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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
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for April 21, 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
Kimberly Rodriguez presents Teaching creativity and what it really means posted at Creative Something.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Unqualified Expert posted at View from the Wine Press.
Liz Shaw presents I am the Hedgehog posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Creativity Quote of the Week
Writing Tips and Prompts
Fiona McCrae presents On First Pages posted at Gray Wolf Press.
Eric Beetner presents Pulp Fiction Reborn: Dime Crime on the Net posted at Criminal Element.
Juliette Wade presents How Linguistics Can Help You Part 4: Semantics posted at Science in my Fiction.
Douglas Smith presents Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 7 in series) posted at Amazing Stories.
Rachel Scheller presents Writing Gender-Specific Dialogue posted at Writer’s Digest.
Melissa Donovan presents What to Do When Your Creative Writing Hits a Brick Wall posted at Writing Forward.
Annalee Newitz presents Elysium‘s Neill Blomkamp shares the secrets of designing a dystopia posted at io9.
Creativity Boosts
Mike Brown presents Creative Thinking Skills – 7 Ideas to Get the Most from Your Creativity Daily posted at Brainzooming.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Narrative Rhythm.
The Business of Creativity
Michael Hyatt presents Why Every Author Needs a Powerful Online Presence posted at Intentional Leadership.
Pavarti K. Tyler presents Grow your mailing list and keep your subscribers happy: 5 best practices posted at Novel Publicity.
Chris Robley presents 5 Rules for Responding to Blog Comments posted at Host Baby.
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for April 14, 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.
Resources/Tools
Story Starter gives you a first sentence prompt for writing a story.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents True Confessions posted at View from the Winepress.
Maureen Hovermale presents Spring, Sprang, Sprung posted at ZenCherry.
Liz Shaw presents The Fart War posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Shaun Rosenberg presents What Will The World Say About You When You Are Dead? posted at Shaun Rosenberg
Kimberly Love presents Tolerance turned to Hate posted at KimberlyLove
Rob Graumans presents The human Walking Face and the Absurd posted at The Young Socrates
Dale Shanklin presents Your Life in Six Words posted at Dale Shanklin’s Personal Development Blog
Video of the Week – The Future Belongs to the Curious
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Writing about a Fight posted at Write with Fey.
Jaym Gates presents Building the Apocalypse: Neighbor Bob, King of Vancouver? posted at Science in my Fiction.
Michael J. Sullivan presents Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Editors and Their Roles posted at Amazing Stories.
Naomi Leadbeater presents 5 Easy Ways to Trick Yourself into Writing More posted at Novel Publicity.
Jeff Gerke presents How to Write a Character from Start to Finish posted at Writer’s Digest.
Melissa Donovan presents 100 Common-Sense Ways to Write Better posted at Writing Forward.
Esther Inglis Arkell presents Curse Me Like You Mean It: Using Psychology to Make Your Curses Actually Work posted at io9.
Kendra L. Saunders presents GUEST POST: The Five Headed Muse posted at Pure Textuality
JeanNicole Rivers presents The Beauty of Fear posted at JeanNicole Rivers
David Leonhardt presents Wreck-It Ralph and Character Jobs, Part I posted at A Ghost Writers Blog
Creativity Boosts
Katy presents 100 Essential Sites for Voracious Readers posted at Masters in English.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Brainstorming with Brandon Sanderson.
Visual Arts
Meghana presents Around The World: Murano Glass Blowing Factory visit posted at Around The World
Journal Writing
Hannah Braime presents 4 Ways to Use Journaling to Calm Your Inner Critic posted at Tiny Buddha.
The Business of Creativity
Sean Wilt presents How to Start an Online RPG Publishing Company posted at Restoring Your Finances and Your Faith
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for March 31, 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
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Sharing Our Work
Maureen Hovermale presents The Duck It List posted at ZenCherry.
Eula McLeod presents To Tell The Truth posted at View from the Winepress.
Emi Bauer presents So.Easy posted at Confessions of an Incompetent Blogger.
Jim Booth presents Why We Write, or Don’t: A Few Words About Culture and Change posted at Scholars and Rogues
Liz Shaw presents Distubance in the Space Time Continuum posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Writing Quote of the Week
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Writing a Series posted at Write with Fey.
Faith Van Horn presents Writing Outside by Faith Van Horne posted at Writer’s Fun Zone.
Lyn Newman presents How to use synchronicity in creative planning posted at Curiosity Creates.
Stavros Halvatzis presents How to Make Your Stories Compelling posted at Stavros Halvatzis.
Kristen Lamb presents The Clock is Ticking—5 Tips for Tighter, Cleaner Writing posted at Kristen Lamb.
John Yeoman presents Give Stories Added Depth With a ‘Ghost Plot’ posted at Blood Red Pencil.
Marcy Kennedy presents Four Techniques to Show Rather than Tell posted at Marcy Kennedy.
Misha Crews presents How To Write Sex Scenes When You’re a Prude posted at Romance University.
Gabriela Pereira presents 7 Reasons to Use Writing Prompts posted at Mystery Writing is Murder.
Geoffrey James presents How to Begin a Short Story posted at Amazing Stories.
Donna Cooner presents The Top 10 Worst Types of Critique Partners posted at Writer’s Digest.
Emily L. Moir-Genther presents 5 Ways to Turn Readers Off: A Writer’s Guide on what NOT to Do posted at Novel Publicity.
Lauren Davis presents Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Man and His Moon posted at io9.
Creativity Boosts
Stephanie Orges presents March Wallpaper: Life is Terminal posted at Be Kind Rewrite.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Project in Depth: Deus ex Nauseum.
Visual Arts
Meghana presents Around The World: Rajasthani Mojadi Shoes posted at Around The World
Journal Writing
Melissa Donovan presents Sleep and Dream Your Journal Writing Ideas posted at Writing Forward.
Stephanella Walsh presents How to Journal posted at The Creative Identity.
The Business of Creativity
Julie McElroy presents Keeping Up with Your Blog for the Long Haul posted at Inspired to Write.
Mark McGuinness presents How to Deal with Crushing Feedback on Your Creative Work posted at 99u.
Sonia Simone presents Is it Time for Content Marketers to Abandon Facebook? posted at CopyBlogger.
Robert Lee Brewer presents 6 Blogging Tips That Will Pay Off Immediately (Okay, maybe 7 tips) posted at Writer’s Market.
Jon Rhodes presents Let People Know What You Really Think posted at Affiliate Help!
JeanNicole Rivers presents Great, Popular or Both? posted at JeanNicole Rivers
Crafts
Maureen Rostad presents Repurposing Fashion Clothing: Upcycling an Empire Waist Top from a Dress posted at Upcycled Fashionista
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Send to KindleSend to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for March 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
Toni Bernhard presents What Type of Thinker Are You? posted at Psychology Today.
Sharing Our Work
Lisa Russ Spaar presents Insomnia and the Poet posted at The Opinionator.
Eula McLeod presents The Secret posted at View from the Winepress.
Rob Graumans presents Social Value: Friendship or Fame? posted at The Young Socrates.
Graham Stoney presents How To Play Drums (NSFW) posted at Graham Stoney’s Personal Development Adventure
Liz Shaw presents For the Love of Dragons posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Maureen presents The Top 10 Signes to Know if You’re a Writer posted at ZenCherry.
Writing Quote of the Week
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Chrys’ Writing Rules: Bad Things Must Happen posted at Write with Fey.
Natasha Lekic presents A Map to Get Out of Writer’s Block posted at NY Book Editors.
Gabriela Pereira presents 5 Lessons About Community that Writers MUST Learn posted at DIY MFA.
Cedar Sanderson presents Just Write posted at Amazing Stories.
Chuck Sambuchino presents How to Research a Novel: 7 Tips posted at Writer’s Digest.
CS Lakin presents The Universality is in the Details posted at Live Write Thrive.
Kay Holt presents There Can Only Be None posted at Science in my Fiction.
George Dvorsky presents How to Measure the Power of Alien Civilizations Using the Kardashev Scale posted at io9.
Rob Grindstaff presents Pull your reader in with 3-D writing: Dialogue, Description, Despair (Part II, Description) posted at Novel Publicity.
Kenney Myers presents 15 Websites to Help You With Rhyming Words posted at Kenney Myers
JeanNicole Rivers presents Boldly Write Where No Man Has Written Before posted at JeanNicole Rivers
David Leonhardt presents What makes a good book? posted at A Ghost Writers Blog
Creativity Boosts
The Magic Violinist presents Six Effective Ways to Inspire Yourself posted at The Write Practice.
Shaun Rosenberg presents 101 Fun Activities to Boost Creativity posted at Shaun Rosenberg
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Brainstorming with Howard Again.
Visual Arts
Lara Whitmore presents Carnival Daydreams posted at Live Creatively
The Business of Creativity
Jason Shen presents I’ve Heard Great Things About You – A nondouchey guide to personal branding and self promotion posted at The Art of Ass Kicking.
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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 9, 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.
Resources/Tools
Full text online of the Fantasy Encyclopedia and Science Fiction Encyclopedia.
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 Oh, Give Me a Home posted at View from the Wine Press.
Writing Quote of the Week
“There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say “It is yet more difficult than you thought.” This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.” — Wendell Berry
Writing Tips and Prompts
C.S. Lakin presents The Not-So-Long Goodbye posted at Live Write Thrive.
Charlie Jane Anders presents How to Tell if the First Draft of Your Novel Just Isn’t Worth Salvaging posted at io9.
Chrys Fey presents Five Tips To Spice Up Your Writing posted at Write with Fey.
Brandon Yawa presents Stop Writing and Be Bruce Lee posted at Brandon Yawa.
Ruth LovettSmith presents Writers Groups posted at Ruth LovettSmith
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Beginnings Revisited.
Crafts
Maureen Rostad presents Homemade Sweater Pillow posted at Upcycled Fashionista.
Natasha Beaulieu presents Freshly made Cakes and other sweet mini baking posted at Eat Cake Miniatures
Visual Arts
Natasha Petrosova presents Tio’s Taco Art Garden posted at Photography Journal.
Asher Jones presents Significance of Sanskrit Tattoos posted at Tattoo Trends ( A Tattoo Blog )
Blogging
Jeremy Biberdorf presents It Is Your Blogging Journey, You Make The Rules posted at Modest Money
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 November 25, 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
Geoff Hoff presents Letting Creative Ideas Percolate posted at The Creativity Expert.
Resources/Tools
Lynette Chandler presents 2013 Blogging Calendar & Planner posted at BlogEnergizer.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents With Eyes Tightly Closed posted at View from the Wine Press.
Writing Quote of the Week
Never stop when you are stuck. You may not be able to solve the problem, but turn aside and write something else. Do not stop altogether. -Jeanette Winterson
Writing Tips and Prompts
C.S. Lakin presents Plots ~ Bigger is Better posted at Live Write Thrive.
Martina Boone presents Character Worksheet Part 1: Is Your Character Novel-worthy? posted at Adventures in YA and Children’s Publishing.
Gabriela Perreira presents Prompt: The Opposite of Eavesdropping posted at DIY MFA.
Lisa Hall-Wilson presents Conflict posted at The Candid Writer.
Charlie Jane Anders presents Strategies to Make Sure You Actually Finish That Novel posted at io9.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Raising the Stakes to keep your readers glued to your book.
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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