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The Proud Princess and the Spying Wizard

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Y’all, I am SO. MUCH. LESS. AGITATED! I still have anxiety out the wazoo, but I’m used to dealing with anxiety out the wazoo. The agitation was making me insane, though. A crisis every five minutes! No, you can’t even…

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The Proud Princess and the Scarred Villain

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Continuing the fairy tale I wrote in Czech and am translating into English for fun. You might be able to just jump in here with part 5, but if you want to start from the beginning, all the previous parts…

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The Proud Princess and the Bargain

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Continuing the fairy tale I wrote in Czech and am translating into English for fun. If you want to start from the beginning, all the previous parts are here: The Proud Princess and the Masked Mage. Otherwise maybe you can…

Tagged with: fantasy, mental illness, real world, The Proud Princess, writing
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The Proud Princess and the Masked Intruder

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

After FOREVER, I’m continuing the fairy tale that I found which I wrote in Czech and started translating into English in short bits just for fun! If you want to start from the beginning, the first part is here: The…

Tagged with: author, characters, fantasy, fiction, life, love, princess fairy tale, short stories, short story, writing
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While I’m in a Good Mood…

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

I’m actually not in a good mood, just FAKING IT TILL I MAKE IT, y’all! So! Allow me to share stuff that makes me smile (or at least not barf): When I’m in a good mood, I love to mock…

Tagged with: author, books, characters, fantasy, Heiress of Magic, Heiress of Secrets, love, real world, romance, writing
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Mercy, That Filthy Orc Caged Me!

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

So! My foray into writing poetic filth is free for another few days (till Friday, March 8th), and NO, that alliteration was not intentional. Which means if you’re into things like my attempts to write pretty prose about a sexy,…

Tagged with: characters, fantasy, love, The Wicked Orc, writing
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Let’s Try a Happy Post This Week

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Here’s something so freaking stupid I did yesterday instead of working and now I’m like WHAT WAS I THINKING (maybe you can guess): Here is an article that spoke to me and is something I’ve been trying to express to…

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My Cat Judges My Books

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

I did a video of Zulejka (my cat) judging my books (and one anthology) and just wanted to share her adorableness! It’s only 50 seconds long. Behold the sweetness that she is: That’s it! I am still puttering around with…

Tagged with: books, cats, Heiress of Magic, real world, writing
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I Did A Thing!

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Stupidly, I was discussing book covers with another author, saying that I prefer people on covers rather than the boring, non-peopled covers, and yet readers prefer non-peopled ones (the author mentioned had done a poll asking a FB group of…

Tagged with: Heiress of Healing, Heiress of Magic, Heiress of Secrets, real world, writing
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What can break or heal your heart? BOOKS!

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Life update first: No fainting in the tram this week, guys, and no flu, so good times 🙂 I went to the dentist yesterday, though. Him: “If your tooth hurts longer than two weeks, call. Don’t wait a month.” OR…

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