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NewZine Archives : 2009 : February 5 Issue
Creativity Portal NewZine: Inspiration for Artists and Creatives.
February 5, 2009  |  Creative License & Nash Bash
Quoteworthy
“My own advice is to read a little bit of everything — literary promiscuity is your watchword.” — Molly Anderson-Childers, The Story as Muse
In This Issue
February 2009 Journal

Creativity Portal's 'Jennie Nash Bash'

Here's to a flurry of fun in February! In addition to our 365 Pictures readying for launch, we're also co-sponsoring an essay writing event, My Own True Genius, with author Jennie Nash in celebration of her new novel The Only True Genius in the Family.

Jennie Nash is author of the memoir The Victoria's Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming and Other Lessons I Learned From Breast Cancer and the novel The Last Beach Bungalow. She is an instructor at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two teenage daughters. Learn more at www.jennienash.com.

Thanks to the rich creative collaboration between Jennie Nash and our own multi-talented columnist Molly Anderson-Childers, you'll enjoy more Nash-Bash features in the coming weeks, including the chance to participate in a Live Book Club Event with the author! The fun kicks off now with Molly's Multicultural Muses column, The Story as Muse and a special gift that she, Jennie, and myself created for you: A one-of-a-kind Creative License for you to print, frame, and enjoy!

Chris Dunmire
Chris Dunmire
Creative Director & Publisher

Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Multicultural Muses
The Story as Muse

Writers are often voracious readers, and with good cause. We have much to learn from the stories, letters, diaries, and memoirs of others.

The Jennie Nash 'My Own True Genius' Writing Event
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2009
Ever felt like a creative genius? This is your chance to shine! Enter the 'My Own True Genius' contest by submitting a short essay (200-300 words) describing a time when you felt the genius of creative inspiration for a chance to win a fabulous Grand Prize — The Book Club in a Box!
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