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It’s A Creative Business: Expressive Writing—A Foundation for Business Success

June 24, 2017July 12, 2018 It's a Creative Business, NLAPW

This week, Ronni Miller discusses the merits of expressive writing as a business tool. You don’t have to be a writer to express yourself through the medium of expressive ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Nourishing You

June 21, 2017 NLAPW

Patricia A. Oplinger Member-at-Large from Cherokee Village, AR I wish I could take language and pour it into a bowl of warm, encouraging thoughts I would splash soothing ... Read more

It’s A Creative Business: To Freelance or Not to Freelance? ‘Tis Not an Easy Answer…

June 16, 2017May 5, 2019 It's a Creative Business, NLAPW

This week, Rodika Tollefson weighs the pros and cons of a freelancing career. Ahh, the freelance life. Have you been dreaming of being your own boss, working in your ... Read more

Creative Inspirational Wisdom: What is Creativity?

June 9, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

This week, Dr. Patricia Daly-Lipe asks the question and ruminates on an answer. What is creativity? To find out, we can pursue two avenues. On the one hand, we ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Give Them a Brake

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 NLAPW

Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City II, TX Branch It’s time again For the Red Neck Sliders Certainly not known To be traffic law abiders They’re on the roadways Quiet as ... Read more

Creative Inspirational Wisdom: The End of Something

May 26, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

For this week’s creative inspirational wisdom, Sara Etgen-Baker spins a tale of rejection and revision… The End of Something In a village called Aerendyl there once lived an ... Read more

Poem of the Week: The Virtual Crafter

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 NLAPW

Carolyn Aune Minnesota Branch My Aunt sits in the well worn wing chair, Her winter grey braids, thick as a child’s wrist, Wrap around her noble head. I’m perched ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Meditation on a Mosquito

May 17, 2017 NLAPW

Kathleen H. Langan Greenwich Branch First the tell-tale bzzzzzz, then there it is walking across my husband’s bare arm and heading straight to do harm to me, the Go-To-Girl ... Read more

It’s a Creative Business: How to Use Copyright-free Images and Sound Without Getting in Trouble

May 13, 2017May 5, 2019 It's a Creative Business, NLAPW

This week, Rodika Tollefson discusses the importance of copyright and creative responsibility. If you create art for a living, you probably feel strongly about protecting your copyrights. After all, ... Read more

Poem of the Week: The Summer Party

May 4, 2017May 6, 2017 NLAPW

Lois Batchelor Howard Palm Springs, CA Branch I look into the corner of my backyard and the green and flowering plants are huddled together. They look like a cocktail ... Read more

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