New Intro Post (2026)!💀🦇🕸️🕯️
Hi! I'm Tess, owner and operator of a queer gothic dark fantasy WIP set in Regency-era England. And I get real weird with it. I wanted to do an updated intro since my last one was 2 years old and didn't reflect how the blog has evolved since.
Link to-> WIP Intro Post!
Quick and dirty WIP intro:
Lambswool (working title) is a novel set in the late Georgian/early Regency British Isles. It's sort of a genre mashup with elements of horror, dark fantasy, gaslamp fantasy, the gothic, and folk horror. Characters include a bratty aspiring sorcerer, a demonic changeling who wants to be human, a witch, a sin eater, and a handsome devil. Over the course of the plot the question of whether the spirit realm(s) and mortal world should be kept separate will be a source of conflict. The protagonists are young, but I would consider the story to be New Adult rather than YA, due to heavy subject matter.
The two young protagonists of our tale. I talk about them a LOT.
Comps: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Over the Garden Wall, Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Draws from: folklore, (dark) fairy tales, the occult, paganism, mythology, 19th century literature, etc.
Status: zero drafting, 27,073 words so far
Common tags: #lambswool, #tristan, #crispin, #writing
Taglist (lmk if you want on/off): @moonrabbitwriter, @willtheweaver, @wyked-rebellion, @armentas, and @wildgeraniumwrites
About me:
You can call me Tess or Orphan, whichever. My pronouns are she/her. I'm an artist, writer, and musician and I am an Adult (32). This is my first time trying to write anything as involved as a novel. I’m having loads of fun with it, though.
On this blog:
You'll find anything and everything relating to Lambswool and its characters, who are on constant rotation in my head on a spit. I started this blog as an aesthetic inspo board for the novel, but transitioned to a writeblr some time ago. That said, I do continue to reblog and post images that inspire me, and info relevant to the research I'm interested in for the story's time period(s) and magical elements. I find this page to be very useful as a digital archive for my developing project.
But the main thing I post these days is original writing and info about Lambswool, its world, and its characters. The writing I'm currently posting is from a *zero* draft. Everything's still in development and subject to change.
I also post my original concept art, comics, and doodles of the characters. You can find my art in #my art.
It should be noted that I love to play with my characters like dolls and often draw/write them in non-canon scenarios just cuz.
I adore learning about other people's characters and stories, so please tell me about them!!! Please I am begging. I am also highly interested in linking up with other writers for encouragement/feedback and just general community!
***Content warning for some imagery/writing that may be disturbing (as can be expected, I guess, from a horror aesthetic/theme).***
I love participating in tag games and ask games, tho I may be slow to respond! My tags for these are #tag games and #ask.
OG writeblr intro
Thanks so much for reading, and feel free to like this post and I'll give you a follow!
