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Cleaning out my mom's house this past summer, it surprised me how unsentimental I felt, even though it was the last time I was goin...

Most of my time and intention last week went into organizing a spa party for E-girl. Like a production assistant, I went around to various ...

A couple of years ago I read an article about Karen Zacarías , a local playwright and mother of three, who confessed that she was only able ...

My teenage son, Isaac, came up to me a couple of days ago with a funny look on his face; after pausing for a few moments, he finally asked, ...

It's the eternal question: do I pay bills, or write a blog post? Leave the dishes in the sink, or write a journal entry? Do laundry, or ...

I normally update this blog at least once a week. So it felt funny last week when Tuesday rolled by, then Friday, and I hadn't posted an...

Mary Amato is a Maryland writer who writes children’s books and teaches workshops on writing for children at the Writers Center in Bethesda ...

In Sleeping with One Eye Open: Women Writers and the Art of Survival (which I’ve been mining for my blog of quotes about female artists ), ...

As I said yesterday, I don't mean to make motherhood and writing, or mothers who write, the entire focus of this blog. There are already...

So, I've been hearing how one should publicize one's blog by going to other people's blogs and leaving comments. Sounds easy, I ...

It seems physically impossible to me that one can be both a competent mother and a prolific writer. When women who have children write, unle...