Real Words

I recently pointed out that posts from this blog were included in a couple of blog carnivals on writing. And it turns out that the fun wasn’t done yet because another post of mine turned up in two more blog carnivals this week.

The Diary of a Mad Editor blog does a blog carnival which included a post I wrote recently on the importance of exposing yourself to other forms of creativity even though writing may be your main form of creative self-expression. My post was in good company with some other writers on this blog that you may find worthwhile to check out. My post was under the writing tips category which also included thoughts on the importance of routines as well as thoughts on protecting your reputation. Three additional posts in this blog carnival were an interview with Samuel Shem (which is actually a pen name used by psychiatrist / author Stephen Bergman), thoughts on the death of Rumpole creator John Mortimer, and info on the use of Twitter as a freelancer.

That same blog post of mine was also part of the Fiction Scribe blog carnival. It was one of only two posts in the “writing tools” category; the other was on using controversy in marketing. There was one post each in the categories of humor, poetry and true life stories. Interestingly, Diary of a Mad Editor (from the carnival listed above) had several contributions included in this carnival. Other contributors with multiple submissions were RayRay’s Writing and Gal Josefsberg. Other individual submissions worthy of note included minimalist writing tips, thoughts on deriving ideas, tips for selling books on a blog and fiction samples from Pandora Parker, Steve Likes to Curse, Mixed Metaphor and Cold Snapdragon.

Those two blog carnivals were the ones that would probably interest writers most but I have another article of mine included in a third blog carnival – this one on the topic of home design. I write weekly articles over at Houzz.com about different design stuff and one of my articles (on stairways) was included in the blog carnival at ABC’s of Fine Design. People who are interested in interior design may want to check out the other posts at the carnival which included posts on decorating bathrooms, nurseries and the outdoors (including lawn care). There were also tips on making your home smell good, organizing in a small space, using light and decorating to sell your home. Plus there was a cool post on chairs, a topic which I’ve also written about recently.

Hope you enjoy these blog carnivals as much as I did!