Creative Leaps

Publish Your Young Adult Novel - Save 80% Today!  OFFER ENDS TOMORROW Oct 19, 2013 Young adult books are today's hottest marketplace for fiction. Whether you want to write engaging middle-grade books for young tweens or fantastic novels for teen readers, there are tips and tricks that you need to know before you can break in. This exclusive collection, featuring seven proven resources at over 80% off, will help you find a literary agent and break into the world of young adult publishing. Sorry so late, just got wind of this - may be something for those of you interested in the YA audience. Happy Writing, JJ

What is CrowdScribed? I haven't used it myself, but it is on trend. This platform brings readers together with writers and applies the crowd funding model. It's branded as "PRETAIL" sales and could be the novel idea you need for your book.   "CrowdScribed is an online platform that brings passionate authors and readers together early in the process to publish better books. CrowdScribed utilizes the unique model of pretailing ® - where consumers shop for products before they're available at retail - to measure interest, generate feedback, and fund books for publishing. The combined power of the authors' and readers' voices determine what books get"  published." CLICK HERE for www.crowdscribed.com Happy Writing! JJ

2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Open for Entry The prize is free to enter, and awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000-5,000 words) in English. Regional winners will receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Short stories translated into English from other languages are also eligible. Happy Writing!

"Many are called but few are chosen" this scriptural quote is a good fit for adjusting our expectations in getting published.  Let me explain: There was a time when everyone I knew and her sister's sister was becoming a yoga teacher. It is as though we, the society, was going through a "Yoga is the Way" to fulfillment trend. As much as I love yoga and meditation, I felt drawn to cultivate these as my own personal, at-home practice over the last 20 years. Work wise, my inner guidance kept returning me to the varied avenues of creative expression that feel most innate, and align me with feelings of passion and fulfilment. The reality of course is that there is no separation, and it was inevitable that the seemingly two paths would come together. And they did when I wrote my thesis on Education Leadership in 2012: Manifesting Self Through Creative Expression. (City & Guilds, MCGI award) This  feels poignant to share now, because of my "how I g