Branwen OShea (she/her)

@BranwenOShea@writing.exchange
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Bestselling SFF Author. THE CALLING and THE CHASM (Finding Humanity series). SILENCE OF THE SONG TREES. Cat Magnet. Yogi. Environmentalist. 🏳️‍🌈Ally. BLM.
Websitehttps://www.BranwenOShea.com
The Calling (1st in FH series)https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook1
The Chasm (2nd in FH series)https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook2
Silence of the Song Treeshttps://www.amazon.com/Silence-Song-Trees-Branwen-OShea-ebook/dp/B08HY9VHYX

#WordWeavers: How much do you interact with libraries?

I used to do several writing groups and writing sessions every week in nearby libraries but since I moved a few years ago, I haven’t really connected here. I tried two writing groups but they weren’t right for my genres and the way I work.

Part 9 of June and #WordWeavers meme regarding Blorbo From My WIP [Image from @BranwenOShea ]

MC POV: Whose advice do you value the most?As Kosh: I hold the most faith in the words of my beloved Delia. She's so brilliant that she's the truths I cannot perceive. And she can tell me I'm an idiot and still make me feel loved. That's beyond special.

Yesterday, I started rewriting a chapter in WCAP that’s been bugging me. It wasn’t quite right for the first chapter in Marissa’s POV. It didn’t even hint at her weaknesses, and I hope what I’m doing now is better. Anyone else get nervous it’s the wrong move when rewriting?
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#WordWeavers 8. If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why? If only one, what’s the best part?

As someone else said: whatever I'm currently working on...

That is partly because the newest work receives the benefit of what I have learned while writing the previous ones.

#WordWeavers June 8. If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why? If only one, what’s the best part?

I'm really enjoying my current WIP. I think the story that began in Shadows of the Elders will probably be my best story just because of its scope. It covers so much of the world and the characters. But my current WIP which is focused on a single character from the world is going to be great. Smaller but it's going to hit like a truck.

#WordWeavers 8. If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why? If only one, what’s the best part?

I have some old fanfiction, but SECONDARY's my debut novel. It's the stuff I'm proudest of. But probably the best bit is when the MC is getting interrogated by the local 'police' - for a serious crime, when he's only learned a toddler-level vocabulary.

It was tricky to write so it'd feel real. But that scene in particular has stood out for several readers.

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#WordWeavers June 8: If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why?

My novella about a drunken, horny, foul-mouthed witch cursed to fight any monster she learns about is definitely my *crowd pleaser*. It's so much fun to write. If anything of mine ever gains and audience, it'll be that, and I will not mind!

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#WordWeavers June 8: If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why?

My short story "An Apple for Miss Margaret" in my e-book poetry collection "A Patchwork of Life."

The relationship between a teacher and her student, as she teaches him to read despite his stammer.

https://books2read.com/b/bQW0vP

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

A Patchwork of Life by Annie Dameron

#WordWeavers June 8: If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why?

I only have the one story though it is now told across 3 novels soon to be 4. If I had to choose a specific novel it would still be my first, Synergy Of Hopes.

#WordWeavers: What’s your favorite story and why?

My stories are like my kids. I love them all, & couldn’t pick a favorite. But I see each story having special aspects of the writing craft that I’m proud of.

Silence of the Song Trees: emotion.

The Calling: multiple POV written (not published) before it became popular.

The Cords That Bind: using irl skills (trauma therapist & energy worker) applied to nonhuman minds/bodies.

The Chasm: World-building. 4 vastly different cultures clashing.