Beyond Ophelia ...

The next book is tentatively titled: Beyond Ophelia. Allyn is actively seeking interviews! Click here to read more about the book and the request.

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Listen to the latest radio interview on By, For and About Women Talk Radio with host Edie Galley.

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Girl Tech Program, Caddo Kiowa Tech Center

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BIO

Allyn Evans is founder of QueenPower.com, a dynamic on-line community for women, and author of the newly released book: Grab the Queen Power: Live Your Best Life! A Competent Toastmaster, Evans speaks to audiences about cultural influences and individual choices. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Mississippi and her MBA from Texas Tech University. Published in a variety of on-line and print publications, Evans is working on her second book, tentatively called: Beyond Ophelia.

Evans’ work centers on her love of writing and her desire to help other women meet the challenges of successful living. As a young woman, Evans found she always got in the way of her own progress—creating obstacles and allowing her deeply ingrained fears to stop her at every turn. Compelled to “come to grips” with herself, the native Mississippian dug down into her cultural heritage to figure out what went wrong and why. This self-study expanded to include the many women Evans interviewed for her work in the uplifting Grab the Queen Power. The culmination of her community-building endeavor was the creation of QueenPower.com, where many women have found the strength, both in numbers and within themselves, to succeed.

As Evans’ daughter nears pre-adolescence, her work on female empowerment zeroes in on creating empowered women by cultivating emboldened spirits in young girls and adolescents. With plans to complete three books in 2006, Evans’ days are filled writing, interviewing, and speaking—that is, when she’s not playing tennis! Evans now resides in Oklahoma with her husband and eight-year-old daughter.

Previous Related Experience
Nonprofit spokesperson, skilled speaker (national, regional and local audiences), Radio and TV experience. Competent Toastmaster and Regional/District Tall Tale Competition Winner.

EXPANDED BIOGRAPHY

I shall have to solve my own problems. I always get the feeling that when I solve them for myself I shall have solved them for a thousand other women. For that very reason I must come to grips with myself.
—Etty Hillesum

Allyn Evans is finally a Queen! Indeed, the journey was long and trying. She struggled most of her adult life to try to make herself feel more queenly without much success. Compelled to come to “grips with herself”, the native Mississippian was inspired to dig deeper—to figure out what went wrong and why.

Turning first to her childhood experiences for answers, she became more intrigued. How could someone emerging from a healthy and loving home be so lost and confused? To find answers, Evans queried others to find out if they had similar experiences or feelings? The answers confused her more.

There didn’t seem to be one problem, group of symptoms or set solution. Each woman had a different story to tell—interestingly, some thrived in their environments while others suffered greatly. Eventually, she uncovered three culprits that contributed to her own pain as well as the pain of so many others.

As the story evolved, the idea to use the Queen Archetype as a “roadmap” took shape. In the Introduction to Grab the Queen Power: Live Your Best Life! Evans writes, “I awoke in the middle of the night to a voice saying, ‘I had a dream. I wanted to be a Queen.’ Queen. Not Scarlett, the woman who was willing to fight to better her life and for her man, only to be rejected for her ambitious drive. Not Melanie, who was as good as she was beautiful, dutiful and demure. Not Cinderella, who, born as princess, sat in the ashes until a man rescued her. Queen.”

Throughout the writing of Grab the Queen Power, Evans continued to collect interviews and research her topic. Excerpts in the book not only reveal what she learned and experienced, but also highlights the fifty other women who shared their own stories.

Evans explains, “I wrote it for myself, to ‘come to grips with myself.’ I wrote it for the women who, like me, buried their essence even while they worked the best they could for the best for others. I wrote it for our mothers and for our grandmothers. I wrote it for my daughter, and for the children to come.”

Allyn Evans lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with her husband and daughter. Currently working on her second book, Evans takes every opportunity to speak to women. For more information, e-mail Allyn Evans.

READERS' REVIEWS

This book is a wonderful example of how we get locked into stereotypes and what to do when we don't fit these stereotypes. Evans encourages independence and self-reliance through her words, examples, and experiences of others. Through her writing, I too have grabbed my own queen power.

—Dawn Walker

Ready to rule your own life? Did you wake up one day and realize happily ever after never seemed to arrive at your house? Wonder what’s missing? Finally, a book that gives you insight into the roles you play as a woman in this era. Allyn Evans examines this all too common experience in the lives of women. Read Grab the Queen Power, and learn how to put on your tiara and rule your own life!

—Terrie Jenevein   



Website Design by

www.comfortqueen.com | Featured interviews
www.workingmother.com | Quoted June 2005
www.boomerwomenspeak.com | Featured Book in July 2005
http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks | Participating in LA Books Festival in April 2006

PRINT MEDIA

Average Girl Magazine | Contributing Writer, 2004 to 2005
Women’s Independent Press | “The Universe Is My Mother”
Working Woman’s Magazine | Interviewed for article
Delta Magazine | Book Review included in July/August 2005
Stillwater Living | Featured, Stillwater Writers' Group, Nov 2005

RADIO & TELEVISION

The Wright Place Television Show |QueenPower.com featured
WAHM Internet Talk Radio | "Work-At-Home Moms," with Kelly McCausey (two appearances in 2005)
The Jane Prince Jones Show | KFYO NewsTalk 790 AM, Lubbock, TX (June 10 & 24, 2005)
Jim Gregory Show| WCLD/Cleveland, MS (July 7, 2005)
The GardenMama Show|SuperTalkMS/WFMN-93.7 FM (July 05)
The Jane Prince Jones Show | KFYO NewsTalk 790 AM,
Time for Women Event (October 5 and October 11, 2005)
Stillwater Channel 31| Featured author, Morning Edition, 2005
Read About It | TV program hosted by BJ Williams, Oklahoma City (November 16, 2005 & January 23, 2006)
By For And About Women |Talk Radio, Edie Galley, Feb 2006
Stillwater Channel 31|Featured, Morning Edition, April 2006
Internet Voice Radio|Featured Guest, Janet Smith show, Oct 06

PRESENTATIONS & APPEARANCES

Thank You for speaking. You were one of the best speakers we have had! You were very straightforward and honest. The handouts were wonderful!
—an e-mail from a participant

Girl Tech Program, Meridian Technology Center

Stillwater Writers' Group | Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 21, 2005
WISE Conference | Ft. Worth, TX, June 25, 2005
Presentation | "Shoot for the Moon" Stillwater, Sept 22, 2005
Book Festival | Books n' Blues Festival, October 1, 2005
Time for Women Conference |Lubbock, TX Civic Center, Oct. 11
Host | QueenPower.com teleclasses, Sept, Oct, Nov 2005
Presentation | My Mom is a Superhero" Stillwater, Oct 27, 2005
Mistletoe Marketplace | Jackson, MS, Civic Center, Nov. 3, 4, 5
Book signing | Hastings, Stillwater, OK, Nov 12, 2005
Moderator | Double Dragon Publishing, best-selling audio series for writers, January - December, 2006
Choices | Featured speaker for women's group, February 2006
Spark! | Keynote, Dallas, Texas, April 1, 2006
Meridian Technology Center| Speaker, Girl Tech, April 2006
Junior Miss Program| Interview skills training, April 2006
Junior Miss Program| Featured speaker at ceremony, May 2006
Caddo Kiowa Technology Center | Speaker, Girl Tech, May 2006
Stillwater Chamber of Commerce | Keynote, May 9, 2006
Perry Writers' Group | Featured speaker, May 10, 2006
Women's Group | Speaker, Sept 2006
Moderator | Double Dragon Publishing, under contract for new series, 2006 to 2007
Muse Online Writers Conference| Featured Presenter, Oct 06

OTHER FUN

Living Fulfilled: Girls Roadmap to Capturing Your Purpose| Featured Interview in book written by Karlena Lee, Founder of InterCityLink.com
The Author's Companion | Featured guest in self-guided audio course created by Christine Hohlbaum for authors.
The Complete Writer's Journal | Featured author. The book includes quotes from writers and book promoters in all stages of their careers. Published by Red Engine Press.

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR GRAB THE QUEEN POWER

“Allyn Evans’s Grab the Queen Power is full of anecdotes that entertain and wisdom that will make a difference in the lives of women.”
—Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author and Instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program

“Hail to Queen Allyn for daring to speak the truth! As women have done for centuries, she relinquished her power as a child and spent years trying to please everyone but herself. By recounting her journey to reclaim her regal spirit and drawing upon the wisdom of others who have traveled a similar path, she ennobles us all. This richly woven tapestry of voices will inspire you to pick up your scepter, put on your crown, and become a queen in your own right.”
—Prill Boyle, author of Defying Gravity: A Celebration of Late-Blooming Women.

Grab the Queen Power is a rare, deep, look into another woman’s life that provides many valuable insights for the reader. Allyn Evans artfully weaves her life story into compelling learning experiences for all of us using dreams, fiction, and reality. Don’t miss this fast start to Queenship!
—Jo Condrill, author, Take Charge of Your Life: Dareto Pursue Your Dreams

Do yourself a favor. Grab the queen's book and begin living the life you were called to live. Put away your mask and welcome your authentic self. You'll be grateful you did.
—Dotsie Bregel, founder of BoomerWomenSpeak.com

Many women dream of being Queen but Allyn Evans is one! She's a Queen of a writer, encourager and supporter. Read this book and learn from the wisdom of her Queendom while joyously creating your own.
—Ann Leach, co-author of Goal Sisters: Live the Life You Want With a Little Help From Your Friends

READERS' REVIEWS

What amazed me with this book was that her perceptions and realizations of a southern American background transcend any subculture you will find in the world. All women have an innate role in our society, some harsher than others, and Allyn, while breaking most of those rules by questioning that style of life, finds the core and heart of every woman on this planet and then validates it. Whether you're a businesswoman, a mum, an artist or free spirit you will want to have this book in your library as validation for that journey we all take as women.

—Sandy Gauci (Australia)

When you start on the first page of Grab the Queen Power! Live Your Best Life! you need to be prepared to never put it down until the last page is read. This is a must read book for women to share with their friends, mothers, sisters and daughters. Every entry in this book has something for the woman you are, the woman you can be and the woman that has the dream of being a queen.

—Bonnie Florea

This is a great book and reading it is like having a private coach. Allyn always roots you on. Basically it is Allyn's story, her personal journey that in fact has universal value. For she tried on many roles, thinking, as we lead ourselves to think, that becoming meant becoming something else than what we are. Since she was in tune with her feelings however, each new attempt of defining herself brought her more unease until she stopped to ask herself what it was she really needed and wanted.

A refreshing read for anyone. A great graduation gift as it can help young women at this important age make the necessary shift in their thinking to better prepare them to be truly co-creators of their lives and worlds.

—Gena Lumbroso (France)