Once Upon a Faire {Excerpt}
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  • Reads 3,816
  • Votes 324
  • Parts 6
  • Time 48m
Ongoing, First published Oct 23, 2018
{Nanowrimo 2018}  Morwen Lovell never expected to fail out of college before even declaring a major, but after a failed quest to find a normal, secure place in the world, Morwen returns to Ohio and the familiarity of her parent's Great Midwestern Renaissance Faire. Her summer filled with make-believe royals, pirates, and turkey legs is turned upside down when a dashing knight-in-authentically-replicated-armor, a mermaid, and William Shakespeare come alongside her and help her realize her new destiny: put her outstanding cosplay skills to use and apply to a design school she has only ever dreamed of. But getting into an elite costume design program is easier said than done while trying to navigate faire politics, a mysterious saboteur, and an encounter with internet fame that brings an army of jealous trolls down on her cosplay accounts when she's forced to step out from behind the sewing machine and into the spotlight.
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