Creative Carnival – January 2008

Welcome to the January 2008 Creative Carnival edition!

What is this? It’s a chance to compile some great articles around the blog-o-sphere showcasing all sorts of writing. If you need to know more, or would like to submit an article for the next Creative Carnival, read this.

So, without further ado, pass the coffee, won’t you? Sit a spell, there’s lots of interesting reading just a click away.

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Nonfiction

Susan presents Where Does All The Lost Luggage Go? posted at The Innovative Traveler.

Danogo presents Pushing the Limits of Creativity for Personal Development and Business Innovation posted at Danogo.com – Discover. Inspiring . Media, saying, “An overview of the creative process and the importance of it in developing personal and business innovation.”

isabella mori presents a fun and crazy writing experiment posted at change therapy, saying, “what do you do when you feel stuck – in life and in your writing? take an hour and play with this exercise, and let yourself be surprised.”

shane magee presents fake: “he is wooing you from the jaws of distress, to a spacious place, free from restriction…” ~ job posted at fake, saying, “i’m shane magee. i’m married, irish and a teacher/writer. as well as writing poetry i occasionally write short prose pieces trying to describe something ineffable – to say silence as it were. this is one such piece.”

Rebecca Wallace-Segall presents Poetry Slam–Now That’s a Competition posted at a community of young writers in new york city.

James DeLelys presents Look with your Heart! posted at Author James DeLelys.

Wakish presents Writing the GP Essay – Write to convince! posted at Wakish Wonderz.

Jodi CLeghorn presents Moon Blood – Honouring our bleeding posted at Jodi Cleghorn saying, “This is the first of a series of articles that I intend to publish over the coming year. This articl is especially pertinent for women and young girls,but without the good grace, understanding and support of our male folk it will be impossible for women to ever reclaim what has been taken from them.”

Elsom Eldridge presents From the Folks at Simpleology posted at International Guild of Professional Consultants and Coaches.

Brian Terry presents The Law of Necessity posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Kingsley Tagbo presents How to Overcome Procrastination in 8 Easy Steps: The Fastest Way to Learn Technical Skills or Get a Job posted at How to Learn Computer Programming Fast or Get a Job Easily.

FitBuff presents DVT Symptoms – Do You Have Any of These? posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog saying, “As a writer/blogger, you may have heard the recent news of Om having a heart attack. This led many news organizations to question if the pressure of running a major blog is worth risking your health.”

Poetry

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Misspent Youth? posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Sidhusaaheb presents Pidgin Poetry posted at I, Me, Myself.

Missy presents Monday Poetry Train posted at Incurable Disease of Writing saying, “Check out this work in progress and let me know what you think.”

Thomas K presents God Wears Wrath posted at The Sporadical saying, “A poem on the persistent passion for what lies between or outside the parallels of life.”

Bryn Robinson presents Haiku from Nantucket posted at Innkblotz – the blog of Bryn Robinson saying, “A handful of haikus, written for fun when I was searching for book writing inspiration.”

Lexi Sundell presents Shirley posted at Energies of Creation saying, “I wrote this poem for an artist friend of mine who passed away almost 12 years ago.”

Essays

Karen Shanley presents Of Brick Walls and Petty Tyrants posted at Karen Shanley.

Lovelyn presents John Lennon “Love” posted at Stop and Hear the Music.

Machione presents The Lives and Times… of Anthony McCune: Once, When I Was Married… The First In A Series posted at The Lives and Times… of Anthony McCune.

Tony H presents Statistics Don’t Lie: 5 Stats that Prove Humans Have Super Powers posted at The Scholarpreneur, saying, “Never trust statistics! Tony Howell takes a hilarious look at our sensationalist media.”

Carol Bentley presents An enjoyable experience. . . posted at Carol Bentley.

Rebecca Suzanne Dean presents How To Use A Toilet! posted at Rebecca Dean, saying, “What your target market DOESN’T know may surprise you. Make sure your sales copy connects with the least informed member of your audience. For a great example, read more…”

Sholom Anarchy presents Stumping for Ron Paul again posted at Anarcho-Judaism.

CG Walters presents Walking on Water: Unlearning our limitations posted at Into the Mist, saying, “Sometimes the correction for a situation is not to do something more, but primarily to stop what we have being doing; rather than learning something new, relinquish limiting information that you have acquired along the way.”

Samuel Bryson presents Living In the Now – The Philosophy of Happiness with a Twist of Zen posted at Total Wellbeing.

Jason presents 1463: Not François Villon posted at Executed Today saying, “I’m not quite sure where to classify this, but essay seems close enough — it’s a literary guest post on a literary figure.”

Justin Duval presents mind TRIP posted at The Dark Grin saying, “Take a tour through life’s possibilities.. and dangers.”

Shawna Hershfield presents Walt’s Wisdom posted at Pirate Dog PDX saying, “A sports essay for the non-sports fan.”

Fiction

Nathan presents The Little Boy and the Talking Rose: The Story posted at Reshaped: Fairy Tales for Young and Old, saying, “A story for young readers, with meaning for older ones.”

Jesse Ruder presents Emo Island posted at Sociopath Support.

Square1 presents A Glimmer Of Hope posted at The Fanciful Muse, saying, “This strays along the lines of horror, which I almost never write. Please offer honest critiques.”

Ariel T presents Iron Gall Ink: The Soothsayer of Doha posted at Iron Gall Ink, saying, “I did this for the Answers.com contest you posted about on your blog.”

Sarah presents Noah the Whale — story I wrote when I was 10! posted at SARAHSPY.

Tali presents Grandma’s Statue posted at Helium – Where Knowledge Rules, saying, “The story is based partly on reality, but aren’t they all “

UL presents Typing away….: Dream Turns Nightmare posted at Typing away…..

Jenn presents His Christmas Legacy posted at Mixed Metaphor.net, saying, “A man leaves a Christmas legacy for his family. A fictional short story about love within the context of marriage, family and family traditions.”

Tiel Aisha Ansari presents Excerpt: Old Man’s Temple posted at Outside Over There, saying, “Excerpt from my NaNoWriMo project”

J. Matthew Saunders presents Rock Climbing posted at Write, Wrote, Written.

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This concludes the January 2008 edition of the Creative Carnival. THANK YOU for submitting your links! If you would like to see your work showcased in the February 2008 edition, please submit your links here. (Please, one link per blog. If you submit more than one link per blog, I will only use the first link submitted.)

If you submitted your link and don’t see it here, that probably means I received it after the deadline.

Thanks for visiting the carnival participants and don’t forget to check back February 9th for the next Creative Carnival.

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