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Feel free to copy/paste this text to help you form your own Guest Creative query e-mails. If you would like your initial query to be brief, use a form of the first and last paragraph and ask prospect to respond for more information.

Dear X, My name is Y. I facilitate a discussion/networking group for creatives called MUSE which meets [ where and how often ]. I am writing not only to invite you to become a participant, but to ask if you would like to be our Guest Creative for our [ date ] MUSE meeting.

MUSE is a networking discussion group open to all creatives--a time when creatives can dialogue about their similar processes, questions, and goals--regardless of the work they do or hope to do. This is also a time to network, to exchange resources and knowledge.

Creatives are: visual artists, musicians, writers, poets, choreographers, dancers, actors, small business owners, developers, theorists, mathematicians, programmers, scientists, philanthropists, advocates, fundraisers, self-starters, idea-havers, lofty-goal seekers, etc.

Before each meeting, participants familiarize themselves with the Guest Creative's work through a brief biography I send. If you have a Web site, they are encouraged to visit.

The format of the 2 hour meeting is as follows:

[ insert your 20 minute time, for example 4-4:20 ] Arrival and casual networking.

[ insert your 40 minute time ] Open discussion.

[ insert your 30 minute time ] Guest creative. You would give a brief talk/description about how you have integrated creativity into your life thus far or how you are making creativity your lifestyle. We would be interested in hearing how and when you decided to focus more on your work, to hear details about your creative process, to hear how you balance creativity with the rest of your life, even how you market yourself. If half an hour isn't enough time to touch upon each of these things, there is time for questions in the last half an hour of the meeting where folks will probably ask you of these things if you didn't get to them.

[ insert your 30 minute time ] Guest creative questions and more open discussion.

Some of the benefits beyond talking about your work and networking, are that you can advertise your events and bring your wares.

As soon as you are able, please let me know if you would be interested in the [ date ] slot or a future one. Thank you! Y

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