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Johanne Levesque

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Johanne Levesque graduated from York University with a BA in Psychology. She has completed seven marathons across the United States and Canada. She has been a team lead in the transportation, banking, pension, legal and education sectors. Johanne has been able to make a difference in the lives of nearly two dozen African children by supporting an orphanage in Tanga, Tanzania. She travels to Tanga once a year at the beginning of the school year to make sure all the orphans will be able to afford the fees for tuition, uniforms and school supplies as she believes that education is the key to their success.

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Johanne Levesque As a rule I do not experience writer's block. I have so much data to sift through from my research that I always have information to work with. Having…moreAs a rule I do not experience writer's block. I have so much data to sift through from my research that I always have information to work with. Having said that I might write something that will go in the middle of the story one day, another day it might be about the end of the book or the middle of the story. (less)
Johanne Levesque I studied Psychology and I am fascinated by the subject. When you write, you use your empathy to feel what it would be like to go through difficult ti…moreI studied Psychology and I am fascinated by the subject. When you write, you use your empathy to feel what it would be like to go through difficult times and what it takes to survive them. You are able to display the psychological characteristics of your characters, and their behavioral traits. You develop the ability to understand and share the feelings of your characters.
If you do a good job your characters have characteristics that are consistently demonstrated in spite of their changing circumstances.


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“I wipe tears from my eyes as thousands of boots march away to war.”

 An excerpt from “Trouble and Strife,” by Johanne Levesque


 

I watch the boys as they stand at attention while the Sergeant recites what General Currie told the Canadian Soldiers at the front in 1918: “Under the orders of your devoted officers in the coming battle, you will advance or fall where you stand, facing the enemy.  To those who will fall, I say: You will not die, but step into immorta Read more of this blog post »
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Johanne Levesque "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
--Toni Morrison


Johanne Levesque I just wanted to let you know I finished your book and loved the history and love story and felt so bad for Josephine (and Evelyn). I really felt like I was in the 1930s so well done!
Wendy Ranby


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