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Eva Doll Photos

For those making dolls at home: Here are photos of some dolls for your reference. To download patterns: click here.

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Eva Doll Pattern Book

*Happy Holidays* My gift to you this holiday season is the Eva Doll Pattern Book. I really enjoy helping people get in touch with their creativity. As many of you know, I used to teach sewing classes. For those who … Continue

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Halloween Book Festival Awards

Both My Books Won Awards at the Halloween Book Festival The Halloween Book Festival is a competition honoring the best and scariest work of the holiday season. The festival will be held October 29-30, 2012 as part of the 2012 … Continue

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La Femme Fatale Wins An Award

Genre-busting San Francisco author/artist/designer Marilyn Yu has won awards for her art and clothing design. Now she’s gotten a literary award for her latest book La Femme Fatale. Last week the winners of the Reader Views Literary Awards for 2011 … Continue

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Card Spread Suggestions

Many people have asked about suggestions for card spreads. There are many different ways your can lay out your cards. I am going to show you a few simple ones. If you’d like more complex ones, an internet search will … Continue

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Interview with the Book Rat

An interview with the Book Rat for her Annual Helluva Halloween blogs: What was the initial inspiration for the 2 books, and how much have they changed since the initial idea? I was looking for a way to combine my … Continue

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Making of Relations That Suck and La Femme Fatale

This post was originally written for : For What It’s Worth Literary Blog I am a creative person with many interests and what I like most is to explore the intersections of things. My most recent book projects are a … Continue

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Creating a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) religion

This post was written originally for: Books in the Spotlight, 5 August 2011 First I’ll start with my very, brief definition of religion. I see religions as shared belief systems that provide guidance for living and tools to keep one’s … Continue

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Reading on Edin Road Radio

Marilyn doing a reading of La Femme Fatale for the host of Edin Road Radio. Listen to internet radio with EdinRoad on Blog Talk Radio

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More Process: La Femme Fatale Cards

See how five cards are made. Starting from images that the drawings are based on to the finished colored illustrations. Card 1.5 – Anger Here’s a photo of the model PQ for Eva. The drawing of Eva. The reference image … Continue

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