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Easy Street Carnival of Writing and Art : 5th edition

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Welcome to the January 31, 2010 edition of the Easy Street Carnival of Writing and Art. Things have been a little frazzled here on the Street lately, but I feel confident this month's contributors will help get me back in the prompt-posting groove. How could it be otherwise? Just look at the talent gathered below and visit the featured writers and photographers. Leave a note of thanks on their blogs and vow to participate in February's carnival.

Creative Nonfiction


Madeleine Begun Kane presents Vintage Wisdom posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.

E for Extraordinary presents Blaming the mistletoe posted at As if I could write!.

Zhu presents Chatting Is Cultural posted at Correr Es Mi Destino, saying, "Canadians love small talk, and they are quite good at it. I’m still occasionally surprised when I see a mismatched pair of strangers discussing life’s little events and parting ways a few seconds later. Yesterday, I was waiting for the bus when I overheard an old immaculately dressed gentleman and a young guy sporting a purple mohawk, a spiked dog collar and a couple of crude tattoos, arguing about hockey."

cs presents What Disability Teaches posted at Cold SnapDragon.


Fiction

Terry Haferkamp presents The Last Testament of Man - horror / science fiction - clones, demons, ghost and truckdrivers short stories posted at Shadow Dwellers, saying, "science fiction concerning the consequences of cloning"

Terry Haferkamp presents The Lure - horror / science fiction - clones, demons, ghost and truckdrivers short stories posted at Shadow Dwellers, saying, "A fish tale of supernatural revenge."

Lindsay B presents The Goblin Brothers and the Sword Master’s Apprentice posted at Goblin Brothers -- Short Stories for Children (Grownups Allowed), saying, "A new adventure starring Malagach and Gortok, a pair of goblin siblings who use nothing but their wits to get out of trouble."

JennH presents Opportunity posted at Mixed Metaphor.net.


Photography


milan presents January « 2010 « A love affair with a camera posted at A love affair with a camera, saying, "photographs by armature form day to day living."

Batya presents "Seize the Day." Shoot! posted at me-ander.


That concludes this edition. Submit your blog writing and art to the next edition of the Easy Street Carnival of Writing and Art using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Submission guidelines are HERE.




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Prompt #759: not like other women

Tuesday, January 19, 2010


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Prompt #758: mama knows best

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Prompt #757: random words and phrases

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Hydra . indisposed . unasked belle .

shootout . flirtatious telemarketer . noplace .

underestimated consequence . blurry . laconic .

shuttle . extinguish . slipshod revisions


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Easy Street Carnival of Writing and Art: 4th edition

Sunday, January 03, 2010





W
elcome to the January 2, 2010 edition of Easy Street Carnival of Writing and Art. This month I changed things up a bit and separated Creative Nonfiction from Nonfiction. The submissions this month are stunning, so be sure to visit the writers and artists listed here. Leave them a little love-note. Congratulate and encourage. Enjoy.


We're all in this together, you know.



Art

Monica Staples presents metamorphosis tree posted at Illuminating Apparitions.


Creative Nonfiction

Kris Ann K. Riedmann presents Sweet Sophie posted at Mom's on fire!.

Yvaine presents Rising from the ashes posted at My Vanilla Nook.

Nathanael Rey presents This is How it Feels:: My Bad, Baghdad. posted at This is How it Feels..

Shawntel Wilson presents A Forest Blessing posted at Tales from the Trail.

Suzanne Kingsbury presents Suzanne Kingsbury Pregnant with a Novel and Why Blogging Keeps Us From Committing Suicide posted at Suzanne Kingsbury, saying, "Love your carnival!"


Fiction


Elisha Webster Emerson presents The Adventure Sentimentale (Some Fiction) posted at My Inconvenient Body, saying, "A story challenge: Write a traditional story with no human beings."


Genre Bender


Madeleine Begun Kane presents Office Party Follies posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.


Nonfiction


Ralph Jean-Paul presents The Know It All: My Interview With Bestselling Author A.J. JacobsPotential 2 Success, saying, "He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and now, Potential 2 Success. I got a chance to ask a few questions to one of the funniest non-fiction around, Bestselling Author, and Editor-at-Large at Esquire Magazine AJ Jacobs."

Bruce presents Overcome the biggest barrier to good writing: time posted at A Blog about Writing Clearly, saying, ""Overcome the biggest barrier to good writing: time. Many of us know how to make our writing clear, concise, and appealing.But looming deadlines mean that we must often settle for less than our best. While you might go through a dozen drafts of a cover letter or an application essay, you can't do the same for that report or memo due tomorrow.""

Christopher Brooks presents VT5... uses of acronyms posted at Very Top Five Blog, saying, "Acronyms? They sound dull."

Albie presents I find that, above all, the soul wants stories. posted at iDevelopWorld.


Poetry


bryantmoore2 presents Beautiful posted at Ecstasy Redefined....


That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition ofEasy Street Carnival of Writing and Art using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.



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Prompt #756: the book room

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Prompt #755: the woman's pots

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Prompt #754: inner workings

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