Mamaphonic - Doing It

Hey - that's mine

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:17:26 -0700

Hi all: I'm new here, but I wanted to "out" myself and let you all know that the piece in features "I Wonder," is mine. I hope you enjoy it and drop me a response here :-). Thanks much, yedwyn

Yay, PhoenixRising!

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:47:13 -0700

Great article in HipMama!!!!!

My August Column

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:43:30 -0700

Don't Ask Me When I'm Going To Wean in the August 2008 issue of www.wethepeoplenews.org.

send edit?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:52:21 -0700

Hi all: This is my first post here, so I hope I'm doing it right. Here's my quandry: I've had a piece accepted at a wonderful magazine. However, I wrote the piece back in October and have since realized it was not ready to go out when I sent it--needed more work, in other words. Anyhow, I've edited extensively thinking that I would need to submit to another publication. Now that they've accepted, the editor has said that she has edit suggestions to send along in a month or so.

July column

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:51:00 -0700

My column is up at www.wethepeoplenews.org

Mother and Creativity Research Project

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:14:15 -0700

Good morning everyone!

My name is April Priddy-Smith. I'm a psychology major at the University of NC at Greensboro, a mom of three very unique young people, a former middle and high school art teacher, and an amateur artist to boot! Needless to say, I'm a busy person these days. Anyhoo, I'm currently doing research on the effects of motherhood on women's creativity and I want to invite all of you to visit the web-link to my survey to become involved. My goal is to get 300 female artists to complete the survey by the end of the summer and hopefully, once it's all said and done, perhaps the findings will be published in one of the scholarly journals dedicated to creativity research. Who knows :-).

May and June columns

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:50:38 -0700

The We the People News website was running a bit behind its print circulation for awhile, but it is caught up if you want to read my recent columns: www.wethepeoplenews.org

My Target Market goals

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:43:22 -0700

By 2009, I want to have placed stories with HipMama. LiteraryMama, Brain,Child and the Mother's Movement Online. Damn it. And more places, too. Damn it. I'm serious.

Of course, I felt my Bus Brats story was the best fit I'd ever written for LM and they rejected it. Looking forward at ideas that I have for pieces to write, I really can't imagine any that would be a better fit. Except my poetry.

Calling All Artist Mothers - Want to participate in a study of artist-moms?

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:51:46 -0700

Anyone interested in sharing how motherhood changed their artistic life? I'm a senior psychology major at the University of NC at Greensboro; my area of interest is women and creativity. I'm working on a project about how motherhood affects women's creative processes and I'd like to get input from some Mom's (like myself) who are actually doing the mother-artist thing. If you'd be willing to share with me, either over the phone or through e-mail, I'd love to talk to you.

Found my notebook!

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:45:59 -0700

I lost my Baby Moon notebook months and months ago. All my essays are on the computer, but the actual notebook with my future essay notes, etc., was lost and I couldn't find it anywhere. I knew I could continue with the project just fine without it, but I just got too depressed. I've been depressed about my career anyway, and the child who I was writing about my maternity leave with turns four this summer, so the project just felt further and further away.

from "A Conversation with Marilyn Nance"

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:34:19 -0800

While goofing off int eh darkroom (and procrastinating doing any photo stuff), I came across this (old) piece with photographer and mother Marilyn Nance in the 25th anniversary edition of the photo journal "Contact Sheet" (#97)

Because it's long and it's not on-line, I'm only going to quote excerpts, but I thought I'd share it with you all:

"When I was invited to spend a month as Artist-in-Residence at Light Work, everyone said, 'You're going to leave your son?--You're going to leave your husband?--Why are you going to do that?--How are you going to work it out?" But I had to work it out.

Lets make a PRESS RELEASE for Mamaphiles #3!

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:21:25 -0800

I took this from mirandas blurb and the intro ..mixed it up. We need the thing that says FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, at the top, right? and anything else. mamas can you go over this - add, subtract, comment, finalize ...we need a press release/cover letter kinda thing to have on hand.

- - -

The Mother of all Zines is Back!

Mamaphiles, the mama-zine compilation, announces the publication of its third issue. In this installment, twenty five zine-writing mamas (and one papa) take on the theme “Coming Home.” Contributors range from zine veterans like Ariel Gore of Hip Mama, Kate Haas of Miranda, and Jessica Mills of My Mother Wears Combat Boots to young mothers brand-new to zines. Packed with essays, poetry, artwork, and photos, Mamaphiles is a comprehensive introduction to the vibrant mama zine community (or a good way to check in with old favorites).

MamaPhiles #3 - Getting it Out

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:48:01 -0700

I've got most of the files and are going to lay it out. I have Trulas graphic - but no other graphic file. who had images beside vikki?

*Need Cover

*Is Corbin going to write an intro?

*How are we going to print this?

*Are we going to raise funds?

I'm going to try to get it out for the NOLA Bookfair, Nov.10, http://www.nolabookfair.com/ where colleen and i will be tabling. if possibl

My columns!

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:11:29 -0700

Hey! I just realized you can read them online. They start in the July issue, one each issue:

www.wethepeoplenews.ccppc.org

I need help with my mamaphiles essay!

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:50:24 -0700

yesterday was my extention and I didn't turn anything in. Basically I just decided that I can't do it this time. I tried! But I have this 4000 plus wooly incoherent essay I keep adding too that I can't shape up into anything. I also feel like I have forgotten how to write. Muffy Bolding gave me a pep talk and said that for all writers, on every new project, they feel like they forgot how to write!