Hello! My name is Claris (she/her) and I’m an author and poet.
I used to write monthly writeblr intro/reintro posts to pin at the top of this blog.
Moving forward, I made this pinned masterpost (the post you’re reading right now!) for everyone to check out for their own convenience! This way, I can update this post instead of making a new one every month.
Important Links
Most recent writing update post: https://clarislam.ca/july-2024-writing-update/
Newsletter (sent every 2nd and 4th Tuesday per month): https://buttondown.email/clarislamauthor
Where you can find ALL the links to my website, socials + more: https://clarislam.carrd.co
My main socials are Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky. I also have Goodreads and Bookbub accounts where you can follow my work, though I don’t update those often.
Published Novels
Bloody Fantasia (June 24th, 2024)
Purchase “Bloody Fantasia” at these listed retailers: https://books2read.com/u/38veQa
Sequel to “Winner Takes All” and “Engagement To Die For” Amateur sleuth murder mystery.
I highly recommend reading WTA and ETDF first for the sake of continuity!
Engagement To Die For (June 20th, 2023)
Sequel to “Winner Takes All.” Amateur sleuth murder mystery.
You don’t need to read WTA to read ETDF, but I recommend doing so for continuity!
3-category nominee for the 2023 Indie Ink Awards! (Best Light Read, Best Setting, Best Cover & Cover Artist)
8-category nominee for the 2023 Queer Indie Awards! (Best Mystery/ThrillerBest CoverBest Lead Character (Aubri Harlow), Best Romantic Relationship (Bastian Faullkner & Nick) Best Supporting Character (Bastian Faulkner), Best Friendship or Platonic Relationship (Aubri Harlow & Bastian Faulkner), Best Sophomore Book, and Best Sequel)
Purchase ETDF at e-retailers listed here: https://books2read.com/u/38Wn7V
Winner Takes All (June 14th, 2022)
First book in the Harlow Mystery series! Amateur sleuth murder mystery.
3-category nominee for the 2023 Indie Ink Awards! (Best Light Read, Best Setting, Side Character MVP)
Purchase WTA at e-retailers listed here: https://books2read.com/u/4EL8ro
Other Published Works
Click here to see all my other published works (short fiction & poetry)!
WIPS
You can click here to check out my current WIPS!
Thanks for supporting me in my writing journey! I really appreciate all the love and support for my work.
There was nothing anywhere where blackness and horror and silence and bones
— About
My name is Marion, but I also have started to use 'Morri' as a pen name for my writing. I am twenty-one. I fall on the acearo spectrum. I identify as both genderqueer and nonbinary, using they/them pronouns; I have certain days I'm fine with others, but they/them are my current preferred. I am also polyamorous with three partners currently. I am a pagan and a knowledgeable witch, I practice with most pantheons and spirits.
I write primarily fantasy, but I may stray occasionally to other categories. My favorite theme and recurring pattern you will see across all my projects is the matter of ethics vs morals. I like to write every character to be morally grey, so they are human as possible; all my characters will make mistakes and take regrettable actions; it is up to the reader to determine who is the antagonist and protagonist in all my works. Also, all of my characters, for the most part, are queer and diverse in ethnicities.
I will also write on sensitive and dark matters. I touch on trauma, in detail, and the healing process of it. I tag and add the proper warnings to my writing as I can. but I know the details of certain topics are not appealing to some people, so this is my warning to you on what you will find within my writing.
Things you will not find in my writing are cishet main characters. I am not one, so I do not write them a great deal. I also am anti-colonialism, pro-choice, and an activist for the oppressed.
You will find I have no issue with you as long as you respect others, their choices, and their freedom. If you are someone who uses authority to berate and humiliate others if you are someone who finds joy in hurting others, if you disagree or hate anything you have read so far about me, then this is not the place for you. I will and always have promoted a safe space for people to be who they are, and I will fight, tooth and nail, to ensure people are comfortable and safe in a world where some wish to see them dead or worse.
— Tags
— Wips
I tag everything accordingly. I like organization.
So you be able to find anything, or filter anything accordingly.
I use a 'personal' tag for anything that isn't writing.
I use a 'ramblings of a madman' for when i go on rants or make shitposts.
I will use a 'mutual' tag for when I reblog or boost posts made by others on here.
I have a 'wip intro' or 'character intro' for finding anything on my wips.
There is a 'world-building' tag for finding lore on any and all of my wips.
There will be a 'tag' tag for when I am tagged in games or posts.
There is an 'Morri answers' tag for when I respond to asks in my inbox.
I will use proper tags such as 'Morri's collection' to find all my wip intros under. There will be tags for each wip subgroup to find info on those.
A HERO TO A VILLAIN: follows a group of noble rejects who entered high society, trying to subtly change things from the inside. And then you get a group of slaves who basically kick the door wide open and start revolutionizing on the outside. [wip count: 2]
I have quite a few projects I work on and off with. Since there are many I have broken them into thirteen subgroups.
BURN TOGETHER: follows a group of dragons who get sick of being persecuted and bullied by humans. They decide to group up and bully the humans back. And when they become the greatest war criminals the world has ever seen, the humans learn to shut the fuck up and keep their stupid opinions to themselves. But occasionally the gang has to come around and knock a few heads together to keep the humans behaving. [wip count: 1]
FROM EDEN: follows the generational history of witchcraft in Raeryn. The foundation of the Witching Community, its impact on the world and other nations. [wip count: 18]
I'D RATHER WATCH MY KINGDOM FALL: follows that Cuhlt is the longest-standing kingdom in Raeryn, behind the Witching Community. How have they not crumbled, had other kingdoms build over them? It's simple. They know how to choose what king sits on the throne, and how to secure power so no one will challenge them. [wip count 1]
IT'S ANCIENT HISTORY: follows several events that tie into 'Burn Together'. These stories all stand alone at first glance, but you will see reoccurring themes and faces across them all and you realize how they tie together. All of these events will lead to a current revisit to 'Burn Together', since some generations never learn from history. [wip count: 6]
KEEP YOU JUDGEMENT: follows the consequences of 'Monsters From The Shadows'. A few gods almost destroy the world, and when it isn't a few religious fanatics are born. These said fanatics soon lose sight of their original goal and purpose, lose themself in power. A lot of people pay the price for that. And it's only recently a small handful starts to right the past wrongs. [wip count: 6]
LEAVE ALL YOUR LONGING BEHIND: This is a novel I created from one of my partner's writing, and her world she creates in. It follows the story of a young man who has unlearn everything he's been taught to learn what freedom truly is. [wip count: 1]
MONSTERS FROM THE SHADOWS: follows the power vacuum with the gods. Someone wants power, someone has it. They take, and take, and take to their own satisfaction. No one cares who is hurt. And they have to deal with the consequences of their actions when they start to drag mortals into their affairs. [wip count: 4]
NO LONGER ALONE: follows how piracy developed and exists within Viogia. It follows the stories of different individuals, how they formed their crews and how their paths have crossed. [wip count: 10]
THE DEVIL YOU FORGOT: follows a pantheon of gods who abuse their authority and privileges against their servants. When those individuals finally stand up and say no more they're kicked from the heavens, and they decide to get vengeance. Along the way they gain some allies, face hardships, and who knows, maybe they're successful. [wip count: 2]
THE SYNDICATE: follows how the crime syndicate came into existence. It follows the stories of selected characters and/or groups on how they got involved in the families. [wip count: 12]
THERE'S BLOOD IN THE WATER: follows why there is so much bad blood between the Heavens and Ghosts. It follows a few generations who try to make amends, despite errors and flaws of their ancestors. [wip count: 9]
— Taglists
WHO I WAS OR WHO I AM: follows a small group of individuals, all running from their own problems. Things lead to one another, they agree to stick together for survival. As the years go by, they slowly forget what they're all running from, they become employed by an emperor, and they soon take in another adventuring groups... And they're reminded of the things they're still running from when an old face from the past comes knocking. And before they all know it, they're all dragged into events that threaten a third god war. Can they stop it, or will they let it happen... Who knows. [wip count: 7]
I do have a writing server. I post there a lot as I work. If you wish to join to check in on progress, since I lack on posting here sometime, I will tie the link into this post for you.
Since there are many projects here I will have several different taglists.
I will have a general taglist for those who are interested in looking at anything I post. I will only tag this list in wip intros, so you can get a feel for each project and not be bothered by everything.
I will have taglists for each subgroup. So if you are interested in more than one project in a subgroup you can be added to this taglist.
There will be a taglist for individual projects. So if there is only or two or a small handful of projects you're interested in, you would only be tagged in the proper projects.
I will have a taglist for everything. If you want to get notified about everything I post, this will be the taglist for you.
If you wish to be added to a taglist you can go about it any way you wish. DM me. Send in an ask. Comment on a post. Put in the tags of a reblog. Any way you feel like doing, in which I'll see it.
Hello, I'm Marion. Or Morri, as I've started to adopt. I'm a creative author in my spare time, I write for myself. I do not intend to become a published author, nor am I pursuing a future in writing. Writing is my vent and a passionate hobby for me. My future is in history & anthropology as a historian.
My intro is brief, as this is a focus on navigating my blog. If you wish to know more about me, my introduction is here.
Yes, feel free to tag me in games. You may send in random asks as your leisure. Please go ahead and tag me in all your taglists. I love interactions with mutuals.
Beneath the cut you'll find the navigation.
TAG MASTERLIST
♧ Writing Tag: Morri's Collection
This tag holds the wip introductions, and any writing I will directly post.
♧ General Tag: The Ramblings Of A Madman
This is, essentially, all my personal posts, when I'm ranting or posting ideas.
♧ Not Writing Tag: Not Writing
Quite explanatory. Anything that is not writing, nor deals with writing will be under this tag.
♧ Personal Tag: Personal & About
This tag is to follow anything about me. I'll express personal things about myself and you may learn more about me as a person.
Every post that belongs to a mutual will be under these tags collectively.
♧ Tag Tag: Tag Game, Writing game
These tags are used when I've been tagged in other posts, that deal in things like 'heads up seven up', 'last written lines', 'find the word', etc.
♧ Ask Tag: Mutual's Inquire, Inquiries Answered, Ask Game
These are the tags used when I answer any ask and/or submission.
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WIP MASTERLIST
This will gradually be updated as I create more wips. As I have a tendency to do that.
♧ Coming Home [Fantasy & Romance]
the story of a solidarity witch who finds herself in a relationship with two ancient beings. The story tells their relationship and the adventures they have together.
The story of a young, aspiring witch hunter who wishes to prove his worth but bites off a bigger job than she can successfully pull off.
♧ A Rope In Hand [Dark fantasy]:
♧ The Legacy of Vires Ius [Epic Fantasy]:
The story of three different adventuring teams who cross paths and decide to create a family with one another. When push comes to shove, they always have each other's backs, as they face down a bigger war than anyone has seen before.
♧ Be Still My Foolish Heart [Fantasy & Romance]:
The story as old as time, when two societies are at war, they must gain the upper hand over the other, thus they resort to spying and manipulation... Nobody expects the forbidden to happen of two enemies falling in love during the time at war, with their love changing the tides of history.
♧ Mercy No More [Epic Fantasy]:
The story that must happen. When an empire threatens the world with its might, through fear and brute force, those subjected to toil at its whim are forced to rise to the challenge to fight and change history.
♧ The Sinister Six [Epic Fantasy]:
The story of six criminals with secret identities who join forces at the whim of their superiors. Together, there is a series of jobs they must accomplish, and create a new standard within the criminal underbelly of the world
♧ The Song Of The Siren [Fantasy & Romance]:
The story of an outcast of society who needs to find her place in the world answering the call of the pirate who shows up on her doorstep, shaking the foundations of her world as she knows it.
♧ War of Wrath [Epic Fantasy]:
A story that looks back in time, upon the history of dragekind that shaped the world as it is known now. When the gods are gone, someone must rise to fill their place.
♧ General:
My general taglist of snippets, characters, and worldbuilding I do.
♧ All the Above:
I have a taglist if you wish to be on all my taglists, opposed to particular ones. You will be tagged in all the posts revolving around all the above on this one.
The Sinister Six and The Song of The Siren are in progress, I have not finished the wip introductions for them. Once I have, I will link those intros above with the rest.
If you wish to be on any of the taglists for them you can interaction with the intros, and/or send an ask or dm me. Or you may reblog or comment on this post of which taglist or taglists you would like to be on.
