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Bodega Bay Days

Bodega Bay Days

by evyjourney | posted in: Blog, Love, life, small things | 0

The light in Bodega Bay amazes. While it can display its full intense spectrum, casting a rainbow of shadows on everything it floods, it’s never harsh. It caresses the ocean with shimmering silver or imbues it with dark impenetrable blue. … Continued

Bodega Bay, imagination, sanctuary, SF Bay Area, St. Teresa's Church
Literary Appropriation of Real Events: Celebrity at a Paris Café

Literary Appropriation of Real Events: Celebrity at a Paris Café

by evyjourney | posted in: A Writer's Life, Blog, Love, life, small things | 0

Quai des Grands Augustins teems with people on this cool but sunny May day in 2004. Often, you can’t get to the end of this Quai without bumping shoulders with other giddy tourists. This stretch on the left bank has … Continued

celebrities, creative writing, imagination, literary inspiration, Paris, researching a book
Art-Making: Express Yourself with Pictures, Not Just  Words

Art-Making: Express Yourself with Pictures, Not Just Words

by evyjourney | posted in: Blog, Love, life, small things | 0

We’re lucky, we humans. We have words to express what we think, what we feel, and what we dream. But words are just one way for us to “say” who we are. Many of us also find art-making or music-making … Continued

art as romance, digital art-making, illustrating characters, imagination
Writer and Slave: Get Used To It

Writer and Slave: Get Used To It

by evyjourney | posted in: A Writer's Life | 3

You are a writer. Therefore, you’re a slave. To reviews, to courting a readership, to spending hours on tasks not related to writing. Writer and slave: You’re helpless against that bondage. Most writers now are resigned to the fact that … Continued

book marketing, book promotion, book review, book trailer, creative writing, featured, imagination, writer
Write To Save Your Life (or, at least, your psyche)

Write To Save Your Life (or, at least, your psyche)

by evyjourney | posted in: A Writer's Life, Love, life, small things | 5

Can writing heal what ails you? Many studies show you can write to save your life. I started writing my thoughts and feelings in a little notebook when I was a kid. I think it was my way of coping … Continued

cathartic writing, expressive writing, imagination, power of words, sources of stories, writer
Live Inside Your Head: Romance in writing

Live Inside Your Head: Romance in writing

by evyjourney | posted in: A Writer's Life, Love, life, small things | 0

If you live inside your head, people are likely to think you’re crazy. But doing so can actually be comforting. Productive, even. As I grew older, reality trounced my dreams one by one. I found myself retreating a little more … Continued

creative writing, dreams, expressive writing, imagination, quest, romance in writing

First and Latest Books

The Shade Under the Mango Tree

The Shade Under the Mango Tree
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Margaret of the North

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Book Reviews: Escape Into Reality

A Delight: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

A Delight: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Writers write books. They also write about books—reviews, literary analysis, how-to manuals. And, of course, fiction. Fiction about books often deal with our relationship to books or what they mean to us. The book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, is one such novel. Set shortly […]

Nature as Main Character in Fiction: 1. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Nature as Main Character in Fiction: 1. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. Most likely a crime thriller or a murder mystery, right? That’s how some reviews have perceived this novel, including one put out as “the Amazon review” of this Amazon Best Book of August 2019. Maybe advertising the book this way helps sell more copies. But I […]

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Evy Journey
SPR Independent Woman Author awardee Evy Journey tries to define contemporary multicultural women in her books. She has a Ph.D. (Psychology)
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