You get a lot of spam, right? (Don’t worry, this isn’t spam.)
I do, too.
But lately, the nature of the spam has changed. I’m receiving all kinds of press releases from companies who want to announce products on my blog. And, these folks have really done their homework! (No, they haven’t, just like my new middle-schooler. Sigh…a story for another time.)
They’d like me to blog about their moto-scooters, high-tech floss, fireplace pokers, vegan wallets (they’re no longer called “vinyl”), birdhouses and beanbags. You name it, they think you, my readers, would LOVE it! The mistake they make is not even reading my blog or relating their story to this blog’s readership. They’re all “thrilled to announce” their stuffy stuff but fail to convince me why *I* should be thrilled.
And then, I received an email from CuratedQuotes.com. They offered to design a quote image for my blog. Why, here’s something I would actually use! That my readers might actually want, too!
I spend a lot of time searching for re-usable images on which to overlay a quote.
Like this:
And this:
(Ugh, I’ve misplaced the image credits, which were all Creative Commons-ified.)
But here’s some folks that will do this for me. And make it look all cute and jazzy. So I said YES! And I sent them my very own quote!
Isn’t it wonderful? (I imagine that’s a little girl doing “the wave” with a wave.) Feel free to use the image quote yourself!
CuratedQuotes.com categorizes all these lovely quotes for us. They have a plethora of profound, beautiful quotes prêt-à-porter, for use in your social media communiques. (Those are such fancy-schmancy words! But when quotes look so fancy-schmancy, you need to keep up.) Here are 57 awesome quotes about creativity, like this one I picked just for you:
I’m so pleased CuratedQuotes.com contacted me.
They get us. They really get us.
And they will REALLY get you. They’re offering to make a custom image quote for one of my lucky blog readers! Just enter the quote you want to be picture-fied in the comments by October 1st. A random winner will then be selected. Good luck!
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) 
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September 24, 2014 at 7:12 am
carrie a. pearson
This is a great resource, Tara. Unique and helpful — two qualities I love. My quote is, “Be sure the path you are on leads to your passion.” — Carrie Pearson
September 24, 2014 at 7:15 am
Nancy Tandon
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt
September 24, 2014 at 7:19 am
lindamartinandersen
What fun! My quote: “I love Fall, a whole bushel pile.” Linda Martin Andersen
September 24, 2014 at 7:23 am
Julie Grasso
May you always remember that writing is not a race to the end, but a journey into the readers hearts. Julie Anne Grasso. I have this on my email signature. Gonna stop by curated quotes. How cool are they.
September 24, 2014 at 7:46 am
aliciaminor
My quote: “I got rejections. I still write. I will succeed.”- Alicia Minor. It’s nice to read other quotes because I love quotations.
September 24, 2014 at 8:02 am
Andria
Paint a piece of your heart into a picture book …and it will be loved.
September 24, 2014 at 8:19 am
Red said what?
” ‘Cause sometimes you just have to put it out there.” The tagline from my blog. Thanks, Tara – cute idea giveaway. Jennifer Reinharz
September 24, 2014 at 9:25 am
StephMWard
You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.
– Sue Fitzmaurice
Thanks for the post and contest. Wonderful image for your quote!
September 24, 2014 at 10:39 am
Nancy Colle
“A children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story.”
-C.S.Lewis
September 24, 2014 at 10:49 am
momslifeponderings
Cool tool!
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” Fred Rogers
September 24, 2014 at 11:42 am
Carol Jones
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where i needed to be.” – Douglas Adams
September 24, 2014 at 11:43 am
katmaz2012
I love quotes, or words of wisdom. I have over 1,000 of them on my pinterest board! Your “find” was helpful for a ot of people. Thanks for sharing.
September 24, 2014 at 11:49 am
katmaz2012
“Now I Know and Now and Now I Can” is the quote.
September 24, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Janny J Johnson
“I write for the child in me, that never grew up.” Someone is going to be very lucky to get this done for them. Thanks Tara!
September 24, 2014 at 12:34 pm
Sylvia Mary Grech
“Writing is a release of creativity waiting to burst forth.” – Sylvia Mary Grech
September 24, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Ronna Mandel
Oscar Wilde: ‘Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.’ This is SO cool! Thanks for sharing.
September 24, 2014 at 12:44 pm
Rosi Hollinbeck
It’s hard for me to choose a favorite, but this one is wonderful. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” ~ AA Milne ~
September 24, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Erin Dealey (@ErinDealey)
“All for books, and books for all!” Erin Dealey : )
September 24, 2014 at 1:52 pm
darlenebeckjacobson
“Nothing ventured…nothing gained”
September 24, 2014 at 1:56 pm
Cathy C. Hall
Oh, that site is brilliant, Tara, thanks for sharing! And though it’s dang near impossible to pick one quote, I’ve finally decided to pick one from many that I love in PETER PAN:
“It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
September 24, 2014 at 2:03 pm
kathydoherty1
Picture books leave an imprint on the heart.
September 24, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner
Thanks for sharing Tara. Here’s one of my favorites: “Writing is the painting of the voice” – Voltaire
September 24, 2014 at 3:44 pm
Sue Heavenrich
I get such a kick from people who want to “guest post” and don’t know my audience. so, taking a leaf from the editor’s fieldguide to rejecting manuscripts, I send ’em a form rejection with (checked) – just not right for us. Ha!
September 24, 2014 at 5:07 pm
You can't hide the spark
Spooky, I have just written a post about my favourite, kick-up-the-bum inspirational quotes! This is my favourite favourite:
“What to do with your one life? The same thing you would do if you had two lives, and this were the second.”
Robert Brault
September 24, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Amy
This is so awesome Tara. Such wonderful quotes people have shared. I have many, but one of my favorites (I know a favorite when I have it memorized) is one by my pastor, John Carter: “Sometimes you feel trapped, and you’re in the perfect will of God, and you just have to feel it through.”
September 24, 2014 at 6:46 pm
Lori Alexander
Love this post, Tara. Here is one of my favorite quotes:
“Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.” –John Updike
September 24, 2014 at 7:42 pm
Lauri Fortino
“Literacy is the jump-off point from which all of life’s successes take flight.”-Lauri Fortino
September 25, 2014 at 12:46 am
Carrie Charley Brown
Gotta love how this new discovery makes you, “That was easy.” But since this is not a Staples commercial, I’ll use this one:
“Small Steps taken consistently, add up in a big way over time!”
– Carrie Charley Brown
September 25, 2014 at 11:37 am
winemama
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
September 25, 2014 at 12:25 pm
writersideup
I love quotes, Tara 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
September 25, 2014 at 12:32 pm
ruthspiro
This came from a horoscope I read years (and years!) ago, I saved it and use it as my own. I’ve added it to the bottom of my stationery:
“Who will you inspire today?”
It made me realize that we all have the power to inspire someone else. Through our books, but also through blogs, social media posts, and even through casual conversation. We collect other people’s quotes and tack them up on a cork board or make them a screensaver… but we also need to consider the fact that something WE say may be just the thing someone else needs to hear.
September 25, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Wendy Greenley
My quote is from author Matt Myklusch, in an article he had in the 2010 Guide to Literary Agents. “You only fail if you quit . . .Get your hopes up. That’s what hope is for.”
Thanks for the great post, Tara.
September 25, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Natasha
from a fortune cookie years ago:
Dessert CAN make you happy.
September 25, 2014 at 9:02 pm
Juliana Lee
That’s awesome Tara!
Here’s my quote: ‘Peace begins with a smile.’ -Mother Teresa
September 25, 2014 at 9:29 pm
Patricia Tilton
Don’t get me started on spam. I am fed up with it. No way will I advertize on my blog.
September 26, 2014 at 1:47 am
viviankirkfield
What an awesome post, Tara! Your quote is incredible and it was depicted so lovingly. It was fun scrolling down and reading everyone’s favorites. Here’s mine: (I have two…a long one and a short one):
We all need a cheering committee and parents are a child’s most important fans. (Vivian Kirkfield)
Picture books help kids soar. (Vivian Kirkfield)
September 26, 2014 at 9:58 am
Joanne Sher
Such fun stuff! My favorite quote lately – “Writing a picture book is like writing ‘War and Peace’ in Haiku.” Mem Fox
September 26, 2014 at 10:55 am
Steve Moran
A child is not a vase to be filled. A child is a fire to be lit. (Ancient Polynesian proverb)
September 26, 2014 at 11:59 am
teresarobeson
My favorite quote is great in its kick-*ss pithiness: “No guts, no glory!” I don’t know who it’s by (probably that venerable Anonymous person).
September 26, 2014 at 2:29 pm
danielle hammelef
Great idea! Thanks for this chance. Here is my quote: “The meaning of life is to find your gift; the purpose of life is to give it away.” –Pablo Picasso
September 27, 2014 at 3:21 pm
pat
One of my favorite quotes is from A.A.Milne .. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think “…. Pooh bear
September 29, 2014 at 6:19 am
thiskidreviewsbooks
This sounds awesome! 😀
Hmm… I would pick an Einstein quote “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”
Or the French Proverb: It is usually on the path of avoiding our destiny that we encounter it.
Or… 😉
September 29, 2014 at 7:25 am
DianeKHower
Tara I love it! “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”
― Roald Dahl
September 29, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Carol Gordon Ekster
“Trust in the process. Your manuscript will become a book, when the timing is right.” – That’s my quote for all the writers visiting here. I believe it!
September 30, 2014 at 2:17 pm
mattforrest
Wonderful idea! Something I always remind folks – whether they are writing, playing sports, or taking on any challenge – is this: “What you lack in talent, make up for in hustle.”