other title), asked me if I would have jumped up from the hospital bed right after giving birth and expected myself to go run, complete, and win a 10 mile marathon.