Send to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for March 4, 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
Jennifer presents Flotsam posted at Never Reformat C Drive While On Medication.
The Creative Mindset
Change Your Life presents A better way to live posted at Change Your Life.
Chandrasekhar presents Make your own Music posted at Latest Updates.
Sharing Our Work
Roger presents Speaking Of Blackberries posted at My Secret Cabin In The Woods Of West Virginia.
wizard presents All The Wisdom You Need In One Poem posted at Wizard Corpse, saying, “I will share you my favorite poem for it is one that is packed with so much wisdom in such a few words. let it guide you towards a life of prosperity”
Public Speaking / Presentation
Liz Shaw shares her process and progress in the Toastmasters 2012 International Speech Contest in Let the Craziness Begin and I Won! at Liz Andra Shaw.
Writing Quote of the Week
You must stay drunk on writing so reality can’t destroy you. -Ray Bradbury
Writing Tips and Prompts
Joseph V DeMartino presents Developing a story in 5 easy steps. posted at Brain Burst Writing.
Chrys Fey presents Bring Characters To Life! posted at Write With Fey, saying, “Writing a book is not just about the plot. The characters in your book are equally important, and character building can be is easy. It can also be fun!”
Creativity Boosts
Jeffrey Paul Baumgartner presents 10 Steps for Boosting Your Creativity posted at JPB.com.
Podcasts
The folks at Writing Excuses are giving answers to questions they get asked on Twitter in this week’s episode, Microcasting.
Visual Arts
Wendy Campbell presents Brian Dettmer: Textonomy posted at Daily Art Fixx.
Food
Sharon Hunter presents Stuffed Peppers with Tofu and Raisins posted at Stuffed Bell Peppers.
The Business of Creativity
Ashyia Hill presents Four Ways Your Web Design Hurts Your Readers posted at Web Design Stuff, saying, “A basic understanding of these few fundamental rules in web design can teach aspiring web designers of what works with visitors to a site.”
Spam of the Week
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Yes, well, thank you?
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 KindleThe Carnival of Creativity 2/12/2012
Send to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for February 12, 2012. These links will open in a new window or tab so that you can enjoy and comment, then come back here for more.
The Creative Mindset
Daryl Sams presents Follow Your Passion posted at Edgar Allen Floe®.
Writing Tips and Prompts
Chrys Fey presents Write What You Know posted at Write With Fey.
Liz Shaw presents Timelines posted at Liz Andra Shaw. Since I wrote this, I’m seeing flash backs used liberally in short stories and novellas in Analog and Asimov’s.
The Business of Creativity
Hannah Howard presents 10 Possibly New Types of Content For Your Site posted at Longhorn Leads, LLC, saying, “As the Internet continues to expand its reach and prominence as a communications medium, the content we share on the web evolves along with it. Since the earliest days of sharing text files and documents, things have profoundly changed.”
The Greek Guy presents Create non ordinary greetings Christmas card posted at Personal motivation for thinkers.
Writer’s Relief presents Book Excerpts: Can They Get Your Manuscript Published? at Writer’s Relief.
Creativity Boosts
Lionel Martinez presents Wrong As Can Be posted at Misc-Reports. The next time you’re tempted to predict your own failure, read this list of predictions by experts who were famously wrong.
Maggie Marton presents 10 Uses for Last Year’s Planner posted at Blog of European Paper Company. Some great ideas here.
Podcasts
Writing Excuses presents Beginnings, all about how to write the first line and why it’s so important.
Visual Arts
Tim Coffey presents Creating is Exciting at Caffeine for the Creative Soul. Tim posts a drawing every day, so bookmark this blog!
Mara Chequer presents Ilustraciones del pasado posted at Marita Chequer. Lovely drawing of our world.
Sarah presents Food Rules:Illustrated posted at Natsumi.
Jewelry
Lauren Riihimaki presents DIY: Double Chain Bracelet posted at D&I. This looks so easy and stylish that I might try it myself.
Writing Quote of the Week
Spam of the Week
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Right. Google Translate just doesn’t cut it, does it? We’ll go with “enjoyed” and “subscribing,” and I’ll just sit here feeling terribly flattered.
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Saturday at midnight!
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