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writing mamas part deuxSubmitted by shadeshaman on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 3:57pm.
I see that there are some other frustrated writers here. What can we do to help and encourage each other? shadeshaman's blog | login or register to post comments | email this page | printer friendly version
Mamaphonic is a sister site to hipmama specifically for mamas creative in writing, film making, music, etc. It is awesome! I am an infrequent poster but there is a solid group of regular posters, mostly writing mamas, who have been published in everything from tiny zines to mainstream mags to books. One of the regular exercises we do is this thing called 300 days, where you just aim for writing 300 words in your entry. Every month a new 300 days is started. You can write as much or as little as you want. New voices are always welcome, come on over my mama blog | scrapbook Yeah! Yeah! What she said! "Do not forget. Remember and warn." She and I decided to keep it limited to four friends, since we're really thin-skinned about having our fiction projects critiqued. But it's been great. First, it forces me to get things done by a certain time (I've been focusing on writing short stories), and then it helps to have three other sets of eyes giving me helpful suggestions, etc. Maybe we could start a writing mamas thread on HM? Where we bounce ideas off of each other for how to get motivated/stay focused or ask questions? "Too weird to live. Too rare to die." - Hunter S. Thompson I love that you ended your post with a Thompson quote! Perhaps an outlet for some writing? Maybe a place to send some journaling-type exercises relating to momhood...? My new zine, Gonzo Parenting, is looking for submissions of personal essays about parenting in the trenches. Guidelines are posted the zine's blog at: I am currently accepting submissions for the fall issue, and the deadline is the end of the month. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in submitting or have any questions... I did blog about this on my HipMama blog: http://hipmama.com/node/39927 Keep writing! that everyone could use. I have a few books/resources that I'd be willing to pull from. We wouldn't necessarily have to post the writing here, but if people wanted to they could. Anybody up for that? I like this idea. And some kind of accountability/deadline factor would be nice sometimes...although I don't think I'd be able to meet them, ever, at this point in my life. 24/MN. Queer, veg, single, AP mama to DD1. about submitting a piece to that gonzo parenting rag. Or, maybe, it would be a better idea to submit writing to hipMama proper. Whatever--the point is to get the ball rolling. Any other ideas? Any other challenges we could give each other? \m/ |
So much on my plate right now. But yes, the exercises would be helpful to just keep the skills from getting too rusty.
We could interview each other. Answering somebody else's questions is one good way to eradicate the syndrome of the intimidating blank page that haunts you in a bout of writers block...gives you a place to start...
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