Welcome to the April 7, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling.

Here are a number of recent blog posts for and by writers, some submitted at BlogCarnival.com, others handpicked by yours truly.

Submissions this week were slim. I spent as much time as I could digging up some interesting posts to fill in the gaps, but I didn’t really succeed.

Please submit your favorite post, even if you didn’t write it. I’m always interested to include posts selected by readers.

Enjoy!

Writers

In Conversation with David Baboulene by Elsa Neal posted at HearWriteNow — Please welcome David Baboulene, author of The Story Book, for an interesting email conversation about some points that his book raised.

Books etc.

The Importance of Subtext in Story – The Story Book by David Baboulene by Elsa Neal posted at The Blood-Red Pencil — “In The Story Book, David clears up the mystery of subtext in a few lines…”

Book Review: Save the Cat! Strikes Back by Helen Ginger posted at Straight From Hel — The third and last book in the Save the Cat! series by Blake Snyder. “The book is great, in my opinion, for both scriptwriters and bookwriters. Of course, a class with Blake Snyder would be fabulous and very intense, but we won’t get that opportunity since he passed away in 2009.”

Art and Craft

E is for Empathy by Sarah Allen posted at From Sarah, With Joy — The greatest purpose of art is to help us understand and appreciate the feelings, thoughts and attitudes of other human beings.

Writing Life

Don’t Take It Personally by Audra Harders posted at Seekerville — “I’d entered unpubbed contests for the better part of the last twelve years. Yes, my friends, that’s right. Twelve years. Many of those years spent in dismal depression when the finalist call didn’t come…”

Fiction and True Stories

Nicole Brugel presents Fleeting Notions – More For “Poor Big Rich Girl” posted at Fleeting Notions.

Nicole Brugel presents Fleeting Notions – Nightmares posted at Fleeting Notions.

Stephanie Abbott presents Fearful Symmetry posted at Stephanie Abbott’s Blog, saying, “I’m a writer of paranormal fiction, fantasy, and sci-fi. My first novel, FEARFUL SYMMETRY (Past Lives #1) will be published in September 2011”

Billie presents Charlie’s conspiracy theory posted at Billie Smith, saying, “A true, sad, funny little story about the city’s favourite hobo by Billie Smith.”

Publishing and Marketing

Resources

AND That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Storytelling using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.