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Inking Game: The Starless Sea

On January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Inking Game1 Comment

So here's an idea Rook and I came up sometime last year while crafting japes at the expense of overdramatic abstractions in Tahereh Mafi's "Shatter Me." Why not make questionable or out-of-context descriptions into drinks?

Does magic invalidate consent?

On November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Uncategorized2 Comments

To people who experience attraction: would an individual's use of this charm affect your ABILITY to consent to sex?

A Cautionary Tale: Abstraction in “Shatter Me”

On October 1, 2019May 6, 2022 By Elyan WhiteIn Uncategorized11 Comments

I liked plenty of "Young Adult" books before genrefication and I still do now. There are a lot of hidden treasures below the stenciled garbage, and I'm on a journey to discover some. As my first step in this journey, I turned to Tahereh Mafi's popular 2011 "Shatter Me."

Salty Writers’ Social

On September 22, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Uncategorized5 Comments

It's anonymous, it's cathartic, and on paper it's fairly humorous. Give it a try! Be salty before you're angry.

Blink and You’ll Miss It: Magical Realism

On September 12, 2019October 30, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Plenty of writers and readers probably already know what the magical realism genre is. But plenty of you also probably do not. Since I borrow from it stylistically and almost all of the time, I'll take the time to explain.

Reading Imprints: Rats, Magical Realism, and Isolation

On September 3, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Uncategorized8 Comments

All writers start as readers. And a lot of us started in the same place. Let's take a trip to my childhood, and possibly to yours.

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