PERSONAL ESSAY

The Revelation of a Book Wizard Whose Magic Saga You’d Want to Read

Writing dark mystery series revolutionized my life

Olya Aman
ILLUMINATION
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4 min readAug 20, 2020

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Reading life straight through…

When a large enough supply of tears was forced into my eyes by some hydraulic process, my parents finally agreed to let me go to an evening after-school class for little tricksters. Many elders considered it a waste of time. And Victor (being a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, with a great quantity of snow-white hair everywhere old weirdo, who had forsaken his daily respectable employment for a dubious occupation as a magic teacher) didn’t excite a qualified approval from the majority of our villagers.

Victor was an old wizard, and I became his little assistant. It didn’t last long, though. I used to always talk about being a Magician one day. My parents grew heated with angry desperation to bring me to a sober mind, and my desire grew softer till completely killed by the opposition.

I realized only a few years ago how I can make my childhood dream less chimerical.

I am a woman that turned over the leaf of her life to bring about a new happy page. I left my work after the death of a very dear person because I decided to fulfill my childhood…

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Olya Aman
ILLUMINATION

My pen is the finest instrument of amazement, entertainment, motivation and enjoyment, chasing each other across pages.