Send to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for March 11, 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
Science Daily presents Blogging Relieves Stress On New Mothers posted at Science Daily.
Brian Drake presents A Dialog posted at Brian Drake Fine Art.
Jonathan Milligan presents 4 Habits I Use When Reading a Good Book posted at Simple Life Habits.
Resources/Tools
Chris Guillebeau is offering his manifesto, 279 Days to Overnight Success, free. Go download it!
Sharing Our Work
Kenneth Lange presents 3 Folksy Stories from a Small Fishing Village posted at Kenneth Lange.
Eula McLeod presents Truth in Advertising posted at View from the Winepress.
Writing Quote of the Week
Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write. On you go. -AL Kennedy
Writing Tips and Prompts
JeanNicole Rivers presents Writing Myths Debunked posted at JeanNicole Rivers.
Charlie Jane Anders presents Brave Shows How to Create a Brand New Fairy Tale from Scratch posted at io9.
Emily Temple presents A Collection of Brilliant and Inspiring Letters from Famous Authors to their Young Fans posted at Flavorwire.
Ah Phung presents Want to be Successful? You Must First Learn to Fail posted at BigThink.
Chrys Fey presents How to Write Action posted at Write with Fey.
Creativity Boosts
Podcasts
The Writing Excuses gang is once again taking questions from writers in this week’s podcast. Check it out.
Crafts
PollyC42 presents Make Your Own Fourth of July Wreath posted at Thriving Home.
Creative People Paying it Forward
Lara Whitmore presents Creative Ways to Help People posted at Live Creatively.
The Business of Creativity
Laura Edgar presents 6 Ways to Make Money Writing posted at NerdWallet.
Iyabo Oyawale presents Authority Niche Blogging Series posted at Ask Iyabo Oyawale.com.
Claude Bouchard presents Coming Clean About My Twitter Success posted at Live Write Thrive.
Jason Boog presents 5 Ways to Promote Your Book Now posted at MediaBistro.
Fashion
Mariah G. Carrillo presents Fashion as an Act of Self Creation posted at Missie Sue.
Spam of the Week
The spam has all been boring this week. Bummer!
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 Kindle
Send to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for May 13, 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.
Sharing Our Work
Chase Dumont presents Rain Story posted at Terrifying Tales.
Eula McLeod presents Voila! posted at View from the Winepress.
Emi Bauer presents Proud Mommy Moments posted at Confessions of an Incompetent Blogger.
Liz Andra Shaw presents In Which Our Heroine Competes posted at Liz Andra Shaw.
Writing Quote of the Week
Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page. -Margaret Atwood
Writing Tips and Prompts
JeanNicole Rivers presents Three Steps That Will Help You Finally Write That Novel posted at JeanNicole Rivers.
C.S. Lakin presents Don’t Go Nowhere Fast posted at Live Write Thrive.
Kevin Hanrahan presents What to Do and Not to Do During the Query Process posted at Kevin Hanrahan.
Jody Hedlund presents Avoid Being Branded an Amateur: Use These 7 POV Basics posted at Jody Hedlund.
Podcasts
James Dashner joins Writing Excuses for a live Q&A session at Life, the Universe, and Everything at Utah Valley University.
Visual Arts
Laura Edgar presents PHOTO GALLERY: Fishy Faces at Monterey Bay Aquarium posted at NerdWallet | Travel.
Crafty Creativity
Krystel Lapalme presents Bath Mitts posted at Home Spooled.
Linda Miller presents Pinterest Party -Our 1st One Ever! posted at those crafty sisters.
Meagan presents DIY Colorblock Belt posted at Questionable Logic.
Benoit presents Designing a T-Shirt posted at CustomYourShirt.com Blog.
The Business of Creativity
Laura Dawson presents Conquer Headlines and Shine! posted at Design Quotes Digital Marketing Blog.
Spam of the Week
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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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