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Welcome to Find Your Colors. Here we are discussing the narrative within the Shards of Color Trilogy and the first book in that trilogy called BLUSH BORN.

I am Jeff B. White and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Through this publication and podcast, I am providing breakdowns of the psychological concepts behind the dark fairy tale.

I’m focusing on the emotional intelligence, radical vulnerability, and transformative growth that is found through an honest look at where I’ve been, how I’ve gotten here, and where I’m going next.

Recap

Last Monday, we continued reading through the narrative of BLUSH BORN looking at Chapter 8 Colorless. We saw Jethran stand trial before the TriAught. And we got to meet the cast of characters who make up the architects of order and gray. This antagonistic mythopolitical landscape is the antithesis of everything Jethran is.

Today we’re going to be reading through Chapter 9 and the breakdown following.

Let’s Discuss

This was a difficult chapter to write and a difficult breakdown, too. Allowing the death of this character was not something that I went into lightly.

* Have you ever faced a difficult loss that helped you to step into who you were supposed to be?

* As a writer, have you ever had to kill off a character who you didn't want to but you know that it wouldn't have served the story if you hadn't let them lived?

In a world where bigotry is so often just the norm of things, conveying that in this story was something I felt to be necessary.

* Have you ever felt like you were nothing more than dirt to the powers that be?

Feel free to answer these questions in the comments below or just take them with you as you go.

What’s Next?

On Wednesday we will do a readthrough of Chapter 10 Parting Colors. Where we will witness Jethran say goodbye to his mother. And we will see him start a completely new path on his journey.

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Thanks!

So grateful to all the following supporters that I have gained I hope that you all are enjoying this story. As always, if you have read this all the way to the end or if you listened to this all the way through, then you are absolutely my hero and I want to thank you for giving me the time out of your day and the space in your brain to share my story and to introduce Jethran to the world.

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