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Comment by Author Stephanie Morris on May 7, 2009 at 9:46am

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Comment by Susan Woodward on January 9, 2009 at 10:59am

Creative Volunteers Needed for Writing Project!

Hello all you wonderfully creative people! My 9th grade students are in the process of writing short stories, and I am looking for people who would be willing to lend a creative hand, inspiration, word of encouragement, or critique to some budding authors.

The students are going through the process methodically, posting characterizations for their protagonaists and antagonists, using sensory imagery to create settings/moods/atmosphere, and analyzing conflicts between their characters. They are using The Hero's Journey as a guide to help them write, and they are giving feedback to one another.

It would be wonderful for them to hear from authors or aspiring authors from Conscious Artistry! I'm hoping that this could be sort of a mentoring experience for them. Their writing is going to be posted on my Sharing the Journey of the Hero site (http://herosjourney.ning.com) under the Forum discussion marked "Creative Writing".

We are just beginning, so there are very few posts by the kids as of right now. I'll post a schedule of due dates for certain portions of the stories for those who are interested in participating.

Thank you so much in advance!!

Susan Woodward
Webster Schroeder High School

Comment by Sol on September 8, 2008 at 8:25pm

I just learned something from a fellow writer that may be of real interest both to readers and writers.

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If this is of interest to you, by way of exploring Authonomy, please check out my first novel BEGINNER’S LUKE, described by Apex Reviews as a “mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast,” at

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If you register on Authonomy (which is free and simple to do), you’re eligible to “Back the Book” by clicking on this option at the right of BEGINNER’S LUKE’s webpage. This will put BEGINNER’S LUKE on your bookshelf. With BEGINNER’S LUKE (or your own book!) on enough people's bookshelves, HarperCollins will consider the book for publication.

BEGINNER’S LUKE has already transcended the dreaded “slush pile” once before. In 2005 a respected New York publisher, whose authors feature a National Book Award finalist in addition to dozens of prestigious award winners, made an offer for the six-volume BEGINNER'S LUKE Series, which was selected out of nearly 8,000 manuscripts.

Having declined this offer in favor of an experiment in self-publishing that has yielded thousands of online readers for the first three books of the Series, I’m now willing to begin considering additional offers. What better way than to do so from a position of strength, with a show of popular support?

Please “Share the Adventure!” by backing BEGINNER’S LUKE today at

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Comment by Sol on August 16, 2008 at 10:41pm

Hi, Deb! I didn't see your comment until just now. I'm not familiar with Atlantian T. P., so I don't know what happened. I will say that a lot of groups come on and go on Ning ...

Also, hello, Akasha! Welcome!

Comment by Akasha on July 29, 2008 at 1:59pm

Hello Everyone

Comment by Deb on June 14, 2008 at 12:53am

Hi Everyone

I joined this group through Atlantian Travellers Portal but the group seems to have disappeared from my page on Powerful Intentions. Has this happened to anyone else?

Regards
Deb