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Send to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for May 12, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
The Creative Mindset
Tanner Christensen presents Can You Believe Yourself Into Being More Creative? posted at Creative Something.
Cynthia Morris presents Artists and writers: drop the confusion and define your own labels posted at Original Impulse.
Resources/Tools
Rainy Cafe is a free online ambient noise generator to help you focus on your creative process.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents The One and Only You posted at View from the Winepress.
Emi Bauer presents ‘Gullible’ is Not in the Dictionary posted at Confessions of an Incompetent Blogger.
Liz Shaw presents Flash Fiction: Up On the Roof posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Rob Graumans presents We’ve Got You God! posted at The Young Socrates
LaTonia Williams presents Being Jonah posted at Becoming a Public Offender.
Writing Quote of the Week
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Writing About: Torture posted at Write with Fey.
Carol Smallwood presents ADVICE FOR WRITERS: Q&A with Story Circle Network’s Mary Jo Doig posted at The Mindful Word
David Leonhardt presents You might be a writer posted at A Ghost Writers Blog
Darren Lacroix presents 5 Hollywood Secrets for Your Stories posted at Stage Time.
Kathy Crowley presents Wrinkles in Time posted at Beyond the Margins.
Nina Munteanu presents The Careful Writer: Some Notes on Composition posted at Amazing Stories.
Marcia Walters and Betty Brock presents 8 Simple Tips for Improving Your Writing posted at Novel Publicity.
Brian Klems presents 7 Ways to Add Great Subplots to Your Novel posted at Writer’s Digest.
Mark Nichol presents 20 Names of Body Parts and Elements and Their Figurative Meanings posted at Daily Writing Tips.
Lauren Davis presents Concept Art Writing Prompt: Superhero Grandma posted at io9.
Amanda Barrett presents Building Bigger Bugs posted at Science in my Fiction.
A. Wrighton presents 15 Tips for Handling Writing Criticism posted at A. Wrighton.
Brynna Curry presents Ten Successful Tips For Independent Authors – Richard Stevenson posted at You Gotta Read Reviews.
Creativity Boosts
Graham Stoney presents How To Overcome Procrastination posted at Graham Stoney’s Personal Development Adventure
Diane Mottl, MSW presents Loosening the hold of fear and doubt… posted at Being Truly Present
Podcasts
Last week’s podcast at Writing Excuses was a Microcasting episode where they answer listener questions. This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Blocking.
Visual Arts
Suzanne Lucas presents What the Hell is that? When Art Looks Like Anything But posted at Times Squared.
Andrew Knutson presents What’s art got to do with it? Thinking about Art, Art History, and the Original posted at Art in Limbo
Duy presents The Process posted at Infornigraphic Amnesiac
Journal Writing
Cynthia Brouse presents How journal writing can make you healthier posted at Best Health.
The Business of Creativity
Cynthia D’Alba presents Blog Tours: The Good – The Bad – The Ugly posted at Writers in the Storm.
Greg presents Can You Make Money In Blog Marketing posted at Help My Small Business
Crafting
Tina Katic presents Wheelbarrow Coffee Table posted at K International Woodworking
Food
Mr.CBB presents Mr.CBB’s Cheesy Crock-Pot Lasagna posted at Canadian Budget Binder
Fashion
Daniellesva presents 1970′s Wallpaper Is All the Rage! posted at Danielle’s Virtual Assistance
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Credits
Thanks to twbuckner for the background for today’s writing quote.
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Friday at midnight!
Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for April 7, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
The Creative Mindset
Sam McNerney presents The Science of Creativity in 2013: Looking Back to Look Forward posted at Big Think.
Greg Satell presents How To Unlock Creativity posted at Creativity Post.
Shaun Rosenberg presents Don’t Let School Interfere With Your Education posted at Shaun Rosenberg
Resources/Tools
DIY MFA presents The Writer Igniter, a random writing prompt generator. Fun!
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Where Your Treasure Is posted at View From the Winepress.
Barb Natividad presents The Way Home posted at Wilderness House Literary Review.
Ashumi Shah presents The ‘art’ of flirting posted at The Salty Sardines
Writing Quote of the Week
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Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Writing About a New Baby posted at Write with Fey.
Cedar Sanderson presents Vital Editing posted at Amazing Stories.
Rob Grindstaff presents How to Bring Your Fiction to Life with Emotion: An Editor’s How-To Guide posted at Novel Publicity.
Janice Gable Bashman and Kathryn Craft presents The Seven Deadly Sins of Self-Editing posted at Writer’s Digest.
Sarah Goslee presents The Naming of Things posted at Science in my Fiction.
Melissa Donovan presents How to Use Research for Better Writing (and Credibility) posted at Writing Forward.
Stephanie Orges presents 20 Tips for Creating Relatable – and Lovable – Protagonists posted at Be Kind Rewrite.
JeanNicole Rivers presents Into The Action posted at JeanNicole Rivers
Tricia Clark presents The Message You Are Trying To Convey posted at Your Chart, Illuminated
Creativity Boosts
Diane Mottl, MSW presents Being in the left, right… both? posted at Being Truly Present
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is Fake It Till You Make It.
Visual Arts
Liron Yankonsky presents Drawing Lesson – Sketching and Shading techniques posted at Art in the Middle East
Meghana presents Around The World: Mor Chowk – Peacock Courtyard posted at Around The World
The Business of Creativity
Liz Shaw presents What’s the Big Deal about Fivrr? posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
The Business of Creativity
Laura presents Creating Marketing People Love: 29 Tips From Industry Experts [Slideshow] posted at HubSpot.
Crafting
trishgetscrafty presents Trish gets crafty: Sewing machine review Singer 2250..so far sew good 
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for March 24, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
Announcements
Beth Barany presents Writing Contests: For writers inside & outside of California posted at Writer’s Fun Zone.
The Creative Mindset
Jeffrey Davis presents When You Hit a Brick Wall, Turn to Stone Like Carl Jung posted at The Creativity Post.
Gail Gauthier presents Time Management Tuesday: Will Spending Time Being Creative Make Me More Creative? And What Is Creativity, Anyway? posted at Original Content.
Shaun Rosenberg presents Overcoming Perfectionism posted at Shaun Rosenberg
Resources/Tools
Steven Spatz presents Making Money with Your eBook posted at BookBaby.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Much Ado About Nothing posted at View from the Winepress.
Liz Shaw presents Create an Inspiration Box posted at Create a Brilliant Life.
Writing Quote of the Week
Writing Tips and Prompts
Gabriela Pereira presents 3 Steps for Using Prompts to Write Better & Get Published posted at Jane Friedman.
Matt Haig presents 30 Things Every Writer Should Know posted at The Telegraph.
Rob Grindstaff presents Pull Your Read in with 3-D Writing: Dialogue, Description, Despair – Part III Despair posted at Novel Publicity.
Chrys Fey presents Writing about Childbirth posted at Write with Fey.
CS Lakin presents A Peek Inside the Envelope posted at Live Write Thrive.
JeanNicole Rivers presents 3 Horror-ble Mistakes posted at JeanNicole Rivers
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Abnormal Psychology with guest Robison Wells.
Journal Writing
Melissa Tydell presents How Writing Helps Us Heal posted at The Write Practice.
The Business of Creativity
Michael J. Sullivan presents Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Return Reserves, Buy-in, and Sell-through posted at Amazing Stories.
Lynne Raimondo presents How I Got My Agent posted at Writer’s Digest.
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for February 24, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
Responses to Writing Reader Prompts
Louise Gallagher presents a short free-form poem in response to Prompt 578 Visual Prompt of the Week – Waiting.
The Creative Mindset
Joel Falconer presents 30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity posted at LifeHack.
Jeffrey Paul Baumgartner presents Best Ideas Are Never Very Creative posted at Creativity Post.
Tanner Christensen presents Want to hack your creativity? Here’s a powerful way. posted at Creative Something.
Resources/Tools
Free ebook 25 Strategies to Boost Your Creativity from Evolution Ezine.
Sharing Our Work
Liz Shaw presents Today’s Word for Writers and Everyone Else posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Writing Quote of the Week
This is what a writer does. You take your precious babies, your life’s dreams, the very best work you can do and you gather it in your hands and hold it out to be admired—and when it’s then slapped out of your hands to the ground and you’re instructed cheerfully to buck up, it just needs a little cleaning…you buck up and get out the scrub brush. Because that’s what being a writer is all about. -Laurie R. King
Writing Tips and Prompts
Stephanie Orges presents Show Don’t Tell: If you must tell, have something to show for it posted at Be Kind Rewrite.
Tara Maya presents How To Take Criticism Of Your Writing posted at Tara Maya’s Tales.
Chuck Sambuchino presents Freelance Editing: How to Hire an Editor for Your Book or Query Letter posted at Writer Unboxed.
Brenda Moguez presents Shall We Dance? posted at Passionate Pursuits.
Gabriela Pereira presents Description vs. Exposition posted at DIY MFA.
Livia Blackburne presents 7 Reasons Agents Stop Reading Your First Chapter posted at Writer’s Digest.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Cliffhangers and Icebergs with Robison Wells.
The Business of Creativity
Sandi Krakowski presents Using InstaGram For Business posted at A Real Change.
Michael J. Sullivan presents Publishing Options – Many Choices Now Viable posted at Amazing Stories Magazine.
Toni presents Drive More Readers to Your Website: 8 Steps to Becoming a Guest Post Rockstar posted at Duolit.
Lianne Froggat presents Nine Surefire Ways to Make Your Blog Fail posted at MarketingProfs.
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for February 17, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
The Creative Mindset
Greg Satell presents 5 Principles of Creativity posted at Creativity Post.
Resources/Tools
Creative Something presents Why Creativity, a thought-provoking look at why creativity is so important.
Sharing Our Work
Heather Price-Jones presents Sedative- a short story posted at life through the looking glass.
John Potts presents Into a Scary Realm.: 02/09/13 posted at Into a Scary Realm.
Liz Shaw presents My Brand New Site and my BHAG posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Writing Quote of the Week
“Every single piece of greatness must go into your current project. Be confident that your well is going to be refilled. Make your book better than you ever thought possible—that’s what it needs to compete. It can’t be good. “Good” gets rejected. Your work has to be the best.” – Jane Friedman
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Writing About Holidays posted at Write with Fey.
Sarah Banse presents From the Slush Pile posted at Ploughshares Literary Magazine.
Stephanie Orges presents Begin Your Story at the Beginning – but when is that? posted at Be Kind Rewrite.
Gabriela Pereira presents What to do When You Have Writer’s Block posted at DIY MFA.
Chuck Sambuchino presents Word Count for Novels and Children’s Books: The Definitive Post posted at Writer’s Digest.
Monique Jacob presents A Novel Dilemma posted at Amazing Stories.
Jeff Goins presents When a Story Really Begins posted at Goins Writer.
Ava Jae presents Do Your Characters Fail Enough? posted at Writeability.
Mark Nichol presents 10 Tips About Basic Writing Competency posted at Daily Writing Tips.
JeanNicole Rivers presents What A Character! posted at JeanNicole Rivers
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Retellings and Adaptations.
Music
Kenney Myers presents 15 Famous Singer/Songwriters Named Ken posted at Kenney Myers
Journal Writing
Debra presents What are You Making Time for in Your Personal Life? posted at The Warm Milk Journal.
The Business of Creativity
Brendan Cournoyer presents Three Content Marketing Myths That Drive Me Crazy posted at MarketingProf.
Crafts
Stefanie presents How to Make a Balloon Wreath posted at Making of a Mom
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for February 3, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
The Creative Mindset
Minette Riordan presents How to Live a Creative Life: Advice from Julia Cameron posted at Minette Riordan.
Evelyn presents How to Create a Vision Board for Happiness posted at Abundance Tapestry.
Resources/Tools
Alpha Dictionary allows you to search 1065 specialized English dictionaries at once.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents How We Keep The Spark Alive posted at View from the Wine Press.
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents How To Write A Short Story posted at Write with Fey.
Iulian presents How to write your novel in 30 days posted at Fantasy Scroll.
Liz Shaw presents Five Books Every Writer Should Read posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Charlie Jane Anders presents What it Means When Someone Tries to Tell You THE Rules of Good Writing posted at io9.
Louise Buckley presents TOR’S TOP TIPS: OUR AUTHORS ON WRITING posted at Tor Books UK.
Gabriela Pereira presents Writing Techniques and Devices Should Serve the Story posted at DIY MFA.
Creativity Boosts
Veronica presents Inspired By Creative Quotes posted at Club Creative Studio.
Podcasts
Side Character Arcs at Writing Excuses.
Visual Arts
Sara Deutsch presents Sara Deutsch: Cyberalchemy and the Healing Force of Creativity posted at Evolution Ezine.
Journaling
Paula Onysko presents 25 Prompts to Make Journal Writing A Breeze posted at Sparkle and Sage.
Michelle presents Journal Writing with Kids posted at Rusty and Rosy Reading.
The Business of Creativity
Carol Lynn Rivera presents Steal This Editorial Calendar. Your Blog Will Thank You. posted at Web. Search. Social..
Tara Masih presents http://grubdaily.org/ posted at Grub Street Daily.
Michael J. Sullivan presents Digital Only Publishing – Think Twice Before You Sign posted at Amazing Stories.
Chuck Sambuchino presents 8 Things Every Blogging Writer Should Know posted at Writers Digest.
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for January 6, 2013. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
Announcements
I’d like to invite you to my brand new site, Create A Brilliant Life. Check the articles section for a new, but growing collection of inspiration.
Responses to Writing Reader Prompts
Cara Lopez Lee responded to Prompt 531 The Streisand Effect.
The Creative Mindset
Jenny presents New Year, New You, New New New posted at Do The Earth
Ingrid Wickelgren presents How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes: The Value of Creativity and Imagination [Excerpt] posted at Streams of Consciousness.
Resources/Tools
Jeff Goins presents Free Intentional Blogging Course posted at Jeff Goins Writer.
Sharing Our Work
Marcy presents A Christmas Quest: Solve the Riddles to Find Your Present posted at (Don’t Be) Too Timid and Squeamish.
Eula McLeod presents Language of the Heart posted at View from the Wine Press.
JeanNicole Rivers presents Forget New Year’s Resolutions, Have a New Year’s Revelation. (Six-word story) posted at JeanNicole Rivers.
Liz Shaw presents Change Your Life with 3 x 5 Cards posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Writing Quote of the Week
There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam. -John Updike
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents The Very Last Sentence posted at Write with Fey.
Julie Rodriguez presents Make Writing Resolutions You Can Actually Keep in 2013 posted at The Renegade Word.
Matthew Hall presents How to Outline with yWriter: Step # 1, Write a Tag Line posted at M.L. Hall.
Gabriela Pereira presents The Villain’s Journey – Recap from ThrillerFest posted at DIY MFA.
Karen S. Wiesner presents Your Novel Blueprint posted at Writer’s Digest.
Melissa Donovan presents Writing Resources for Naming Your Characters posted at Writing Forward.
Stephanie presents 6 steps to judging your own writing posted at Be Kind Rewrite.
Lauren Davis presents Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Aerial Gas Station and Churro Stand posted at io9.
Creativity Boosts
Tony presents How to Avoid Procrastination (or the Art of Unprocrastination) posted at You Only Do This Once.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Four Ways the Industry is Changing.
Visual Arts
Nicole Elena Robertson presents Nicole Elena Robertson: Harvest Workroom posted at Nicole Elena Robertson
Crafts
Chrys presents How to Make a Candle Out of a Tangerine, Clementine or Satsuma posted at Salubrious Exclamation.
The Business of Creativity
Alice Seba presents 19 Reasons to Stop Messing Around and Start Getting Serious about Email posted at Concentrix.
Writer’s Relief presents Network Up! How To Meet Literary Agents and Editors on the Web posted at Writer’s Relief.
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Friday at midnight!
Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for December 30, 2012. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
Responses to Writing Reader Prompts
Debra Mauldin responded with a haiku to The Writing Reader Prompt #517 Word of the Week – Imperious.
The Creative Mindset
Jim Woods presents How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing posted at Jeff Goins Writer.
Resources/Tools
It’s not too late! The 2013 Create Your Incredible Year workbook, planner & calendar is an incredibly popular & useful tool to help you plan out & make happen your most incredible year in life or busines (or both!). Over the last four years, thousands of women have used this workbook with the most amazing results. It’s the best planning tool available to help you make your year your most exceptional yet!
Used by entrepreneurs, artists, mamas, creatives, coaches, teachers and women of all ages, the Creating Your Incredible Year workbooks are filled with dozens of pages of powerful worksheets & a printable calendar to help you create your amazing new year.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Ensenada Madonna posted at View from the Wine Press.
J.T. Ellison presents Victimizing Our Heroines posted at Criminal Element.
Writing Quote of the Week
“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.” -Herman Hesse
Writing Tips and Prompts
Adair Lara presents 7 Ways to Perfect Your Writing “Tone” posted at Writer’s Digest.
Edith presents Keeping A WRITER’S DIARY posted at In a Room of My Own.
Chrys Fey presents To Epilogue or Not to Epilogue posted at Write with Fey.
CJ Lakin presents The Inevitable Ending You Know Is Coming posted at Live Write Thrive.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Secret History.
Visual Arts
Julie Ann Shahin presents Art Journaling 102: Technique Feature – Mixing Patterned Papers posted at Tangie Baxter Studio.
Lauren Davis presents Surreal Illustrations for Fairy Tales that Don’t Exist Yet posted at io9. Perhaps you’ll write them…
Deborah Kanfer presents Queen st W, Toronto 2012 posted at Deborah Kanfer Fine Art Photography
Journal Writing
Dale Shanklin presents How to Journal Properly posted at Dale Shanklin’s Personal Development Blog
The Business of Creativity
Alice Seba presents What Does Persuasive Writing Mean Anyway? posted at DIY PLR.
Writer’s Relief presents When And How To Follow Up With (Or Nudge) A Literary Agent About Your Book Query posted at Writer’s Relief.
Jason Boog presents Mark Coker Predicts: ‘More money will be made in author services than in book sales.’ posted at GalleyCat.
Gabriela Pereira presents Branding Basics from ThrillerfFest posted at DIY MFA.
Geoff Hoff presents Writing for Kindle posted at Geoff Hoff Online.
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Friday at midnight!
Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for December 23, 2012. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
The Creative Mindset
Universiteit Leiden presents Meditation Makes You More Creative posted at Science Daily.
Resources/Tools
The 2013 Create Your Incredible Year workbook, planner & calendar is an incredibly popular & useful tool to help you plan out & make happen your most incredible year in life or busines (or both!). Over the last four years, thousands of women have used this workbook with the most amazing results. It’s the best planning tool available to help you make your year your most exceptional yet! Used by entrepreneurs, artists, mamas, creatives, coaches, teachers and women of all ages, the Creating Your Incredible Year workbooks are filled with dozens of pages of powerful worksheets & a printable calendar to help you create your amazing new year.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Up in Flames posted at View from the Wine Press.
Emi Bauer presents Money Well Spent posted at Confessions of an Incompetent Blogger.
Writing Quote of the Week
I believe in having a structured approach. My philosophy is that I can sit down at any time with a problem, and if I sit there and don’t allow my mind to have distractions — no phone, no music, no television — my mind will eventually start to work on it on its own. It’s like a biosphere situation. I isolate myself — ’cause this is my ‘sit’ time. -Jerry Seinfeld
Writing Tips and Prompts
Melissa Donovan presents Creative Writing Prompts for Crafting Compelling Imagery posted at Writing Forward.
Cathy presents Innocence abroad: you can’t publish an omelette without breaking a few probabilities posted at Write a Novel in 10 Minutes Flat.
Roz Morris presents How to add jeopardy to your story before the main conflict starts posted at Nail Your Novel.
Nancy Parker presents 5 Tips for Developing Supporting Characters posted at The Other Side of the Story.
Vikki presents Editing A Novel – Tips From Della Galton posted at The View Outside.
Chrys Fey presents Review Your Story; The Finale is Coming posted at Write with Fey.
Creativity Boosts
Fiona Robyn presents Mindful Writing Challenge Jan 2013 – join us? Pay more attention and fall in love with the world. posted at Writing Our Way Home.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is another Microcasting episode where the cast takes listener questions.
Visual Arts
Meghana presents Around The World: Play Dough Ganapati posted at Around The World
Katie presents Sawdust Art Festival posted at The Golden Fox Girl
Journal Writing
Quinn presents What Else Do I Write in My Journal? posted at QuinnCreative.
The Business of Creativity
Gabriela Pereira presents Prompt: Make an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog posted at DIY MFA.
Caitlin Muir presents 89 Book Marketing Ideas That Will Change Your Life posted at AuthorMedia.
Jeff Goins presents What You Write About Doesn’t Matter as Much as You Think posted at Jeff Goins Writer.
John Scalzi presents Writer or Spambot? posted at Whatever.
Geoff Hoff presents Creativity in Business – Finding Blog Post Ideas posted at Geoff Hoff Online.
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Friday at midnight!
Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for December 16, 2012. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
Announcements
The Writing Reader was privileged this week to be mentioned in Melissa Donovan’s list of 10 Outstanding Creative Writing Blogs posted at her excellent blog, Writing Forward. Be sure to check out all the resources she listed.
Responses to Writing Reader Prompts
kaylalarissax3 presents Video game Prompt posted at Kaylalarissax3 in response to Prompt #98 Videogaming.
The Creative Mindset
Demian Farnworth presents 17 Phrases That Will Crush Creativity Every Time posted at LifeHack.
Lena Ameri presents How to Come Up With a Brilliant Idea posted at Liveit! Magazine
Resources/Tools
The 2013 Create Your Incredible Year workbook, planner & calendar is an incredibly popular & useful tool to help you plan out & make happen your most incredible year in life or busines (or both!). Over the last four years, thousands of women have used this workbook with the most amazing results. It’s the best planning tool available to help you make your year your most exceptional yet! Used by entrepreneurs, artists, mamas, creatives, coaches, teachers and women of all ages, the Creating Your Incredible Year workbooks are filled with dozens of pages of powerful worksheets & a printable calendar to help you create your amazing new year.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Lemons from the Wine Press posted at View from the Wine Press.
Michael S. Fedison presents The Eye of the Beholder posted at The Eye Dancers.
Writing Quote of the Week
“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.” – Neil Gaiman
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Five Tips to Spice Up Your Writing posted at Write with Fey.
Julie Rodriguez presents 7 Steps to Beat Writer’s Block For Good posted at The Renegade Word.
Julie Musil presents 7 Point Plot System posted at Writing and Blogging Between Carpools.
K.M. Weiland presents Why Stories Beginnings and Endings Must Be Linked posted at WordPlay.
Lee Child presents A Simple Way to Create Suspense posted at Opinionator.
Debra Johnson presents Do You Have Writer’s Block Or Is It Procrastination? posted at Procrastinating Writers.
David Leonhardt presents Writing assignment – how to describe hair posted at A Ghost Writers Blog
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Brainstorming with Mary followed up by Outlining the Mary Way.
Visual Arts
Asher Jones presents Tattoos, His Family and Football – Beckham Loves It All posted at Tattoo Zone (A Tattoo Blog)
Journaling
Dolly Garland presents 3 Levels of Journaling (and Why Kaizen Journaling is not Just About Tips and Techniques) posted at Kaizen Journaling.
The Business of Creativity
C.S. Lakin presents 6 Common Myths About Book Reviews posted at Live Write Thrive.
Stephanie Sun presents Why Bad Reviews are Good for Authors posted at Huffington Post.
Jeff Goins presents The Essential Guide to (Not) Responding to Critics posted at Jeff Goins Writer.
Joe Cassandra presents Use Less Energy to Automate Yourself to Success More Efficiently posted at 7Minute Entrepreneur
Bogging
Gabriela Pereira presents 7 Steps to a Better Blog posted at DIY MFA.
Crafting
Maureen Rostad presents 10 Homemade Holiday Gifts That Don’t Completely Suck posted at Upcycled Fashionista
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Friday at midnight!
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