Awen's Porch - Fiction & Feels

Awen's Porch - Fiction & Feels

Crossed, Cursed, & Nearly Dead, Serial Fantasy

Crossed, Cursed, & Nearly Dead, E5

The Triple-D Detective Agency

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Hi, y’all! Thank you for supporting me and Awen’s Porch with your paid subscription. I’m saving up to buy more ISBNs for future books. Only another $153 to go for 10. ❤️

If you’re just getting started, here’s Episode 1.

Please let me know if you have not yet received your eBook copy of Awen Rising. (Jerry, I’m looking at you, dude.) Also, in case you missed it last week, I’ve included the attachment for your Awen Rising Character Bio List at the bottom of this episode. Click to download, then print it out and save it to your hard drive.

This week’s preview is a post about what happened to me after writing a long scene for Crossed, Cursed, & Nearly Dead. Please enjoy!

Crossed, Cursed, & Nearly Dead

The Scene That Broke Me

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Apr 25
The Scene That Broke Me

If a writer tells you they have full control of their characters and stories, don't listen. The truth is, I write what I'm told and when I don't do that, I am greeted with some form of "writer's block" until I comply. But that, my friend, is the life of a writer.

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🎵Now, on with the show, this is it!🎶

Triple-D Detective Agency

After showing Honey to the bedroom across from hers, Elise threw open the door to the library. Her heart quickened at the sight of the first Awen and her two trusty sidekicks in the painting above the mantel.

Then, silently acknowledging the matriarch of the Awen Order of Druids, Elise lit logs that someone, likely Simon, had neatly arranged in the fireplace. When the doorbell rang, she hurried downstairs, hip pinching for the first time since her nap.

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