<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Marissa Adams Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where stories thrive and readers unite, one page at a time.]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:43:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trying To Build An Empire Is Exhausting]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 worst thing that...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/trying-to-build-an-empire-is-exhausting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ebaa7e8d49bd7442f20577</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:38:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because Silence Is Betrayal]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 	I didn’t step...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/because-silence-is-betrayal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f039c550873aaf5dadd666</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:38:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebellion In Gold And Ink]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 loved in a world...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/rebellion-in-gold-and-ink</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f037d460ceb7e0d1fe2ddb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:15:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How A Teenage Dream Became A Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 does, I wrote my way...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/how-a-teenage-dream-became-a-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f0340927064b4fa449a2b8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:56:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back From The Shadows(Pun Intended): Updates, Events, and Chaos Ahead]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/back-from-the-shadows-pun-intended-updates-events-and-chaos-ahead</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c712390d13c9ba3a6c17c6</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:14:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Write Smut With Feelings(And Have Zero Shame About It)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s get one thing straight: I write smut. With plot. With emotions. With trauma, betrayal, messy power dynamics, and characters who cry...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/why-i-write-smut-with-feelings-and-have-zero-shame-about-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686c5437d3d3fe7417ab301b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:35:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Has Marissa Been? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/where-has-marissa-been</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686c1059d3d3fe7417aa802f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:31:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Expect at My First Ever Solo Author Event (Spoiler: Emotional Chaos)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/what-to-expect-at-my-first-ever-solo-author-event-spoiler-emotional-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683502ea31c7b50b3b0bf950</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:10:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost June: Chaos, Cough Drops, and What’s Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/almost-june-chaos-cough-drops-and-what-s-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6834ff272c9701be8231aba0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 23:55:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frogs, Fairytales, And F-bombs: The Chaos Behind Veil And Valor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey friends, Let’s get one thing straight: writing a dark fantasy series while wrangling toddlers at a daycare and dreaming of a future...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/frogs-fairytales-and-f-bombs-the-chaos-behind-veil-and-valor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67edcbbc6e3c528b1e8f6a41</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:50:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath The Veil: An Update From The Beyond]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 &#38;...]]></description><link>https://marissaadamsauthor.wixsite.com/marissa-adams-books/post/beneath-the-veil-an-update-from-the-beyond</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67edc89af9329bec87b03843</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:39:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6b080_01090f3a0d7f445da8213080591832bd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marissaadamsauthor</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crafting Magic: A Peek into My Passionate and Heartfelt Writing Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing goes beyond being a skill for me; it is a core passion that drives my creativity. 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