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Marissa Adams, Author


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Trying To Build An Empire Is Exhausting
There’s this quiet moment lately, right before everything starts moving again. Not silence. Not peace. Just… that pause. Like the inhale before a fire catches. That’s where I’ve been. I’ve been working on Veil of A Fractured Oath, and it feels different than anything I’ve written before. Heavier. Sharper. More intentional. This isn’t just a continuation of a story. It’s consequences. It’s what happens after the love, after the betrayal, after the moment you thought was the wo
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Apr 242 min read
Because Silence Is Betrayal
Because Silence Is Betrayal I wasn’t born angry. I became angry by watching. By scrolling past footage of suffering and realizing the algorithm wanted me numb. By hearing leaders talk about “thoughts and prayers” while whole cities drowned, burned, or bled. By learning that truth can be throttled by whoever owns the microphone. Somewhere between the headlines and the heartbreak, I understood that silence is not neutrality. It’s surrender. The Year I Started Paying Attention
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Oct 15, 20254 min read
Rebellion In Gold And Ink
Power has always fascinated me, not because I crave it, but because I’ve watched what it does to people who do. It’s beautiful, seductive, and utterly corrosive. Power gleams like gold until you touch it and realize it’s just ash pressed into a crown. When I began building the noble Houses of Stelladir, I wasn’t thinking about politics or world order or even magic systems. I was thinking about people. About what they do when they’re desperate to survive, to be seen, to be l
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Oct 15, 20254 min read
How A Teenage Dream Became A Universe
There’s a kind of magic in beginnings, the messy kind, the kind you never realize you’re conjuring until years later when you’re standing in the ashes and realizing something new has already started to grow. For me, that beginning was a stack of notebook paper scrawled with pencil, passed around between classes at Edison Tech High School in Rochester, New York. I was fifteen. The world was chaos, hormones, heartbreak, and caffeine, and I did what any overwhelmed teenager doe
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Oct 15, 20253 min read
Back From The Shadows(Pun Intended): Updates, Events, and Chaos Ahead
Hey friends, It’s been way too long since my last blog post, and honestly… so much has happened that I hardly know where to start. The...
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Sep 14, 20254 min read
Why I Write Smut With Feelings(And Have Zero Shame About It)
Let’s get one thing straight: I write smut. With plot. With emotions. With trauma, betrayal, messy power dynamics, and characters who cry...
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Jul 7, 20251 min read
Where Has Marissa Been?
I know. I’ve been quiet. The website’s been collecting a bit of dust — not the pretty, aesthetic kind you see glinting through a sunbeam...
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Jul 7, 20253 min read
What to Expect at My First Ever Solo Author Event (Spoiler: Emotional Chaos)
Listen. I’m not going to pretend I’m calm about this. I’ve been dreaming about hosting my own event since I was a teenager scribbling...
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May 26, 20253 min read
Almost June: Chaos, Cough Drops, and What’s Coming
May is almost over, and I feel like I’m clinging to the edge of it by my fingertips, half-covered in cough drops, half-covered in to-do...
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May 26, 20252 min read
Frogs, Fairytales, And F-bombs: The Chaos Behind Veil And Valor
Hey friends, Let’s get one thing straight: writing a dark fantasy series while wrangling toddlers at a daycare and dreaming of a future...
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Apr 2, 20252 min read


Beneath The Veil: An Update From The Beyond
Hey there, wild hearts and story wanderers Let’s pull back the veil for a moment, shall we? It’s been a whirlwind in the world of Veil &...
marissaadamsauthor
Apr 2, 20252 min read


Crafting Magic: A Peek into My Passionate and Heartfelt Writing Process
Writing goes beyond being a skill for me; it is a core passion that drives my creativity. Every time I sit at my desk, I feel an...
marissaadamsauthor
Feb 27, 20254 min read
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