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Hooman is Away; Kitteh will Play

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Zulejka here, usurping hooman’s blog.For hoomans who do not know me, I am the embodiment of all things dainty. Behold my delicately curled paw placed gracefully upon the other: I can be a zigzag. Or be put in a bad…

Tagged with: cats, love, writing, Zulejka
Posted in Blog, My Life, Stories

Hooman, Behold My Travail

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 3 Comments

Hoomans, behold the burden and the turmoil of my difficult life: My hooman interrupts my languishment: [No, you do not behold any half-eaten dish of chicken meat (that hooman cooked earlier) camouflaged upon the bedsheets]. Hoomans, pity me. See how…

Tagged with: love, real world, Zulejka
Posted in Blog, My Life, Random excerpts, Stories

A Healer’s Story (in Images)

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Years ago, a woman drifted into the workspace where I host writing meetups every Saturday. She was dazed, floaty, and alighted on one of the couches. She couldn’t speak for a while, obviously utterly overwhelmed by something. She made to…

Tagged with: real world, writing
Posted in Blog, My Life, Stories

The Villains have been Released…

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

The villains have been released into the world! Imprisoned inside a collection of stories retold from the perspective of mythological or fairytale villains… In this post, I’ll give you a glimpse into the dark hearts of the characters included in…

Tagged with: characters, fantasy, writing
Posted in Blog, Stories

Come Taste a Dark God

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

I am a slave to desires not mine. Powers hold me in thrall and demand I obey. I do not obey. Lol OKAAAAAY. So. What Drama Sonya meant to say with those lines is that the goddess of the anthology…

Tagged with: author, characters, fantasy, writing
Posted in Blog, Stories

These Wicked Things will Slink Out

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Did you know I used to write smut? Erm. Well, it’s coming out under a pen name that we will pretend does not exist (for purposes of retaining respect with my mother and the rest of my family…). [Mom, don’t…

Tagged with: author, dark romance, Dulcet Darkly, fantasy, writing
Posted in Blog, Stories

The Bittersweet, Tragic, and Depraved Love Lives of Villains

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

You ever wonder about the villain’s side of a story? Why they did what they did and if they were truly depraved or just broken, and if anyone ever loved them at all? Well, an anthology is coming out to…

Tagged with: author, books, dark, fantasy, love, villains
Posted in Blog, Stories

Then Keep Me

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

He arrived in the middle of the night, banging on their door in the midst of a raging storm. Windy gusts lashed the windows, tree branches scraping the panes. It brought her and her parents barefoot down the creaking stairs,…

Tagged with: characters, fantasy, love, writing
Posted in Blog, Stories

Oops, Weekend with… people? Heeeelp

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Sonya Lano — 4 Comments

So the last time I went to a swing dance event, it ended with my ex lounging like a lord in the corner of a dance hall with ladies lounging all around him like coily pretties. Like seriously. And me…

Tagged with: characters, Heiress of Rebellion, real world
Posted in Blog, My Life, Random excerpts

Seriously?

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Anyone wanting a peek into an almost phobic mind fraught with anxiety, here are things my anxiety legit gets afraid of: Anxiety: There’s a speck of vindictive dust on the stove that hates you. Me: Dust isn’t vindictive. Anxiety: This…