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A Scary Night

Something happened when I went running last night that terrified me. It made me realize both how precarious life can be and how sheltered and fortunate I’ve been thus far not to have encountered such threats before. I’m sure it’s

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What it’s like Living with OCD

If you ever wondered what it’s like living with anxiety combined with OCD, I’m going to appease your curiosity. BUT. I am not going to tell you my whole day because we’d both go crazy lol. And after reading what

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Prague, A Place Where…

Dudes here do construction work in their briefs. I have picture proof! Behold –> Behold, again, the magic up close: legit ripped, tattooed, glistening with sweat. (LOL, the bulge flustered me–I was like, “Someone’s gonna accuse me of sharing obscene

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The Proud Princess and the Bargain

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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While I’m in a Good Mood…

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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Let’s Try a Happy Post This Week

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

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

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I Did A Thing!

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

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Inside the Crazy

I hate these f*cking mental health posts because I’m living it (OCD, anxiety disorder / high-functioning anxiety, symptoms of bipolar, although the TF knows what the current diagnosis would be), but others want to know what it’s like. So. You

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Am I in a Freaking Book?

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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Sonya Lano

When I was twenty-two, I ran away to Prague, where I now sing to my black cat (who collects dustballs in her whiskers), eat chocolate for breakfast, and have lemon tarts every Thursday.

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