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The Proud Princess and the Mage with a Smile like a Poisonous Bloom

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

Continuing the fairy tale which I wrote in Czech and am translating into English for fun. What’s happened so far is SO CLICHE! All the cliches, y’all. A dastardly masked stranger ruins a spoiled, proud princess’s ball with a magic…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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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Am I in a Freaking Book?

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

I feel like I stepped into the bad plot of a book. Here is what 2023 did to me before it ended: Less than a week before Christmas, my job told me they were firing me, intending to end my…

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“Kneel.”

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

They never come to kill me, no matter how potently they yearn to. The assassin kneeling behind me reeks of it: the craving to end me. He clamps the fury inside his fists; the animosity burns beneath his shadowed hood,…

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