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Comment by Deborah Siegel 34 minutes ago

Did you all see this? Some interesting mommy blogging this week at the NYTimes: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/whos-the-best-mommy-of-them-all/

Posts are by Ayelet Waldman, author, “Bad Mother”, Ann Hulbert, author, “Raising America”, Allison Pearson, author, “I Don’t Know How She Does It”, Judith Warner, author, “Perfect Madness”, Meredith F. Small, anthropologist, Karen Karbo, novelist, Leigh Goldman Balber, editor, UrbanBaby.com, Cheli English-Figaro, co-founder, Mocha Moms Inc.

What did you think?!

Comment by Deborah Siegel 39 minutes ago

Debby: I LOVE your letter. Did it see the light of day? If not, can you post it as a post here on your SW profile page blog and I will feature it under "Editors' Picks"? Because it's badass and right now, and somebody needs to say it. Joanne - I'm off to check out your HuffPo. All best, Deborah

Comment by PunditMom aka Joanne Bamberger 5 hours ago

There's been a lot of buzz about this on the blogs -- here's my response at HuffPo -- it's at my place too with well over 100 comments.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-bamberger/an-open-letter-to-the-emn_b_499087.html

Joanne Bamberger
aka PunditMom
http://www.punditmom.com

Comment by Debby Carroll 6 hours ago

About the NYT article on "Mommy Bloggers," here's what I sent them:

The article In Sunday's paper (March 12) began with a misogynistic, misleading headline (Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand) and went down from there. The tone of the article is condescending and smacks of envy. As they say on SNL, “Really, NYT?



Is the august New York Times so threatened by the success of this trend in online publishing that they would actually print this so obviously subjective article which sounds like it was written by one of the mean girls in high school?



How was it relevant that the organizer of the event wasn’t wearing shoes? In one of the bibles of public speaking, presenters are told to imagine the audience naked in order to feel less nervous. Great public speakers find a way to relate to the audience and make them feel comfortable, too. Perhaps Ms. Romero knew that in her audience were many women who came to the conference alone and were perhaps feeling some trepidation. Perhaps she is the quintessential professional who knew that if she kicked off her shoes, her audience would immediately be put at ease and not feel so alone in a room full of strangers.



And, perhaps your article could have given her kudos for knowing so well how to reach her audience, instead of portraying her as a country bumpkin who just fell off a truck.



It seems absurd that the paper of record would be threatened by this tiny online niche, but how else does one explain the mean-spirited tone? The headline implies that mothers are so busy blogging that they are neglecting their children. Nowhere in the article is there a fact to back this up, nor is it mentioned again. I get it that headlines are supposed to grab readers but did you really intend to do that with a headline that is insulting and has nothing to do with the story?



The article does, in fact, present some of the facts about the reasons and results of blogging, but the headline and opening lead are insulting and don’t match the remainder of the article.



Perhaps it is because these enterprising bloggers have succeeded where newspapers are failing. When newspapers are hemorrhaging readers and ad revenue, bloggers are giving audiences what they want and are gathering the eyeballs and the wallets that go with them.

Comment by Christina Rosalie Sbarro 17 hours ago

Hi lovely mamas,
I wanted to share with you my most recent writing project. It's an illustrated collection of essays called A FIELD GUIDE TO NOW...inspired in part, by motherhood.

Please, please go check it out and become a backer of this project. It will mean the world to me... and you'll be supporting a fellow writer-mama...AND you'll get some beautiful rewards!

Comment by Dawne E. Knobbe 1 day ago

Cutest book trailer. Thought this was adorable. The picture book is called Nell Nugget and the Cow Caper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgx5FfzUzU
D. E. Knobbe

Comment by bj rosenfeld on March 15, 2010 at 11:08am

Hi Ladies, Here's a website to learn about book promo: JohnKremer@bookmarket.com

Comment by bj rosenfeld on March 15, 2010 at 4:08am

Hi Catherine, I'm so proud of you!

Comment by Catherine Anderson on March 14, 2010 at 8:12pm

My 23 hour mini proposal writing-well partial drafting-retreat was GREAT. I had not been away from the "baby" (2.5) for an overnight EVER. I was worried about him, and I was the one who nearly came home at 2:oo am needing to hug on them! I wrote for over ten hours, and had so much space to think, dream, research, and it was over before I noticed a former me lurking on the periphery. More on the retreat itself, and how it was like, buying a sexy new coat here: http://wp.me/pL4b9-eL Thanks for the support Lori and Marcia!

Comment by Lori Duffy Foster on March 14, 2010 at 5:43pm

I hope it went well Catherine! Amazing what you can accomplish in some kid-free time.

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