About Cendrine This week we had the pleasure of talking with a very talented women about writing, art, and social media. Cendrine Marrouat is a photographer, author, poet, French instructor, and social media coach who lives and works in Canada. Her blog, Social Media Slant, has been recognized on Fit Small Business’ Best Small Business Blogs of 2015 & 2016
This week we had the pleasure of talking with the creators of the podcast and writing workshop, Endless Beautiful, Carolyn Decker and Lucas Pralle! Together, they have created a unique exercise that encourages people to write (or draw) as they listen to and are inspired by a series of audio clips. We love to see this kind of inventiveness at
This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing author, comedian, and researcher, Laura Lee! Laura has published over 20 books, including her latest, Oscar’s Ghost, a nonfiction novel about the drama that surfaced after the death of Oscar Wilde. Check out what she has to say about life, publishing, and Mr. Wilde, himself. You’ve been a comedian, a radio announcer, and even
Last week, we had the pleasure of interviewing the author of the Dragon Guardian series, Aida Jacobs! As lovers of all things dragons, we were excited to have the chance to talk with an author who shares our passion! Aida has been planning and fine-tuning her series for 15 years! That’s true dedication to the craft of story telling. Check
This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Ben D’Alessio, author of the coming-of-age novel, Binge Until Tragedy. We talked travel, publishing, and the real challenges facing young people today as they struggle to find themselves after college. Check out his tips on how to get published and learn more about his life and work! Have you always wanted to be writer
This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing romance author AJ Ryder! She wrote a series of novels that celebrate all things geek! From a passionate love affair aboard a Star Trek cruise called, In The Captain’s Quarters, to a tryst at a LARPing event in The Ranger’s Pet and a virtual romance with a few BDSM elements in Submissive’s
It’s contest winner time! Time to announce the winners of last month’s Thanksgiving contest in which we asked writers to create a story or poem (real or imagined) about gratitude. We often celebrate a holiday dedicated to giving thanks but do we really stop to think about what we’re thankful for? Well, we asked and you delivered! We received many
We hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! Filled with goblins, ghouls, candy, and most importantly, your favorite scary movies! If you’re sad that it’s all over, don’t despair! Stay awhile and read our winning contest entries from last month’s spooktacular Scary Movie Contest! Congrats to the winners and thanks again to everyone who took the time to enter! Check out
We had a month of many firsts here at Literative: the first time we featured an audio prompt in our writing contest, the first time we partnered with the team from the Endless Beautiful podcast, and the first time we received over 50 contest entries! It’s been an amazing journey and we’d like to thank everyone who has been along
March Contest Winner! It’s that time again! Time to announce the winner of last month’s short story contest! We had several wonderful entries that included a wide range of styles, including poetry and essays. We’d like to thank everyone who entered and hope that you join us again for future writing prompt contests! Our winner for this round is Vivek
Creative Writing Prompt Contest Winner! Winter is almost over! The days are getting longer and brighter, and soon, we will leave all the snow and frost behind us. But before we say our goodbyes to the season, let’s take a look at the winners of our last contest. We had asked writers to image what it would be like to experience snow for
We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Last month we asked writers to come with a short story detailing the holiday from the perspective of Tom the turkey. What we got was a whimsical tale of a turkey who just wanted to fly to the moon. Congratulations Alice Gerard for winning November’s contest! Thanks to everyone who participated. We hope
