Mamalicious!

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Why is today made of awesome sauce, you ask?  Why is it gonna be lovely?
First, this afternoon, El Ex and I are signing on the dotted line with our fabulous agent, Danielle Chiotti of Upstart Crow Literary Agency. Danielle will rep up us, shopping our co-parenting book proposal around to publishing houses.  Fingers crossed for [...]

Since TechBoo started a new job last fall, he doesn’t have the same access to email and phone that he did in his previous job. So when he texted me to see how my meeting went this morning with the agent who is interested in the co-parenting book that El Ex and I are [...]

“The reading was sublime. All mama-writers. Lots of blood, sex, body fluids, wine.”
These 3 sentences were about all I could muster on Twitter when I returned home last night from the Unblurred reading.
I was pretty okay when I left the house.  By phone, Techboo had done his loving cheerleader thing.  The first time I read [...]

Join me and some other Hip Mamas for a reading at Rebellious Nature this Friday night as part of the Unblurred Art. Music.Performance Crawl along Penn Ave.
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Presents…a reading by local writers Deesha Philyaw, Christina Springer, Melissa Sokulski, Kelli Stevens Kane, and Robin Monroe, along with Amanda Gilby, short fiction contest winner, reading from her piece featured in Issue 44:
The Creativity Issue
This latest issue honors and celebrates musicians, writers, and artists who can nurture their kids and their art.
Let’s get together, hip [...]

The bad news is: 1.5 hours of sleep. The good news is: http://bit.ly/36yldy

In the current Art/See issue of Bitch magazine (I got mine in the mail today), check out my review of the wonderful anthology “Who’s Your Mama?” edited by Yvonne Bynoe, and…my interview with the fabulous Farai Chideya. We chatted about her debut novel, “Kiss the Sky” and much more.

As usual, it’s a multi-tasking fest here in Mamalicious-land. But instead of feeling overwhelmed, I’m feeling good today. It helps that my morning with Mini-Me and BabyGirl was uneventful. They made it to the bus stop (which means I didn’t have to drive!), and they had biscuits for breakfast, which is always [...]

Techboo took this picture of me as I crossed the finish line in the Shadyside 5K on Saturday morning.
My official time: 38 minutes, 42 seconds.  I accomplished my dual goal of making it in under 40 minutes and not walking at all. I placed behind some babies in jogging strollers and some dogs, but ahead [...]