Elayne G. James

Author of The LightBridge Legacy ---A Supernatural Coming-of-Age Series and The Saint of Carrington---A Spirited Christmas Story of Hope, Healing and the Power of Believing

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A Journey from Self-doubt to Self-acceptance

My new blog post! It's been a while. Been facing some life challenges but I've also been reflecting a lot, so i thought I'd share...

“The only mistake a person can make is to not believe in themselves and the validity of their dreams.” I overheard someone say this in a café some years back. The wisdom of this profoundly simple truth has stayed with me ever since. Not only has it stuck with me, it started me on a path that has changed my life in subtle, and eventually profound ways. It has reverberated inside, reaching into…

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Dream Alchemy

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Some of my Favorite People are Fictitious

Some of my Favorite People are Fictitious

It’s true. When I read a great book, I fall in love with its characters and dearly miss them when the book is done. I know you get this. It happens to anyone who loves to read. So you have an inkling of what I mean when I tell you it is the same for me when I write a book, only tenfold. Yep, I admit it. I fall deeply in love with the characters in my books. For the time that I am writing them,…

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A Musical Legacy

Music will be the longest relationship you will ever have. It is in your heart and your blood and will be until the day you die. Give it the attention it needs and deserves, and it will heal you in ways you cannot yet imagine.

My earliest memory is of my father’s music. As a child, I used to watch him play for hours. A few years back my father turned 88 years old, which, he said, was significant because he has lived long enough to be the same as his piano (88 keys) and was still playing. How many people do you know who have been playing the piano for 80 years? Pretty amazing, right? Like my pop, I play the piano, but I…

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Wisdom of the Waves (part 2)

Wisdom of the Waves (part 2)

In Part 1 of Wisdom of the Waves, I promised to tell you how I could be raised “a surfer girl” and not actually be a surfer. OK here goes.  Between the ages of 7 and 10, I lived with my family in a small, humble abode on the Esplanade across from the ocean. We weren’t rich. Far from it. Six people in a tiny three bedroom house with one bathroom, but the ocean view framed the large front window…

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Wisdom of the Waves (part 1)

Wisdom of the Waves (part 1)

I was raised next to the Pacific Ocean. I grew up a “surfer girl,” and a musician, listening to the Beach Boys, who grew up in the same place.  Most of my friends were surfers and/or musicians. We lived in the sunshine, frolicked in the ocean, ate hotdogs and fries on the Redondo pier, and spent the entire summer wearing bikinis under our cut-off-jeans and knotted tees so we could, in a moments…

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The Death of Sunshine

The Death of Sunshine

Pano taken with my iPhone It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2020.I have so much to be thankful for, but instead of jotting a list of my blessings, which I would normally do on this day, I need to confess something that is weighing on my soul. At this moment, I am on my way to Bryce Canyon, Utah, to live for 4 glorious days in winter splendor and natural beauty. As I write this, my sweetie is driving our…

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The Long Here & Now

The Long Here & Now

THE LONG HERE AND NOW read by ELAYNE G. JAMES To get the cadence of this piece, listen to my reading of it in the recording above. Lyrics are below. This is a piece I did for the prog rock band I write lyrics for. They asked me for something “submariner themed,” and the only stipulation was that it not have a regular metered rhyming scheme. I thought on it for a few days… and then a few more……

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"Art for Art's Sake"

The making of art purely for self-expression can be one of the most fulfilling ways to create. There is a vast and diverse spectrum of motivations for human creativity, and all have played a role in contributing to the world’s greatest masterpieces.

Lately, I have been contemplating the idea of “Art for Art’s Sake” verses art for monetary gains.

Money is energy. There’s nothing wrong with wanting more money. It is one of the ways we thrive in this world. But to an artist, money can mean many different things. It can signify success and freedom. It can represent a form of approval or validation (when someone buys our art it’s usually because…

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➸ What I Learned From Starship Captains

➸ What I Learned From Starship Captains (a master list of best traits and gems of wisdom from great captains thru the years) #StarTrekDay #StarTrekUnitedGives

What I Learned from Starship Captains (part 3 of my “Hero” Series)

In honor of STAR TREK DAY I am reposting this great list of Starship Captain Wisdom!

Welcome to the final installment of How to Be the Hero of Your Own Story. I just have to say, this is the most fun I’ve had with research in a long time! I’ve learned so much from the heroes I’ve studied… things that have changed my life (no…

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Sacred Symmetry: The Dance of Dark & Light

I have always been fascinated with the idea behind the Italian word, “Chiaroscuro.” There is no English equivalent. For a language to have a word that encompasses both light and dark into one unifying concept, speaks volumes about its people.

  Taken with my iPhone at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center

Chiaroscuro [kjaroˈskuːro]; is the Italian word for light-dark (chiaro, meaning light, and…

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Mine & CJ's Favorite Place in NYC

Mine & CJ’s Favorite Place in NYC

My favorite secret in New York City (and CJ’s too) is the City Hall Subway Station. It is closed to the public… has been for decades now, but it remains one of the most beautiful works of style and craftsmanship in the metropolis.

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Falling Awake Part 2 - The Choice for Love

Falling Awake Part 2 – The Choice for Love

The other day, while searching THE LOST PATH (book 3 of The LightBridge Legacy BTW I’m about halfway through!) for a quote, I found this; “You are what you focus on. What occupies your mind will soon occupy your life. If that is hatred, you will find evidence of hate in all you survey. If that is love, you will find the presence of love all around you.” From The Tome of the Light Masters

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The Long Dark Hallway of the Soul

The Long Dark Hallway of the Soul

I was one week into a three-week personal writing retreat up north to finish my book when I got the news. News that shook me to my core. The teenage daughter of a friend of mine had just died.

“Wh-what?” I stuttered out.

“Zoe died last night,” my friend repeated.

Time stopped.

Her next words cut into me as if someone had taken a knife to my heart.

“She killed herself.”

The silence that followed…

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A Pencil & A Dream

A Pencil & A Dream

February is LOVE YOUR LIBRARY MONTH! “What an amazing thing is a library, and what a wonder it is to read a book.” ~Naviga [quote from The LightBridge Legacy Series] I’ve made a very important and personally significant decision that I wanted to share with all of you! I have decided to donate a portion of every eBook I sell through my shiny new self-publishing platform Cloud Chaser Books! My…

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I hope your holidays are filled with love, light, and magic, this year and every year! Thanks for allowing me to share my thoughts with you, Elayne

Sharing The Circle of Light Ceremony for a Reverent Christmas

This is an excerpt from the “Extra’s Pack” for my book “THE SECRET HALF” which you can get FREE by subscribing to my Book Notification List. Go to EGJ-BookNews.com or click HERE.

Living fifty miles from any semblance of a town and a hundred miles from any shopping mall, and having very little money to spend on presents, the Jasper…

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