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Then Keep Me (reposted)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a 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: books, fantasy, life, Prague, real world, Then Keep Me, writing
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In the Lush Decay of Her Bedchamber

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

WHY AM I LIKE THIS? I sent a newsletter about a Thing, and let’s now play SPOT THE TYPO! PROOF that I ‘beed’ a break for sure. And I sent like fifty million test emails to myself and STILL didn’t…

Tagged with: fantasy, love, Wishes and Whispers and Sibilant Hisses, writing
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Trapped in the Goblin Realm…

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

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 are taking it and how they are trying…

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

Hoomans, Utter Fail…

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Hoomans! Console me. First, though, for those who don’t know me, I am Zulejka, epitome of Cat, pinnacle of Beauty, queen of Tiny Pawsies, and only my hooman knows how much I poke my kitty nose into corners and decorate…

Tagged with: cats, fantasy, videos, writing
Posted in Blog, Stories

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
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Story in Images: the Guild Dancer

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

HOOMANS, this is cat Zulejka here first to warn all you hoomans with kittehs out there who might not know this! I was playing with this long thin rope-string and my hooman left me unsupervised with it while she went…

Tagged with: cats, fantasy, Heiress of Magic, story in images, writing
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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
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Another Story in Images (I’m officially addicted…)

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Because I’m addicted… here is another story in images. No life update this week because my life is just too mad. It will bite your head off. Like, stabbing my finger so hard while cracking walnuts that I sliced a…

Tagged with: characters, fantasy, love, The Wicked Orc, writing
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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