On Being a Mom
While we’re looking for stories about the side of motherhood most of us have experienced or seen first hand, we would love to read stories about the side that most of us don’t talk about because it’s too embarrassing or silly! No need to explain: you know what we’re talking about. Now write about it!
Tentative Chapter Titles:
- Challenge Accepted (Getting the news; announcing to family)
- New Parent Jitters (Silly fears, bath time mishaps, babysitter debacles)
- Call of the Wild (Terrible twos, troublesome threes...)
- OMG, How Embarrassing! (Times when you’ve embarrassed your kids in public...or they’ve embarrassed you!)
- If Everybody Else Jumped Off a Bridge... (Not Under MY Roof, Mister!)
- You Can’t Scare Me; I’m a Mom (Mealtime mishaps, carpool catastrophes, clothing disputes and malfunctions, soccer mom disasters)
- Birds Do It... (Having “the talk,” noticing the opposite gender, beginning to date)
- You Did WHAT? (Testing the limits, parent-teacher conferences, teen shenanigans)
- Driving Mom Crazy (Teaching your teen to drive, getting the license, when your teen borrows—and dents—Mom’s or Dad’s car
- Parting Words (Helping your child prepare for college, first apartment, marriage)
Updated:3/12/2012
Deadline: Open until we get enough workable stories to fill a title.
Thank you and good luck!
SUBMIT YOUR STORY HERE
About this title's co-creators
Dianna Graveman writes and edits from the banks of the
Missouri River in historic St. Charles, Missouri. A former elementary and middle school teacher and college instructor, Dianna has also worked as a corporate training designer and as an editor for an international publisher. Her writing has been included in many print and online publications including Teachers of Vision Magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cup of Comfort, Suburban Journals, CBS-St. Louis, multiple Adams Media anthologies, Kansas City Voices, Gold Rush, American Land Surveyor and other trade magazines and more. Dianna is also coauthor of four books on Missouri history and a regular contributor to Baby Corner online.
In 2011, Dianna launched 2 Rivers Communications &
Design, which provides writing, editorial, and marketing services to businesses, publishers and independent authors. Her husband, Don, and son, Steve, jumped onboard in 2012 and made it a family affair. Don and Dianna also have two daughters, Beth and Teresa. When Don and Dianna aren’t hanging out by the river in St. Charles, you can often find them at the top of the world—somewhere in the mountains of Colorado or Wyoming.
Blog: diannagraveman.wordpress.com
Web: 2riverscommunications.net
About me: www.DiannaGraveman.com
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