I wrote you onto the back of the book so that I never forget where I began. As the sun sinks russet pink on Market, I’m reminded of a tiny room with no physical windows, but where between equations, I dreamed a creation— a world across the stars where characters with magic might discover who they are. I wonder often what I’d say to my younger self if I could speak to them, knowing what I know now… but the truth is that I’d just smile from a distance and rest in the knowing that every mistake they are destined to make will lead them to a life more glorious and grand than they could ever imagine.
STILL THE STARS, Elayna’s debut YA fantasy novel in verse, is available now wherever books are sold.
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