Creative Carnival: September 2009

Welcome to the September 2009 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 pumpkin spice latte, kick off your shoes and sit a spell, there’s lots of interesting reading just a click away.

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Fiction

Lena presents Maybe This Time posted at The Colors Magazine.

Afaque Khan presents “SILLY ANGER” posted at Afaq – the endless ether, saying, “A short story about How People get angry over silly stuff when there are much bigger things in the world to worry about. Anger can be useful if used at right place for the right reason.”

Manfred Hexter presents I Will Take the Rock and the Marmot posted at Daddy Never Hugged Me.

Tiffany Colter presents A Face in the Shadow Part 1 Chapter 1 posted at Tiffany Colter’s Fiction, saying, “A Face in the Shadow is a full length novel by author Tiffany Colter. Is her life finally falling into place or about to fall apart? On the edge of happiness there is a face in the shadow. Someone is killing young women in Woodhaven. And now he has his eyes on Rachel.

Lena presents One Bottle, Two Bottle, Three Bottle posted at The Colors Magazine.

Toni presents High school never ends posted at What’s your story?.

Zoraida Cabrera presents Acceptance posted at Random Journal, saying, “Affected by a tragic death, James’ life takes a dangerous turn. Will he finally confront his suffering?”

Rebecca Hendrix presents Chapter 1: Cold posted at Journal.

Nonfiction

Alvina Lopez presents 100 Twitter Feeds to Sharpen Your Writing Skills posted at Online Colleges.

Sunil Sasthamkunnil Surendran presents School Anxiety: The Warning Signs and What to Do posted at Colleen Palat.

Scientific Living presents Judging By Potential posted at Scientific Living, saying, “Judging others by their potential, and not judging ourselves. Thanks!

Rod presents Writing dialogue posted at Creative Writing Course, saying, “There are two types of writers: those who are good at dialogue and those that aren’t. Which are you? Read this to find out.”

John Anyasor presents How to Speak Your Mind Without Feeling Guilty posted at Living the HiLife2B (in college), saying, “In a nation where the freedom of speech is constantly hailed, why is it constantly frowned upon?”

Rick Schiano presents Don’t Quit posted at Ricks Victory Blog.

Glowing Face Man presents My Anime Story posted at Glowing Face Man, saying, “This is the true story of how Japanese animation changed my life. Written in short story form.”

Jon Bard presents Want to Write Children’s Books? You Need These Four Things! posted at Children’s Writing Web Journal.

Janette presents The Terrible Day I Met Bruce Campbell posted at World’s Strongest Librarian, saying, “Great story of the time my husband met Bruce Campbell.”

Broderick Allen presents Desire posted at Personal Growth From the Bottom Up.

Benjamin Solah presents Writing Goals: Goodbye August and Welcome September posted at Benjamin Solah: Writer and Revolutionary.

BWL presents How to budget for people who don’t want to posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, “Budgeting tips for those who would prefer NOT to budget.”

Poetry

Kara Jones aka We have the words… posted at Mother Henna, saying, “Self Portrait with Sea Anemone came from play during a workshop with the fabulous Tony Curtis of Dublin. Many thanks to Tony for helping me get my mojo back!”

Essays

Anne Whitaker presents On Writing posted at Writing from the twelfth house, saying, “”Why must that toad, writing, squat on my life?” – an autobiographical tale of one woman’s lifelong grapple with the written word – and rather an amusing cartoon by Paul F. Newman….”

Mike presents The Simple Pleasures of Toast and Strawberry Jam posted at Writers Anonymous, saying, “A lesson in rediscovering some of life’s simpler pleasures, and using that as an opportunity to practice adding sounds, smells, and tastes into your writing.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Dental Deal posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, “satirical contract”

Jim Murdoch presents Son of So who in their right mind writes a sequel? posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “Scottish author Jim Murdoch introduces his new novel ‘Stranger than Fiction’ in which the hero of his first novel is once again pitted against the personification of truth. So much was revealed to him in the first novel that you would think he had nothing more to worry about. Far from it. For anyone who appreciates the humour of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams this is worth checking out.”

Hoek Choi presents Millie posted at Urban Clay.

Dave Roller presents A Legend in My Own Mind posted at Home School Dad, saying, “Much of my life history and philosopjy can be explained in t-shirts I’ve worn through the years. This one is the stuff of legend.”

Anthony Delgado presents Preventative War ? Pre-emptive Strike Strategy posted at eInquisitive | Giving you something productive to think about!.

Jessica Stern presents Have you ever seen so many birds? posted at Desperado Penguin, saying, “I am engaged in a challenge to read 50 books by 50 different authors in one year, and chronicling my adventures with it along the way.”

Annabel Candy presents Lessons From An African Witchdoctor posted at In the Hot Spot, saying, “I hope you like this. I’m excited about taking part in the carnival. I love reading and inspiring writers.”

Rodney Sutton presents Great Timing! posted at Happy Hog Speaks!.

Piotr Stepien presents Obsolete Worlds posted at we overstep, saying, “Life story”

Tessa Yuditha presents the bond posted at kajoemanis.

Erin Straza presents Shepherding Wild Lambs and Other Writing Adventures posted at Filling My Patch of Sky, saying, “An encouragement to the weary writer: If writing doesn’t pan out, you are already qualified to herd sheep.”

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This concludes the September 2009 edition of the Creative Carnival. THANK YOU for submitting your links! If you would like to see your work showcased in the October 2009 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 October 10th for the next Creative Carnival.