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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Trust in the Forgotten, an otherworld historical fantasy is live on Amazon today (paperback tomorrow).

Riparia Dellbane, a rebel courier striving to vanish, overnight becomes evil’s quarry, alive or dead, while a handsome man offers assistance to someone who's no one. To survive, she must find out why.

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Image is the cover to Trust in the Forgotten, a fantasy novel. The background is a hand-drawn map rendered in negative, the color gold and black. Between the two lines of the title are two turquoise eyes. Beneath the title is the subtitle, Book 1 of the Kovenlore Chronicles. At the bottom is the author's name, Christina Anne Hawthorne.
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

At long last…

Trust in the Forgotten, Book1 of the Kovenlore Chronicles is available for ebook preorder & live on 11/19. The paperback will be available on 11/20.

My thanks to everyone for all your support. It's been a long, long road to this point, the ups & downs too numerous to mention.

Book2? March 2025.

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Christina Anne Hawthorne

This week's blog post:
12 Reasons Why I Hike - Anti-Aging is Just the Beginning

The title says it all…

Oh, and there are pictures!

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · 12 Reasons Why I Hike – Anti-Aging is Just the BeginningPhysically, mentally, and even creatively, it all drains away if we don’t do—something, even if all we’re capable of doing is exercising the mind. Photo: CA Hawthorne For me, hiking has become crit…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Free fantasy read with no obligations:

The Voice that Cries

Ontyre fantasy short story loosely linked to Trust in the Forgotten, a novel I'll publish in Nov..

A young woman, an assistant at the greatest theatre in the city, avoids relationships, but most of all avoids the arts, the deadly secret within wanting release.

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · The Voice that CriesI’m doing something different this week and sharing a complete short story, the first time I’ve done that in years. This is about a 20-30 minute read, just so you know. Courtesy: Pixaba…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Free fantasy read with no obligations:

The Bridge in Distant Farthing

A heartfelt witchcraft flash fiction of Ontyre set in Pannulus.

A mother who lost her husband too soon to the war struggles to keep up with the precocious daughter who has her own ideas...

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · The Bridge in Distant FarthingOutside her daughter’s bedroom, Merelda Phlane leaned her head back against the wall. It was the same torment each night. She was the rare witch who’d married. Rarer still was losing the love of he…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Blog post:
WORRY - Confronting Baseless Fears and Saying, NO

It's relentless? Yeah, well, I've devoted myself to also being relentless. I've devoted myself to fighting back because there's too much I want to do and too much I want to enjoy to put up with that garbage.

That's why, I've taken another step.

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · WORRY – Confronting Baseless Fears and Saying, NOWorry. Anxiety running amok. But, but, but…? Beginning final edits in December 2023. This is enjoying life. Photo, CA Hawthorne I’ve blogged about anxiety and self-doubt before. Recognizing them wa…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Hiking and Stories - Journeys of Exploration and Discovery

The parallels were rather striking. A post I wrote in my head on a rock slope in a canyon I had to myself.

Well, except for one black ant...

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · Hiking and Stories – Journeys of Exploration and DiscoveryPhoto: CA Hawthorne So, I’ve noticed when sharing hiking images on social media, meaning on Mastodon ( that one particular type of picture is surprisingly popular. Of course, people enjoy rocky str…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

This week's blog post:
Where Life Makes Sense and My Mental Health Resets

Hiking helps me reset. Given the world, I need that more these days, it seems. It also clears my mind, washing out the worries so I can write.

This last hike, I took a closer look at what happens...

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · Where Life Makes Sense and My Mental Health ResetsGive me peace, give me clarity of mind, give me a place where life makes sense. Give me an environment where the inner workings that make up my mental health can realign. Give me nature—before we d…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Last week's blog post:
5 Benefits to Having a Redemption Arc

The biggest redemption arc I've written runs through much of The Kovenlore Chronicles series. It wasn't planned.

What sparked this blog post is that I'm currently editing Book-2 and the spark that caused the arc occurs here, and so I thought about the ways that benefited the series...

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · 5 Benefits to Having a Redemption ArcPhoto, CA Hawthorne I’m currently targeted editing Book-2 of the Kovenlore Chronicles, A River in Each Hand, and often think about redemption arcs. The spark for a substantial one that begins in Bo…
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Christina Anne Hawthorne

Last week's blog post:
Incident Metamorphosis - Don't Underestimate a Moment's Value

Many people believe they’ve never experienced anything worth writing about. Often, it isn’t about what they’ve experienced, but how they perceive their experiences.

From one event we can develop multiple ideas.

So, I conducted an experiment...

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · Incident Metamorphosis – Don’t Underestimate a Moment’s ValueI know that many people believe they’ve never experienced anything worth writing about, but quite often it isn’t what they’ve experienced, but how they look at their experiences. It’s also, quite o…
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Last week's blog post:
My May Publishing Update - Several Milestones Passed

It was one of those months when I look back and say, I did all that?

Yes, Christina, you did. 😆

I'm also on schedule for publishing Book-1 in the autumn, but now find myself in Book-2. How exciting!

It's kind of like an early birthday present. 😃

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Christina Anne Hawthorne · My May Publishing Update – Several Milestones PassedMay, my birth month, has arrived cool after a too mild winter. It’s also a good time to update my progress towards publishing in the autumn. When you’re a team of one, there’s always something to d…
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