Creative Carnival – March 2008

Welcome to the March 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, grab a cup o’ joe, kick off your shoes and sit a spell, there’s lots of interesting reading just a click away.

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Essays

The Innovative Traveler presents Snowboarding Bruises posted at The Innovative Traveler.

Matthew Hamilton presents Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals) posted at Travelogue.

Michael Mira presents The Third Culture Kid posted at The Corner, saying, “Personal essay about culture and growing-up.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Planning To Travel With Friends? Are You Sure That?s Wise? posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, “humorous contract about traveling with friends”

Robyn J McCleary presents ORIGINAL NINTENDO posted at THE BEAUTY OF ART TODAY.

Terry Dip presents How Studying Abroad is Like a Reality TV Show (1/2) posted at Complete and Creative, saying, “I prefer the anecdotal style in essays.”

CG Walters presents Spirit Story…an Old Genre Reawakening posted at Into the Mist, saying, “A path of communication with the subconscious—as opposed to a communication with the conscious mind—is alive, more a communion between the personal subconscious and the Collective Consciousness, possibly awakening or speaking to the personal consciousness a little along the way.”

Tiffany Colter presents Writing Career Coach: How I got here: Part 3 posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This blog discusses expecting success and how to know when you get there!”

Anmol Mehta presents The Zen of Time Management posted at Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga, saying, “Zen story which also teaches about time management.”

Byteful Project presents Do Henry Vilas Zoo Animals Mock Me? posted at Byteful Blog, saying, “Late last summer, I visited the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. There I learned that polar bears can stick their tongue out, and piranhas aren’t as scary as I imagined. From the Giraffes to Macaws, I thoroughly enjoyed this zoo.”

Beth Taggard presents Conquering the Christmas Tree posted at Living a Quotable Life.

Anne K presents A Funny (Yet Sad) Thing Happened At The Range Today posted at Doug Kercher Golf.

Fiction

JennH presents The Keys to Her Future posted at Mixed Metaphor.net, saying, “A woman learns that her future is not as she had envisioned it, but embraces her new path.”

JackB presents A Bigger House & More Money posted at Random thoughts- Do they have meaning?, saying, “Thanks.”

Alice Audrey presents Suzie’s House 57: Miranda at the Caribou posted at Alice’s Restaurant, saying, “The ongoing story of Suzy Hammacker”

Geek’s Dream Girl presents Diary of a Drow: Days 1 & 2 posted at Geek’s Dream Girl, saying, “The diary of a Drow (Dark Elf) Scout as she adventures through the jungles of Eberron with a happy-go-lucky cleric, a tough shifter, a frequently missing halfling, and a dumber than bricks gnoll.”

Laurence McBeth presents If you’re interested – Azeem’s Tale… posted at If you’re Interested.

Jesse presents Grey Survivors posted at Grey Survivors, saying, “Fun With Sci-fi. The planet has been invaded by aliens, read one mans journal of survival.”

Cathrene Gehue presents Writ Bits » Blog Archive » Miss Muffet Triumphant posted at Writ Bits.

Nonfiction

John Crenshaw presents The Biggest Scam Your Bank Gets Away With Everyday posted at Truthful Lending dot Com, saying, “This little known scam accounts for a huge portion of fees paid to banks every year and is going on right under your nose. The worst part is, it’s completely legal.”

Orna Ross presents How to Write Good Fiction: Advice from Kurt Vonnegut posted at WRITING ADVICE & PUBLISHING ADVICE from Font.

Life. Money. Development. presents Diet Tips for Preventing High Cholesterol Levels posted at Life. Money. Development., saying, “A neat collection of diet tips for keeping cholesterol in recommended levels.”

Alfa King presents Establish a blog and start writing! posted at Alfa King Memories.

Ivan presents 10 Benefits of Keeping a Journal, and What to Write in It posted at makeGENIUS.com.

Lorena Zuluaga presents Something to think about !!! posted at Let’s talk about social justice.

Tea Party Girl presents Jane Austen Lived Before the Inventor of the Tea Party posted at Tea Party Girl.

Joe Hitchem presents Stamps – A Sticky Investment posted at Start Stamp Collecting, saying, “How to collect stamps as an investment!”

Rebecca Suzanne Dean presents How To Kick Writers? Block posted at Rebecca Dean.

Carol Bentley presents Getting your thoughts on paper posted at Carol Bentley.

Freddie L. Sirmans, Sr. presents Can The US Prevent A Starvation Crisis? posted at Can The US Prevent A Starvation Crisis.

James Lee presents The Secret Copywriting Technique That Keeps Prospects Riveted to Your Website posted at Online Business Freedom.

Jirel presents Learning to live with the present posted at Positive and Successful Life Style tips, saying, “The moment we are at this time is the most valuable in our life and I myself always try to utilize this time to get maximum output from my life though I know past and future are equally important for successful life. But past had happened in the past. We can’t go there because time always continues to go on. Future will be there waiting for us. We can make most of our future if only we make most of today. So comparatively the most do utilize time is present.”

j blu presents Trouble in Paradise: Kill Da Cockroaches! | Local Kine Hawaii posted at Local Kine Hawaii, saying, “Cockroaches are pesky rodents, and here are several methods for ridding yourself and your home of them.”

GrrlScientist presents The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “the book by Helen Epstein, is a clear-eyed look at the African AIDS epidemic and the West’s often misguided attempts to assist in this battle. [book review]“

Roxanne presents 2: How to Rock Your Body posted at The Sensual Life, saying, “Ongoing daily writing project”

James DeLelys presents healingthroughwords.com » PARABLES posted at Author James DeLelys, saying, “New Book.”

Robert Phillips presents Where Have All the Good .coms Gone? posted at How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime.

Poetry

Beth Taggard presents Flames posted at The Poet Hiding Within.

Jason Isbell presents Relaxing [Haiku] posted at Tired Garden.

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This concludes the March 2008 edition of the Creative Carnival. THANK YOU for submitting your links! If you would like to see your work showcased in the April 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 April 12th for the next Creative Carnival.