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Goddesses of Dúrev: Cypress

On July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, To Those Who Seek SirensLeave a comment

Also known as Kyparissia, Cypress is the goddess of ceremony, harmony, and predestination. Cults associate her with seashells, marriage, and pearls.

Goddesses of Dúrev: Aswani

On July 4, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, To Those Who Seek SirensLeave a comment

Of all twelve Maidens in Avalon, Aswani is the only goddess to have a direct counterpart in the major counter-religion of the Bhoja continent. She is the goddess of night and the afterlife, and so more symbolically the goddess of closure and endings.

Goddesses of Dúrev: Eva

On May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, To Those Who Seek Sirens3 Comments

This month's Nano went well, but so much of it was rewriting at this stage I don't have any ugly draft excerpts from "To Those Who Seek Sirens" to share! For shame. Instead, here's a little bit about the world the story takes place in.

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?

The Fire Eats

On October 24, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn poetry, Writing2 Comments

The fire bursts awake in the trees. It begins by eating the green from each leaf.

Quincy

On October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn poetry, Writing3 Comments

Valley wind strings birthday graves along the roadside, impossible to tell from the litter and waste.

Stones Grow Her Name

On October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn power metal, Writing1 Comment

Every now and again I'm just going to need to share album covers. I had to gush about Sonata Arctica's "The Ninth Hour" last time, but now I have to gush about Sonata Arctica's "Stones Grow Her Name." I mean, look at it.

New Friend

On October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Writing6 Comments

Tada! He's my new author logo. He'll sit quietly under my Ko-Fi button except for on very special occasions; I don't think he's very interested in us. I hope you like him.

The Ninth Hour

On September 1, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn WritingLeave a comment

Now, I know my obsession with power metal and album covers bleeds over into Phantasmagorium a bit more often than is strictly called for, but I had to share Sonata Arcitca's "The Ninth Hour."

5 Final Albums to Tell the Story Of

On August 9, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Writing13 Comments

Finally getting settled in the new digs, so this gallery will end off the power metal album mini-series. Get a load off the lighting visuals. Soak in the expressive settings, and think about why they work--what details can you add to your story worlds that give them more kick? (Marchen Station, by the way, has …

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