Under the weather…
Whelp, sadly, I couldn’t keep the flu bug at bay. No post today, but I did manage to find this adorable dragon by Vincent Ballard. See more of his work at the link.
Catching up with Blogging 101…
(Quick note about today’s art by Anna Walker: I found this adorable illustration by Googling “Busy Dragon,” which is what I am as you’ll see when you read this post! It’s from her book called “I Don’t Believe in Dragons,” which you can find out more about at that Goodreads link. Go check out more…
Writing about Finding Dragons…
So tonight’s blog post was supposed to be about something from my actual book, rather than just me talking about how I’m either writing or not, and how it’s going. However, as I composed that post, it just got more in-depth and more detailed, and I realized I didn’t want to rush it; I want…
Let sleeping dragons sleep…
I was lucky enough to have a holiday today, and I managed a bit of vacation planning, but I’ve nothing to report on the writing front. However, I did find this cute sleeping dragon picture. Happily, tomorrow things should go back to their more usual schedule of writing after work (and maybe blogging during work),…
Ridiculous cold brings insight, and a winter dragon…
Here in the upper Midwest, we’re suffering through an arctic blast of cold weather, with wind chills reaching dangerous lows of -30 degrees Fahrenheit (-34 degrees Celsius). I wish I could say I was holed up all day writing, but to be honest, I spent a little while staring at the supposed rewrite of the…
Spellfire and dragon inspiration…
I’ve been a fan of role-playing games for more than half my life, starting with World of Darkness and Shadowrun, and soon finding Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and now Pathfinder. It’s a fun, interactive, and cooperative way of storytelling that certainly nurtured my love of alternate worlds, where anything can happen. I especially loved the…
Can’t talk, gotta write…
Despite getting knocked over the head by the Good Idea Fairy from yesterday’s post, I didn’t get enough done after work to have any hope of wrapping up this chapter by tonight (or at least, this weekend) unless I skip today’s post and just keep on writing. So please enjoy this motivational poster I found, and perhaps…
Two days left, and “inspiration” strikes…
Two days to go until I’m supposed to put down this chapter and move on to the next. Two. Days. So, I know — why don’t I just completely rewrite the chapter instead?? Brilliant! In order to keep on schedule with my grand plan to finish the first draft by the end of the year, I…
To share or not to share, that is the question…
So today I am still going to focus mainly on finishing the first chapter. But I’ve been debating whether or not to share an excerpt with you lovely readers for a few days now, and I still haven’t come to a satisfying conclusion. In fact, wondering which part to share of this chapter has made me even…
The plan is not quite working out so far…
So here we are, two days past my self-imposed deadline to finish the first chapter of the book, and it’s still not quite done. I knew once I graduated that not having real, hard, consequential deadlines might trip me up a little bit, but I thought I had a good plan. Giving myself a deadline…
Writing Dragons 