• Why I Write as The Clerk

    Hello Readers, My name is Sylvia Petro. My stories are inspired by many things I have experienced, observed, and meditated on in my life thus far. For my current series, after years of consideration (Vanguardian itself is over ten years old), I decided to publish under “The Clerk,” a pseudonym I first chose around 2016.

  • Update on S.N. Petro’s Book Series

    Why is The Warrior’s Seed no longer on Wattpad? What’s up with the S.N. Petro series? Who is S.N. Petro? The video below has all the answers, and just might be the most boring video you’ll watch all 2016. Believe me, I tried to redo this video many times. This is the best I could do

  • Fresh Link to Free Chapters – WFM

    This post is now outdated. The Warrior from Monde is now named Vanguardian and published on July 11, 2025. Some changes were made to the story. The most notable changes from the excerpt below are: Fabien is now a Duke and his last name is de Vistré, not Chevalier, and Rima’s name has been changed

  • Why Vanguardian?

    Why Vanguardian? What motivated me to write this story? NOTE: After completing the first draft in 2014, I named the book The Warrior from Monde. Since then, the title has gone through a few changes (The Warrior’s Seed, circa 2016). I finally settled on Vanguardian around 2020. Available online and at bookstores. For this post, I