cassidy black

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”

[cassidyblackwrites]

oh you don’t understand how much i adore firelight and im so hyped for the new chapters, you’re genuinely such a good writer and i love ur characterization of tom!!

thank you so much!!!!!😭😭😭😭🩵

sorry for not updating lately. life’s been tough for me since January. I’m hoping I can get back on track soon and write again!

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

[solarsdiary]

reminding myself that 7 kudos is 7 different people who have read my story and actually liked it

and idk about you but if 7 people came up to me in real life and said “hey we really liked your writing” i would just cry on the spot

[write-on-world]

[psikonauti]

Maria Chepeleva (Ukrainian, b.1985)

Cat on a radiator

[cassidyblackwrites]

Check out this amazing art made by Nurchie for this scene in Firelight!

Originally posted on Deviant Art: Stay by Nurchie.

She wants to laugh.

She must be really, really drunk.

And she swears to Merlin she has only closed her eyes for one second.

— Firelight. Chapter 5.

Sorry that this fic is taken down and not available on ao3 anymore.

[cassidyblackwrites]

Hi. Just reposting this to say Firelight is back on ao3.

This version will be a bit different from the original one. Most changes are made in plot structure. It was at chapter 12 when it was taken down. I plan to finish this story (fingers crossed!) this time. And the total story length should be around 20 chapters.

I’m forever in love with this art and I’ll have to finish the story just for this!

[cassidyblackwrites]

hello dear author! I'm such a fan of your tomione fic and your writing. i was very much wondering what piece of media did you consume that influenced your writing or thinking? i saw you mentioning some books along the story (i need to go back to those chapters and check them myself) because the way you emerged me into the story kept me all night thinking. i hope this ask doesn't disturbed you or anything but i was wondering what are your favourite pieces of media that you can share with me? it's been so long since i found someone that feels like we have a similar "voice" or interests and i would really love if you can give me some recs/or share with me what you love. to me you give much an interesting perspective and vibe that you are a very literate person and i would live if you have some recs for me. i will be honest i never read wuthering heights and you made me so curious that tomorrow I'm going to buy the book. I've always been intimated by clasics books, but your fic littery made me put big girl pants and just jump into them.

again, i hope this ask doesn't disturb you, i wish you all the best! - a fellow writer that is too shy to interact

hi there! so sorry for the late reply. my life has been crazy busy lately and i haven't checked here for a few weeks! omg I'm so flattered by this ask😝 thank you!! and you're not disturbing me at all!

As someone who genuinely loves reading and writing, I'm always thrilled whenever I come across someone's writing that I vibe with too! Wuthering Heights was one of the books I read when I was very young (a bit too young to fully understand it at the time I'm afraid lol), so it had a huge impact on me. I still love it very much today but I don't think in terms of writing style, I'm inspired by it.

I read a lot of books and I'm not picky... but if we're talking about a "voice" that really made me squeal like omg I could speak with the writer (like - this is literally I would feel in a similar scenario and this writer I've never met somehow put it into words so eloquently in a beautiful way that I'm couldn't??) there aren't too many writers like that for me, the ones that I feel we share similar souls, if you know what I mean. To name a few on top of my mind right now - Donna Tartt, Hilary Mantel, Shirley Jackson, Daphne Du Maurier, E.M Foster, Sally Rooney, Kazuo Ishiguro, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Albert Camus. I hope you'll find some of them enjoyable too!

btw i recently read haunting adeline and please for the love of god DO NOT READ THAT

[cassidyblackwrites]

A note on Alphard/Sara:

Hi! This is a note for endless night chapter 33. It’s long so I posted it here instead of on ao3.

I'm going to leave the interpretation to readers. Just want to point this out: Hermione doesn’t know what he really did to Sara.

Here's what I think on the situation (you can totally interpret this differently!) - I think back then, when it happened, Alphard's family had too much power over Sara and she did not think she could win if she fight them. She was also in a very bad mental state. If she tried, she'd only cause herself more pain and be forced to relive the trauma. So she thought it might be better if she just take his money and walk away and raise the child on her own.

I mentioned in Chapter 21 that Sara wasn't use magic anymore. That was also a point I'm leaving it up to your own interpretation - it could be psychological, or magical (similar to how Hermione's magic became unstable after her traumatic experience)

As for Alphard: I think in a way, he's ashamed and doesn't even want to admit this to himself. So he's probably been telling himself: "what I did was out of passion. I was a broken person when I was younger bc of my childhood. It's my parents' fault. But now I have a chance to get better, and I WILL get better. And I cannot let this chance go."

I decided to leave some blanks here and not dive too deep into this issue because even it's entirely fictional, it's hard for me to explore the topic further and add details.

I didn't base these characters on any real people, but they all seem so real in my head. It's like their story truly happened in some universe, and one day, these "memories" just came to me and I was simply delivering their tales to you faithfully. I can see everything that happened in the background... and I'm making some creative choices here to leave something out.

This story, after all, is Hermione's life story.

[thedeathofdreams1]

Cassidy Black endless night ch 31, I pictured her glowing with the magic. @cassidyblackwrites

[cassidyblackwrites]

a beautiful date night in the graveyard😭😭😭

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS💕🫶

[cassidyblackwrites]

sometimes I write because life gives me too many doses of insanity and I have nowhere else to place those feelings

[cassidyblackwrites]

current status: stuck in editing hell

🫩

[cassidyblackwrites]

Husband sees ten tabs of government and law firm pages for separation and divorce procedure open on my browser—

*horrified*

Me: I’m just writing a tomione fanfiction. pls don’t panic

[cassidyblackwrites]

okay I just read the newest chapter for endless night and OMG!!! Thank god she finally leaves him I was going crazy! I understand why she stayed but as a reader I wanted to shake her. I re read the story and when she says her best days are behind her I wanted to cry she’s barely in her 20s! You’ve left us on a cliffhanger please tell me you have a plan to update soon!

Just updated!! Chapter 23 is out😊

“She wanted to kill him. She wanted to kiss him. She wanted to die with him and be buried together in a nameless grave under a willow tree.”

[ginnyruin]

[Cover Art]: Kiss Me, Kill Me by Nurchie

Twitter: @hi_im_nurchie

Fic: Altered State by ginnyruin

Explicit, 240K words (WIP)

Summary:

Six years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Auror Hermione Granger activated a mysterious dark object, which unexpectedly sent her decades into the past. Tom Riddle, now known as Voldemort, returned to British wizarding society in 1966 after a decade-long absence. Under the guise of interviewing for the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position, he arrived at Hogwarts to conceal one of his Horcruxes. But he soon discovered that the coveted position had been stolen a week earlier by an intriguing witch. As manipulative schemes emerged, tension evolved into a ruinous obsession.

AO3 Link

[ginnyruin]

I’ve taken down Altered State from Ao3 (temporarily)

Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well. I haven’t been checking here much, but I hope to respond to the awesome asks I’ve received in the past few months soon.

I know it’s been a while since my last update, and I'm excited to share that I’ve finished writing and editing Chapter 55, though it might take a bit longer to post.

Over the past few months, I've been working on a rewrite of Altered State. It’s my first Tomione/Volmione fic, and I started it three years ago. Looking back, I realized how much my writing style has evolved since then. Revisiting those early chapters has been both a fun and eye-opening experience!

I’m aiming to bring more nuance and depth to the story. This process has meant making some tough decisions and cutting out parts that don’t resonate with me anymore. But my hope is to create something that feels more true to where I am now as a writer.

I’ve been doing more technical writing for work, and I highly recommend Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style,” for creative writing as well. It’s made a difference in identifying things to improve in my writing.

I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported "Altered State" from the beginning. Your encouragement has meant the world to me, and I’m excited to continue sharing this journey with you all. I’ll try to have the next update out soon. Thank you for your patience and support! ❤️

[cassidyblackwrites]

SOMEONE TAKE ME TO THE ER RIGHT NOW BC I AM HAVJNG TROUBLE SEEING DAYLIGHT AND BREATHING THANKS TO GINNYRUIN😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[cassidyblackwrites]

Ah just followed you cause i absolutely adore Endless Night 😭 but please take your time, love you sm 💕

thank you!!!😁😁 you’re so kind! I just updated btw…finally!

[cassidyblackwrites]

This is random but what ship/piece of media do you currently enjoy?

Hi!! Life’s been busy, so unfortunately I haven’t had a lot of time to be in the fandom space. So no, I don’t have any ships I’m enjoying at the moment.

Currently, I am enjoying the audiobook “mythos” by stephan fry. It is hilarious and fun to listen to! (Audible is a lifesaver when you’re so busy and can’t find large chunks of time to sit down and read!)

I’m also listening to Dante’s inferno on repeat. It’s not because I’m a big fan. But listening to this book ALWAYS send me to deep sleep in five mins.

Apart from that, I’m just casually rereading the secret history by Donna tartt for like the…100th time, maybe🤩

Below are some books I’m not currently reading, but enjoyed very recently: beautiful world where are you, normal people and conversations with friends by sally rooney. wolf hall by hilary mantel. Shirley Jackson’s we have always lived in the castle. :)

[cassidyblackwrites]

are you thinking of putting any works back up or updating Endless Night?? I love this new version and I’m excited to see if you’re going to revamp any of your old stories

Hi there! I’m thrilled you liked the new version! endless night update is on the way. It’s just going to take a while bc I’m so busy with life recently and don’t have many brain cells left at the end of the day to think about fanfics😭

I don’t really have a plan with my other stories. I guess I may just go with whatever my adhd brain tells me to do haha