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    5 AMAZING WLW Fantasy-Fiction Reads
    Melissa McGaughey
    • May 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    5 AMAZING WLW Fantasy-Fiction Reads

    In 2020, I shared several of my favorite WLW books of all time. You can find that here. However, after I found myself on a new long...
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    The Selkie and Her Knight Chapter 10
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight Chapter 10

    Runa clutched Fiadh's hand in her own as they navigated the narrow deer trail to her small hut. Her heart hammered in her chest as her mind
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    The Selkie and Her Knight Chapter 9
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight Chapter 9

    Fiadh felt naked without her seal coat. Stripped of her freedom and her history...
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    The Selkie and Her Knight Chapter 8
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight Chapter 8

    Rúna crouched in the tall grass. The soft golden glow of morning just a sliver on the horizon, she knew she had to think quickly...
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    My Top 8 Favorite WLW Fiction Novels
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 6 min

    My Top 8 Favorite WLW Fiction Novels

    It took me years to find these gems, and gems they indeed are! Like tiny little shining stars in the WLW fiction firmament.
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 7
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 7

    Rúna could taste blood. Thick and cloying it clung to her nose, her blade, her armor.
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    How I Illustrated My First Children's Book
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Feb 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    How I Illustrated My First Children's Book

    The process of managing a large project can be the most difficult.
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 6
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 6

    The feeling of the gentle press of Rúna’s lips stayed with Fiadh long after they had said their farewells and parted ways the following...
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 5
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Dec 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 5

    Loneliness had always been a close companion of Rúna's. It had first made itself known when Rúna was a child, as Rúna began to realize...
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 4
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 4

    "Why haven't you taken it?" Fiadh had waited all winter to return to the rocky shore and the small cove where the strange human woman had...
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 3
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 3

    The second time she saw her, her heart leapt into her throat and took up residence. Rúna* was never what her parents expected of her....
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 2
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 2

    The human hadn't proved herself a liar. At least, not yet. Fiadh found her to be true to her word just a few hours later. The campsite...
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    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 1
    Melissa McGaughey
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Selkie and Her Knight: Chapter 1

    The first time the selkie maid saw her, a creature clad in bright, reflective surfaces, a cold knife of fear pierced her gut. As a pup,...
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