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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writer’s block: how to beat it
You have to write something but you’re stuck. What do you do? How do break free? Let’s find out what Robert Pirsig says from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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6 walking tours in Singapore
Mostly free walking tours 1. Tour for the shop-a-holic I recommend starting at one end of Orchard Road. Then you can walk along the street exploring the many shops, from high-end fashion boutiques to H&M. You can shop to your heart’s content, or just window-shop. It’s overwhelming, so prepare yourself for people everywhere. If you…
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Writing Tips – how to write a good description
a how-to-write essay series by Ava Clary. Updated April 2022 The awkwardness of ‘awkward’ words Often when I critique something, I write the phrase ‘awkward’ or ‘awkward word’. What do I mean by that? Where did I pick that up from? Perhaps I don’t like the syntax of this sentence, or I don’t like the…
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How do I write with confidence?
Let’s explore what it means to write confidently. “You have to believe in yourself – at the same time you need to have doubt, because it means you are creating something.If you have no doubt …If you are too sure of yourselfyou close your mind.I’m sure the customer can feel it.Be sure and at the…
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I give myself some strange writing rules (don’t follow them)
There are so many writing rules. You have to begin the story with action and movement. Establish your character immediately, who they are, and what they want. Hook your readers fast and then keep the tension high, and don’t hold back on drama. You can find writing rules in books about writing, blogs about writing,…
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Paperback available
A paperback version of my book is available now. Click the link below!
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Daily lives of Roman
I discovered some fascinating history while visiting Koln Germany. (Cologne, Germany) A museum held artifacts about the daily lives of romans who lived in the first to third century. Displays with shoes, dice, lots of ceramics and children’s toys, such as carved animals: lions, dogs, horses, horse and cart. Here you can see the couch…
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Good Quotes to live by: inspirational quotes
Here’s a few inspirational Quotes from manga and from interviews “I wish I could’ve lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that’s impossible. A path like that doesn’t exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It’s all…
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I designed a book cover
I may have a problem. I really, really enjoyed designing my book cover. And at some point, I started making fake book covers because I could. Here’s my fake book: Someday, I may have to write this book because I have the book cover design. I have a title and tagline. That’s sometimes the hardest…
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drop in the bucket
Today I released my first book. I’m plagued by self-doubt. Why did I do this? There are so many books on Amazon. No one will ever find mine. You can’t find it unless you search directly for Ava Clary. Amazon won’t recommend it to anyone until it has sales data. How will this work? I’ll…
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Where can I find free stuff for my website?
Free stuff is great. I know I’m always looking for a good deal, and unfortunately free sometimes doesn’t really mean free. Here are some of my resources for free stuff.
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