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He lounges in the shadows…

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

He lounges in the shadows that embrace him, his long legs clad in leather and stretched out across the rock floor. Crossed at the ankles, his boots flicker faintly from moonlight leaking in and reflecting off the crystals in the…

Tagged with: fantasy, love, writing
Posted in Blog, Random excerpts, Stories

Essence & Elixir: their story in images

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

“They should never have hurt you,” he said. NOTE: AI images were used in this blog post, but I no longer support the use of AI, nor do I use it, because I don’t like the extractive direction big corporations…

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

Super-Cat Strikes at Book Trailers

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

If you’re as exhausted as I am, here, have a 56-second-long video of my super-cat kitty-crashing my book trailer (she just can’t help herself) –> She stole that video! BUT! I have others that use ALL THE DRAMA! All. The.…

Tagged with: cats, fantasy, Heiress of Magic, love, real world
Posted in Blog, My Life, Stories

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