Ava’s Blog
For all the random nonsence, the love for stories I need to share. Here are are my long and rambling essays, reviews, lists and explorations. Right now, I’m deep diving into how the Legend of Zelda series inspired me as an artist. My goal is still to finish all my unfinished projects, Fairy Doctor 3 and 4 released in 2025 and I’m writing an oddball story about an Enchantress!
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Surprise story debut on Vella: The Thorn Path
Surprise! Lucianna is going to a monster hunting academy in an alternate world! It’s available on Kindle Vella now. I am releasing the first three episodes immediately. Then weekly after that. (Sneak Peaks on the blog, of course.)
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Artist’s Way Week 12 and Beyond: My Creative Recovery
A significant thing happened during my final week. I mentioned this briefly during my week eleven post which I’ll link here for you. So, what was coming — Surgery. It saved my life, though I didn’t realize at the time it needed saving. My physical condition had deteriorated. There was constant pain, and I was…
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Artist’s Way Week 11: Breaking through the walls
Welcome to week 11, the second to last week of the Artist’s Way. I say that’s as if it is coming to an end, but it’s just the beginning of the end. Last week was a confession, of sorts. I spoke so eagerly of what I binge on, the comfort food I turn to when…
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Artist’s Way Week 10: Why can’t I be more Creative?
Why is the creative spirit so sensitive? We keep looking at our inner artist as the child who sulks and is easily scared and must be coddled and indulged in order to coax them into creating. I’m not sure this is how parenting works. But you can only take the metaphor so far, before it…
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Artist’s Way Week 9: Finding directions
Hello. This is week number 9. I’m Ava Clary and I’m following the Artist Way. I post a weekly reflection about Julia Cameron’s book, the Artist’s Way. Let’s discuss where I am. Previously my reflections about the Artists Way, I declared my success. I had an insightful ahha moment. Read about the end of my…
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Artist’s Way Week 8: Ready Set, go!
This is week eight. I am following the Artist Way, and post a weekly reflection about Julia Cameron’s book, the Artist’s Way. Read about week seven and the shocking lack of risk in my life. AND If you want to know more about the Artist’s Way start here with my week one. I’ve been close…
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Artist’s Way Week 7: Taking risks on the Artist’s Way
I got stuck this week, not in the way you are thinking. This is week seven of my reflections on Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. For my reflection on week six and the discussion on money and the artist click this link here. This week Cameron offered us deep subjects to dig into: jealousy, connecting,…
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Artist’s Way Week 6: the Way Forward is abundantly clear
This is Part 6, a series of reflections on Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way. Here is a link to my week five reflections on faith and how following the Artists Way changes your life. Wealth of the Artist This turned out to be an easy week. Which I desperately needed since I was going…
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Artist’s Way Week 5: Wishes for the Future
This is Part 5, a series of reflections on Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way. Here is a link to week four, when I gave up reading for a week and nearly went insane. This week, I jumped into the chapter reading. Finally, I could read again, but afterward I felt like this: That about…
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Artist’s Way Week 4: no reading
No reading? What do you mean, no reading? I was just given the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. My roommate gifted it to me because my hold position for this book was #1189. I am on chapter three of this book and I have a theory about who Evelyn Hugo was…
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Artist’s Way Week 3: the rambling journey
This is week three. The third of a series of reflections on Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. Catch up with week 2 reflections here. I am still convinced I am doing my morning pages wrong. I do write them first thing in the morning and I’m starting to believe they are helpful, but I’m certain…
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Artist’s Way Week 2: Recovery Inches along
This is part 2 of a series of reflections on Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. My journey began last week. Catch up with week 1 reflections here. I’ve reached the skeptical phase of my journey. Well, that was fast. It’s only the second week of the Artist’s way. Is this what’s known as refusing the…
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