Amor Vincit Omnia

tessa. twenty-one. fiction writer. font lover. spotify playlist maker. plantser. currently planning: n/a. 

[tessaswritings]

June 25th, 2026

word count: 7493 chapters: two

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June 28th, 2026

word count: 8682

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June 25th, 2026

word count: 7493 chapters: two

[tessaswritings]

June 25th, 2026

word count: 7493 chapters: two

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That’s fun

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Reblogging for the last!

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NEAT.

[tessaswritings]

Benji pressed his palms forward like he was parting the red sea and sent the door flying off its hinges. The four of them marched perfectly in time with one another before being greeted with a splatter of blood across their faces. Great, now she was gonna have to dry clean this sweater again.

Chapter One

[tessaswritings]

THE NEW YORK SEVEN + WIP INTRO

The first thing you need to know: Magic is real.

 It exists in everything we do, everything we consume. It’s in your coffee, your medications. It’s safehouses disguised as abandoned homes and schools hidden behind wards. It’s the hairs standing up on the back of your neck, the deja vu you experience as if you’d seen it in a dream before, the way your body knows exactly how to pilot you home even without directions. 

Magic is real.

And Asher Cadell will do whatever it takes to get his hands on it. 

His only issue? The answer to his problems lies behind brick walls and iron gates, in a University specializing in training magical adepts. Powerful mages who can move mountains and stop hearts, craft storms and change their appearance with a wave of their hands. 

Asher will need more than just himself in order to break in, and that is precisely where our story begins.

( names subject to change )

tagging: @honeyandsunflowers

[tessaswritings]

It takes me three minutes to get ready in the morning.

i. The first minute is spent forcing myself out of bed Pressing my body against the invisible sword of damocles That hangs over my head My mother’s love formed the hilt My father’s anger forged the blade And every moment I’m awake I can feel it follow me Like one of those storm clouds in a cartoon It hangs on an invisible string that is one mistake away from snapping And slicing me in two. Their pride is nowhere to be found in either blade or hilt.

ii. The second minute is spent trading pajamas for clothes Pulling on a second skin as my father pulls on his coat Smiling and laughing and pretending because anger is ugly. Stress is ugly. Frowning is ugly. No one likes an ugly girl, a voice in my head murmurs. It sounds like my mother’s.

iii. The third minute is one I take for myself. It is the only minute I let myself have in the morning. Existing between breaths the only way I know how. You are safe, I tell myself. You are loved. The words are a lie. They’ve never felt like the truth. But I say it anyway, because no one else will. My heart beats last as long as my breaths. And the sword of damocles falls.

{ Three Minutes }

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Favorite Romance Tropes

I’m a cheesy fucker so here are some of my favorite romance tropes:

I’m seeing you in a new dress/suit/outfit that accentuates your looks more than your usual clothes and I’m Shook™

I’m seeing you doing something you love and the sheer joy you exhibit without even knowing it is so endearing and I can’t look away because you’re so in your element

I’m shy/reserved/stoic and you want me to dance with you and I’m a little nervous but you drag me into it and I love it

I always address you by your title or surname but you’re in peril so I lose my cool and call you by your first name

I slip up in a moment of distraction and call you the nickname I’ve mentally ascribed to you and after an awkward moment, you tell me you actually like it

I’m usually strong and stoic but you’ve been hurt and even though my first priority is taking care of you, I’m furious and planning the grisly demise of whoever hurt you

ALTERNATELY I’m usually strong and stoic and when I come across you fending off bullies, I stand silently behind you and intimidate your enemies with the sheer force of my presence

You’re in danger and I’m trying to get to your side as quickly as possible but it seems like I’ll never get there in time but when I do, I drag you into a fierce embrace because I’m so terrified and you can feel me shaking

OR you’re in danger and I’m trying to get to your side as quickly as possible but it seems like I’ll never get there in time and I DON’T and there’s a moment of pure grief a la Hercules and Meg in Disney’s Hercules but I’m gonna fix this even if it kills me

I’m gonna take care of you in all the little ways that seem insignificant (cups of tea, hot cocoa, soup when you’re ill, a warm coat when you’re cold) but we know they aren’t

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THE FATE’S LAMENT

turn back, o man, forswear thy foolish ways

In a world not so different from ours, before the gods were erased from history, the Fates turned back the wheel, rewove the loom, and gave the gods another chance. They gave Orpheus and Eurydice another chance.

genre: fantasy

pov: third person

main characters: 

lyra: a daughter of a tailor and a noblewoman, born out of wedlock. an aspiring musician and performer with very little money but plenty of talent. slightly jaded but still believes in the goodness of people.

daphne: slightly more well off than lyra, she’s grown up moving from place to place due to her mother’s merchant connections. since her mother’s death, she’s been searching for stability.

malakai: the connection between the human world and the gods, often sought out by wannabe heroes looking for a miracle, he has a dark past that can only be cleansed through unknown means.

hades: the leader of the Underworld, god of riches and the souls of the dead. disillusioned with life and angry with his brothers, he often wanders to the surface to toy with humans when bored.

persephone: the wife of hades and the goddess of springtime, she’s responsible for the changing of the seasons. dreads returning to the Underworld due to her strained relationship with hades and seeks someone to make her life down there bearable.

logline: it’s the myth of orpheus and eurydice with a gay twist and a lot of therapy with a dash of adventure.

tags to track: wip: tfl, the fate’s lament

taglist: @honeyandsunflowers

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❖ STELLA VITAE  ⇢  a wip by e. m. lamdan

“Nothing you have ever been told can be believed. None of it.”

❖ genre ⇢  adult soft sci fi with fantasy elements

❖ pov ⇢ third person limited, alternating between two characters

❖ status ⇢ currently planning for rewrite starting in april; first of planned trilogy. sequels are tentatively titled luna mortis and animus vox

❖ featuring ⇢ solidarity; diaspora; generational trauma; rage, grief, & love; found family; revenge; justice; anti-colonialism; enemies to lovers; jewish-coded pov character; black pov character; lgbt pov characters; nonbinary major characters; autistic major character; m/m main romance; the power of incredible violence; a ton of worldbuilding; whoa! these guys have glowy eyes

❖ warnings ⇢ death; blood; genocide; drug use; torture; abuse/manipulation

❖ synopsis ⇢

one hundred years after the collapse of an empire, outsized aftershocks run through the star system it sought to control. The unspeakable violence of lyrai was put to an end by the corporate superpower stella vitae, saddling the tashlag people with a debt they can never repay.

avishai singer, a combat medic for the company, is several generations removed from the lyraian empire, but still sifting through its ashes. he and his siblings have served stella vitae since childhood. they hope, as all operatives do, to someday return to thilea-2–the small moon where the tashlag people’s restless souls are said to be anchored.

when avi is sent on a mission to retrieve kiah, his missing twin sibling, it comes with a nasty caveat: he must also assassinate their kidnapper, would-be rebel and agitator elijah grey. but when avi tracks them down, he learns that kiah is on the run from the company, and has joined elijah’s ragtag crew. as elijah and the others plot to flee the inner ring and join a rumored resistance movement in the outer planets, they begin to uncover the threads of a hundred-year-old mystery, a tale of lies, corruption, and power that will shake the system to its core.

❖ comp titles ⇢ the outer worlds, firefly, fahrenheit 451, the expanse, ancillary justice

❖ links ⇢ wip page | wip tag | excerpts | ko-fi | patreon (coming soon) 

Keep reading

[tessaswritings]

“I think the reason I don’t believe in God is because the idea that anyone can love me unconditionally is more impossible to believe than a being that can come back to life and perform miracles.”

-excerpt from a book I’ll never write

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ALL-IN-ONE CHARACTER PAGE NOTION: “THE QUILL” *

a highly customizable, simplistic but detailed notion template for writing and creating characters based on the best curated writer advice and how-tos. perfect for exploring and creating a character while keeping their information aesthetically-pleasing to look at. use this both as a template and a guide to develop your characters while working on your wips! to download / copy, click “duplicate” top-right to copy it to your notion.

* perfect as an extension of the "transcripts" notion template.

features:

overview / introductory section (including the lie, the want, the ghost, etc.)

history section including a side for excerpts

interactive and simple overview of character arcs to choose from (including development questions based on the arc chosen)

magic section (if applicable)

personality and appearance section

interactive and simple overview of relationships

tags system for relationships (e.g. relationship dynamic, character role)

note-taking section with a simple to-do list

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[tessaswritings]

Me: What do you mean I have a type?

Also Me: makes all the love interests dark haired himbos with hearts of gold.

Me: shit

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THE SIX SUPERNATURAL FACTIONS OF NEW ORLEANS:

“Witches, Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts...they’re all parasites. We may be blessed with the strength and longevity of them, but we are the only thing keeping the Natural World safe. We were chosen for this task long before the Alvarez bloodline made it inevitable. We are the gods’ way to atone for their mistakes. After all, Hunters were bred to Hunt. And the rest of them? Those beasts? They’re nothing but our prey.”

~The Journal of Martin Fell, April 16th, 1994 

taglist: @kazinejghafa

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Order of Shadows + The Central Pieces

Inga as The Marked Healer

Tatiana as The Shadow Queen

Maya as The Stolen Lady

Helene as The Princess of Escana

taglist: @kazinejghafa (wanna join? lmk!)

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Brought to Death - WIP Introduction

There was once an ageless queen ruling a kingdom for centuries with little disturbance due to the price of blood in the magic she wields.

And then came two daughters. One stolen away to be spared the dark fate of those who had come before her. The second born to hold that fate instead.

But in the end, they may just prove the most able to topple the ageless queens reign.

Keep reading

[tessaswritings]

Look, I’m not saying that my books will be popular enough to warrant OCs, but if they do!

All of them will be for Alaric