Happy Birth-day, Mamazina!

I am very pleased to announce that Paula Schmitt of Mom Writer's Literary Magazine, for which I am copy editor and columnist, has joined forces with Joy Rose of Mamapalooza to create a new publication - Mamazina! The Fall/Winter 2009 transitional issue launched online last night: www.momwriterslitmag.com. Next Spring we will offer both a print and online issue for all you moms to enjoy.

Mamazina encompasses so much of motherhood. It's not just a magazine for moms of young children - it runs the gamut. It grows as we moms grow. We've had essays, columns, profiles, reviews and poetry about adoption, miscarriages, home improvements, empty nesters - funny stuff and tragic tales. In other words: It's true to a mom's life.

Personally, I target those searching moms who, like myself, may have forgotten what it's like to be a woman - those who have raised their children, and are in the time of their lives when minute-by-minute care for their children is no longer needed. So what do we do, we tweeny moms? We're stuck in the middle, and it's no less difficult than adolescence.

Join us at Mamazina to see how other women cope. And if you've a flair for writing, send your thoughts to us. Information is available on our site. We are a publication where "Women's Voices Unite." You are not the only one who has ever had the thoughts you are having. You are not crazy. You are not losing your mind. You are tired. You need insight as well as sleep.

Check out my column, Just Another Manic Momday, in this current issue: That's M-a-u-r-e-e-e-n! And search the archives to read my past columns dealing with this phenomenon of tweeny momhood.

Enjoy!

~ Maureen :)